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Alina Habba said she expects Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to 'step up' for Trump after the 'hell' the former president went through to 'place' Kavanaugh

Rep. Jamie Raskin, R-MD., lashed out at Donald Trump's attorney Alina Habba for thinking like a "New York mobster" after she appeared to pressure Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to "stand up" for Trump because the former president nominated him for the job.

"This is the way that New York mobsters think about judges: 'Yeah, we own that one. We own that one. Get in that court — that guy’s in our pocket,'" Raskin said Friday night on MSNBC's "The Last Word."

For "fascists and authoritarian parties and movements, the law is really not what you know — it’s who you know. It's always better for them to know the judge than to know the law. To know the law here is to understand that Donald Trump is disqualified,” said Raskin.

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[–] shadearg@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)
  1. I guarantee Trump and company are pressuring, if not explicitly threatening, those three at a minimum right now. Too much is on the line. They do.

  2. If the Democrats allow the Supreme Court to stand after a second flouting following the overturning of Roe, they will be in breach of the Constitution as well.

Edit: grammar