A baffled MSNBC host and an amused Florida prosecutor attempted to make
sense of a brief submitted by Donald Trump’s lawyers to the U.S. Supreme
Court regarding a possible ban of the popular TikTok app.
With the court poised to rule on the ban, an attorney for the president-elect –
submitted a brief on Friday asking the judges to hold off on hearing the case
until the president-elect is sworn in so he can attempt to negotiate a
compromise.
In the brief, which has been widely ridiculed, the incoming president’s
attorney asserted, President Trump alone possesses the consummate deal-
making expertise, the electoral mandate and the political will to negotiate a
resolution to save the platform while addressing the national security
concerns expressed by the government — concerns which President Trump
himself has acknowledged.
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Speaking with State Attorney for Palm Beach County Dave Aronberg,
MSNBC host Christina Ruffini professed, Does the president even have
standing to do this? And what kind of a motion is this? Is this an amicus
brief, a write? I don’t know what this is. Can he just involve himself in a case
that he is not, you know, a party to?”
The laughing Aronberg replied, These are all great questions; I had the same
questions, too, because normally, Supreme Court? You’ve got this very
buttoned-up group of lawyers who argue specific legal issues, and here’s
Trump, coming in like a bull in a china shop."
it’s like the movie ‘Legally Blonde’ when he comes in and just starts
spouting off, like I have a huge electoral mandate, I’m the smartest and the
best, and I can negotiate, so just pause everything, let me step in and let me
handle this!” he joked.
There’s nothing in the law that says he can do that, but he’s Donald Trump”
the prosecutor explained. ”He appointed three out of these nine justices, so he
thinks he can do it. I don’t know if the Supreme Court is going to go along
with it, but it is really interesting that Trump, who often thinks he’s above the
law, is now doing something I’ve never seen before in front of the Supreme
Court.”
