and stupid fucking crook.
He's gonna burn it all down.

Idiot is stupid.

...but if you're Trump, sure feels like you want Kavanaugh in the conference room arguing with Roberts to "make the case".

What this really comes down to is having an advocate in the conference...and between Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, maybe they persuade Roberts.

But you're right - no such thing as a sure thing among the big 9.

That makes it even more important to never seat Kavanaugh.
Yikes!

https://www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/gamble-v-united-states/

In Gamble v. United States, the Supreme Court is considering whether the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment, which prohibits any person from being prosecuted for the same offense more than once, bars a federal prosecution for a criminal offense when the defendant has already been prosecuted for the same offense in state court.

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Case Summary:

In 2015, a police officer in Mobile, Alabama pulled Terance Martez Gamble over for a broken tail light on his car. During the stop, the officer discovered both a gun and marijuana paraphernalia in Gamble’s car. Gamble, who had been convicted of second-degree felony robbery seven years earlier, was barred from owning a firearm. The state of Alabama prosecuted Gamble for illegal possession of a firearm, and he served one year in prison. Subsequently, the federal government also charged Gamble with illegal possession of a firearm in relation to the same 2015 incident.

Gamble asked the U.S. District Court to dismiss his federal indictment on the ground that it violated his Fifth Amendment protection from Double Jeopardy. The District Court ruled that the dual-sovereignty exception to the Double Jeopardy Clause, which permits a second prosecution for the same offense by a different “sovereign,” permitted the federal case to proceed. Gamble appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and that court affirmed the lower court’s decision. Gamble, who is now serving time in federal prison, asked the Supreme Court to reconsider its past decisions allowing successive prosecutions for the same offense by different sovereigns (i.e., the “dual-sovereignty doctrine”). CAC, along with the Cato Institute, filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of Gamble, urging the Supreme Court to grant review, and the Court agreed to hear Gamble’s case.

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So this is another reason for Donnie Two Scoops to want Kavanaugh on the SCOTUS. The first we're familiar with: Kavanaugh has stated you can't even investigate a sitting president. If Gamble is reversed, the law of the land becomes this: If you are found guilty (or plead guilty) in Federal court the state can't try you for the same crime. In a Federal case, there'd be nothing blocking the prez from using his pardon power to clear the board. That would protect IQ45's family and Manafort, who would no longer have any motive to cooperate.

If we win the Senate, the seat should remain open until 2020 under the McConnell Rule. (Unless Merrick Garland is appointed, of course.)

It could be that Mueller has more indictments ready to drop in the possible firing of DAG will trigger him to show more of his cards before Trump can make the next move.

And we all thought he was biased against women...come to find out it's anyone, of either sex, who disagrees with him. (especially, perhaps, those who tell the truth?????) (Edit...BTW, how are the meetings with all those heads of state you're trying to kick to your America First Curb?)