Today is Sunday, February 25, 2024. Today a CNN online article explains why the “Extreme” Court is taking so long to decide on Drumpf’s ridiculous immunity claims. The article is by John Fritze and is titled “Why isn’t the Supreme Court moving faster on Trump’s immunity challenge?” Maybe now we will all know why this is taking so long on their part.

When special counsel Jack Smith asked the Supreme Court to reject former faux president Donald Duck’s immunity claims, there was an unmistakable hue of urgency to the request. At the time, Smith cautioned the court against further “delay” more than a dozen times in his brief.

“Now, two weeks after Trump asked the court to step into the charged dispute over whether he may claim immunity from prosecution – and eight days since all the necessary briefs were filed with the justices -court watchers are engaged in a pastime almost as old as the Supreme Court itself: trying to glean meaning from the timing and silence.”

The various ways the court could act is the option that I hope this partisan court will take without losing more credibility from the American people is denying Drumpf’s request to block a lower court ruling against his immunity claims, which would put Smith’s case back on track for a trial. Another option that I would despise, as well as many other frustrated Americans, is that it could grant Dump’s request and then hold arguments and decide the merits of the immunity issue – perhaps on an expedited basis or maybe not. Or it might decide the matter without arguments. It could hand down an opinion explaining its decision, or not.

The Supreme Court can move quickly, at least by judicial branch standards. But most of its important cases take months to resolve.

What is so apparent here with regard to Drumpf is that the stakes of the timing are enormously high. No one wants to see Drumpf first get a trial so close to the November election. Smith is very eager for the court to resolve Drumpf’s immunity claim promptly so that U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan can finish a trial on the former president’s election subversion charges before the November election. As everyone knows, Chutkan has already postponed a previous March 4 trial start.

“It is of imperative public importance,” Smith said then, that Dump’s claims of immunity be resolved and a trial take place “as promptly as possible” if those claims are rejected. At the time, the Supreme Court denied that request, allowing the appeals court to review the case first.

Now as for the actual time the court seems to be considering the case, some experts believe that the longer the high court takes, the more likely it is to reject Dump’s request to block the DC Circuit decision. That theory rests on the idea that a conservative justice might be writing a lengthy dissent from the decision – and that can take some time.

Randall Eliason, a former federal prosecutor and George Washington University law professor, stressed that no one knows for certain what’s happening behind the scenes. Supposedly, the justices have met at least three times – including on Friday – but it’s not known if they discussed the immunity case at any of those conferences.

With those caveats, Eliason predicts that more time is probably a bad sign for Drumpf.

“I think that’s the most likely reason. Someone is writing a dissent,” Eliason said.

Despite Smith’s desire to move quickly on the immunity decision, it’s unlikely that a couple of days or even weeks would make a significant difference in the timing of a trial for Drumpf.

Talking about the timing of the Supreme Court’s imminent ruling, Eliason said, “I don’t think a few more days or even a couple of weeks makes much difference right now,” even though the rest of us are biting our nails in nervous anticipation of a negative ruling against the Orange Hemorrhoid. “I think the best case scenario for DC at this point is already a June trial, whether the Supreme Court acts today or next week.” Sheesh, so now we’re talking about a three-month delay in trying the former president for crimes committed against the American people. As long as it’s way before November 5.

The mainstream media have been reporting on a very sad story coming out of Oklahoma in which a nonbinary student, Nex Benedict, 16, died a day after being involved with a fight with others at their high school. An online article brings home the tragedy of trans prejudice in the Great Plains of the United States in an online article by Kecia Gayle for Hollywood Unlocked entitled “Heartbreaking: Nonbinary Student, 16, Dies After Girls ‘Beat Her Head Across the Floor’ in Bathroom Assault.”

The assault took place at Owasso High School in Oklahoma on February 7, which left Dagny and another student battered and bruised in a school bathroom.

According to local reports, Dagny was known as a talented sophomore for their academic achievements, but sadly became a victim of relentless bullying at school. Despite their struggles, she remained resilient and determined to live their truth as a nonbinary individual, using the name “Nex.” The altercation was reportedly instigated by three older female students who subjected Dagny and a classmate of Dagny’s to a prolonged and most probably fatal assault.

Dagny’s relatives rushed them to the hospital, but they were released that same day. However, the next day, February 8, Dagny collapsed at home and was readmitted to the hospital where they tragically died, as the child’s mother, Sue Benedict, told The Independent.

As authorities are now investigating the violent incident, questions linger about the accountability of those responsible for the attack. The lack of intervention from school staff during the assault and the subsequent delays in seeking medical help have raised concerns about the safety and well-being of the students.

Dagny was remembered by her mother as a resilient and kind-hearted person who had a passion for gaming, animals, and cooking. The outpouring of support from the community, as seen in the generous donations to a GoFundMe campaign, reflects the impact Dagny had on those around them.

The cause of the confrontation remains under investigation. According to the New York Post, police said they’re awaiting toxicology reports to determine if there was another possible underlying medical condition which may have caused Benedict’s tragic death. However, the mother of the second victim says, “I think complications from brain trauma, head trauma, is what caused it.”

As of now, the GoFundMe account set up by a friend of the victim’s mother had raised nearly $28,000. Police are expected to provide updates on the case soon.

This tragic story just illuminates how dangerous the far right is since it’s this extreme fringe that has declared war on trans children and on members of the LGBTQ+ community for the longest of time and is responsible for endorsing so much antitrans legislation in numerous red states. This shocking rate of violence perpetrated against the most vulnerable members of these two communities is totally unacceptable and sickening, really. This young nonbinary high school student should have been allowed to live their life without being attacked in a bathroom to the point where she suffered extreme head trauma which led to their death the next day. There has been sharp criticism by LGBTQ+ advocates of Oklahoma officials for actions perceived as targeting residents within this community. Nationwide, at least 510 anti-LGBTQ+ bills were introduced in state legislatures last year – a record, according to American Civil Liberties Union data. This assault on LGBTQ+ rights must stop and violence against members of this community must also end and those responsible for committing these acts of violence must be held accountable for their actions. I strongly hope that those older female students that launched this appalling attack against Dagny and another student be brought to justice immediately.

America is better than this!

Have a good week.

Stay safe and be well.

Here Atticus is holding onto his perch on Elliot’s chair in the bedroom.