Because Of Course

Reading the high court's tea leaves is pretty difficult in "normal" times. Doing it now is a fool's errand.

But fool that I am, here we go.

If the Thomas wing prevails, then Trump will skate and we get to keep livin' the nightmare - which I acknowledge will go on no matter what else happens, but hey -  guy can dream, right?

But if the majority votes against him, then I think it means the Roberts faction has gotten the word that Trump has fallen out of favor with the dark money gang (paranoid delusion much there, Mikey?) and they're moving on - prob'ly to guys like DeSantis and Youngkin.

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Chief Justice Roberts temporarily blocks House Dems from obtaining Trump's tax returns

Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday temporarily blocked a House committee from obtaining former President Trump's tax returns.

The big picture:

Roberts' stay comes after Trump on Monday asked the Supreme Court to intervene in the case to block the release of his tax returns to the House Ways and Means Committee.The temporary stay gives the court more time to consider Trump's emergency appeal.

Driving the news:

"It is ordered that the mandate of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ... is hereby stayed pending further order of the undersigned or of the Court," Roberts wrote.Roberts asked the House panel to respond by Nov. 10.

Between the lines:

Trump's tax returns were set to have been released to the Democratic-led House Ways and Means Committee as early as Thursday before Roberts' temporary stay.A federal appeals court last week declined Trump's request to block the release of his tax returns.