OP-ED: A Supreme Court in Trump's pocket is dangerous for democracy

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Once Trump received three nomination opportunities, I expected that and other ideological decisions.
51% : By prioritizing certain cases and deferring others, SCOTUS undermines public confidence in the fairness and impartiality of the judicial process and fuels perceptions of political bias and favoritism.
47% : The decision to fast-track post-presidency cases benefitting Trump reflects a troubling pattern of judicial deference to executive power and privilege after a president has left office.
46% : Two things are are increasingly clear to Republicans:Trump is the 2024 nominee of the Republican Party.
45% : If Trump wins, he will be president again, and the prosecutions will be delayed.
43% : Whether or not SCOTUS ultimately correctly decides that Trump is not immune, the ruling will be moot unless it is issued timely.
38% : One important presidential function that many "let's take a shot at something different" voters neglected to consider when choosing Trump, was the president's right to nominate justices to the United States Supreme Court.
36% : These preferences often tip the scales on contentious issues like abortion, gun control, campaign finance regulation, and affirmative action.
36% : SCOTUS's actions and inactions permit candidate Trump to evade accountability for his actions while he seeks to reclaim the presidency.
33% : What I didn't expect (nor did Trump) was that these so-called "conservative" appointments would provide him with a "get out of jail free" card.
31% : Over the past few months, the ultimate guardian of our precious constitutional rights has abrogated them in the name of political ideology -- the neo-fascist majority justices on the High Court have sacrificed integrity to do Trump's bidding; so much for conservative Republicans being the "law and order" party.
28% : "Trump's (and SCOTUS's) strategy is to delay these criminal cases until after or too close to the election.
27% : Regarding the one exception that might result in immunity, Trump claims he's immune from any prosecution.
26% : Trump was elected our nation's 45th president.
22% : Trump is guilty of some, if not all, the charges he now faces.
22% : From challenges to Trump's financial records to disputes over his release of classified documents, SCOTUS has demonstrated a willingness to expedite proceedings that shield Trump from accountability and delay proceedings that seek to hold him accountable.
13% : But recent United States Supreme Court actions and opinions on criminal behavior and accountability have me wondering: Is Donald Trump a lucky idiot or an evil genius?

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