Former President Donald Trump could learn Monday whether the Supreme Court will let him appear on this year’s ballot as he tries to close in on the Republican presidential nomination.
This is a very real possibility. There’s a lot of politicking that goes on in SCOTUS, and I’ve heard from other lawyers that they cut deals amongst themselves all the time (“I’ll go with you on this, if you go with me on the other”).
They do it less, due to having a conservative majority, but they don’t all always agree on everything in spite of that power imbalance.
This is a very real possibility. There’s a lot of politicking that goes on in SCOTUS, and I’ve heard from other lawyers that they cut deals amongst themselves all the time (“I’ll go with you on this, if you go with me on the other”).
They do it less, due to having a conservative majority, but they don’t all always agree on everything in spite of that power imbalance.