So, Amy Coney Barrett has been nominated by Trump, to the supreme court. A young woman, early in her career, so would sit on the supreme court, presumably for a long time.
The question is, what's in it for her? Ostensibly, Trump is putting her on the supreme court, and she will be loyal to him when the question of ruling who won the 2020 election reaches the court. What's in it for her?
Once she is on the supreme court, she is on it for life. That's it. That's her reward. Paid in advance. If the question of who is the winner reaches the supreme court, she can either vote for Trump, or against. Lets examine those sides.
If she votes against Trump, meaning for Biden, Trump no longer has any hold on her. He will be prosecuted and jailed after his term is over. Trump will cry to the media about the deal they had, that she is tainted. Since he is a known liar, she can say she proved there was no deal by voting against him. She starts her career on the supreme court being forgiven by the progressive since "she voted for what was right, and voted for their guy". She can then do whatever the fuck she wants for the rest of time, never bad enough to get impeached for it.
If she votes for Trump, he gets his second term, and finishes dismantling the government, along with his minions. It won't really look like is collapsed in this first term, cause it still sorta works, but increasingly only for the rich and connected. He will model it after the Russian Oligarchies, as he loves Putin for his business sense. America could see heavy decline in rights as it spirals into dictatorship. And she will be on the bench for the entire decline, where ever it ends. History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes. The parts of history this rhymes with all have very bad endings for the participants. History will not be kind to her.
This will be her legacy, being the judge that made laws in America irrelevant. Because in Donald Trumps dictatorship, the law will only protect the rich, and only punish the poor. And the line between the two will constantly move upward.
Maybe she's a 'True Believer'. That her cause is Righteous, and Holy, and the Ends truly justify the Means. That she sees this as her opportunity to move more rapidly to those ends. This is the scariest of all options, that America founded to be separate from religion, being ended by religion.
Her addition to the court makes it presumably a 6-3 split to the right. We have some "Survivor" level gamesmanship here. If she votes against the right, she has to be sure that at least one other of the right leaning judges will vote her way, making it a 5-4 split to the left.
Anyway, nice jawin' with y'all, she's gonna vote with Trump, and gleefully participate in the downfall of America. Because that is so 2020.
