During an early August appearance on ITK, radio host Charlamagne tha God predicted that if Vice President Kamala Harris wins the 2024 presidential race, the "corrupt" and "illegitimate" U.S. Supreme Court will overturn the election results and put GOP rival Donald Trump back in the White House. And Charlamagne isn't the only one who fears that possibility.
In an article published on September 20, Salon's Heather Digby Parton also warns that because of the Roberts Court, Trump could lose the election yet return to the White House anyway.
Parton argues that if MAGA Republicans stir up enough chaos after the election and the matter is litigated to the High Court, the GOP-appointed justices cannot be trusted to do the right thing.
"The election deniers had hoped to have some secretaries of state and other top election officials in their pocket for this election, but they have failed to win at the ballot box. So being reduced to the county level is something of a failure," Parton explains. "Still, there is little doubt that this could cause delays and dissension — which is part of the plan. We know what Trump is capable of after a loss when it comes to riling up his voters. He's already planting seeds everywhere about the election being rigged against him. He did the same in 2016 and 2020."
Parton also examines "concerns about the role of the House speaker should the Republicans maintain their majority."
"The current Speaker Mike Johnson wrote an amicus brief back in 2020 on behalf of Trump asking the Supreme Court to essentially overturn swing-state results," Parton notes. "There are concerns that if he is the speaker next January 6, he will use the power of his office for Trump's benefit once again. Politico reports there are several possibilities, ranging from changing the rules, which merely exist by tradition, for the counting of the votes on January 6 to asking the courts to rule on the constitutionality of the ECRA (Electoral Count Reform Act). That would inevitably end up in the Supreme Court as well."
Parton adds, "In fact, it appears that if they really push this, all roads lead to the High Court, which is terrifying…. This is not a court I would trust to be judicious when it comes to this presidential election."
The good news, according to Parton, is that "Democrats are prepared with legal responses every step of the way."
"But if the election is very close and it ends up in the Supreme Court as Bush v. Gore did, there is a very good chance they will hand the presidency to (Trump)," Parton warns. "They clearly have no care for whatever legitimacy they once had."