The U.S. Supreme Court has set April 25 as the date it will hear Donald Trump’s claim of presidential immunity from prosecution on charges related to his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss - the last day of oral arguments of its current term.

The court released its updated argument calendar a week after it agreed to take up the case and gave the former president a boost by putting on hold the criminal prosecution being pursued by Special Counsel Jack Smith. It previously had disclosed which week it would hear the matter but had not given the precise date.

The justices will review a lower court’s rejection of Trump’s claim of immunity from prosecution because he was president when he took actions aimed at reversing President Joe Biden’s election victory over him.

  • Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    77·
    8 months ago

    Hi, I’m a mathematician. My career is built on creating, evaluating, and identifying the problems with logical arguments.

    Even if the person you’re replying to is wrong, their argument is at least cogent; it’s entirely possible that the Supreme Court rules against Trump, and there’s good reason to believe that they will.

    Your comment (the one I am replying to) is a non-sequiter, and is therefore invalid.

    Furthermore, even when applying the principal of charitable interpretation, the best argument you could plausibly make relies on a false inference. Specifically: you fail to take into account the fact that the justices were selected for their opinions on abortion, and so their ruling cannot be used to infir that they will always act in the best interests of the GOP.

    Please don’t be such a doomer asshole; it’s unbecoming.

    • DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyzEnglish
      36·
      8 months ago

      Things the hivemind here does not like:

      Knowing how to argue (or even having a vague idea)

      Being referred to as a hivemind

      Being shown they are wrong/unreasonable

      Observing the fact of disagreement downvotes

      How does one get into your line of work? It seems we need more of that.

        • DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyzEnglish
          14·
          8 months ago

          Who’s hiding? All of my comments are public, and you can tell because a whole shitload of people read my comments to downvote them because they disagree with me. Who’s talking smack? I have asked questions, made claims, and the overwhelming response has been active hostility to me, personally, and not to my position. Case-in-point:

          You forgot, we also don’t like fucking cowards who hide and talk smack. Make sure to add it to your list so you can feel better than the rest of us.

          Hey everyone look at the superior mind here.

          Your comment is two things: Sarcastic, vitriolic, ad hominem (smack talk), and a total failure to address any of the claims I or others are making. I suspect because if you attempted to actually address the claim (instead of calling the person you disagree with coward and, by sarcastic implication, stupid), for instance, that “the hivemind will downvote you when they disagree with you here,” you realize you would fail utterly.

          I’m sorry you feel the need to attack me with compliments, your fascination with the superiority of my mind(?) is very strange. I never said that I was smarter than you or anyone else here, and, in my opinion, this is suggestive of your own lack of confidence in your position or your ability to argue your position.

          I’m reporting your comment for ad hominem attacks and bad faith argumentation. There, downvote that.