Assymetric Warfare
8th June 2016
Consider: during this very same news cycle, the Supreme Court vacated the death penalty of a black man in Georgia was was convicted by an all-white jury. That was the reason that SCOTUS gave. Not whether he was innocent, just that this was Georgia and the jury was lily-white. That’s all. Then someone brought Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who said that because she was a “wise Latina” she could bring perspectives to the Court that say, Antonin Scalia couldn’t. Her very ethnic/sexual being trumped all other considerations. There is nothing “color-blind” about our society. Never has been, never will be. Only this time it will redound to the benefit of a white man.
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Like all of Trump’s traps, this was carefully laid out. It serves both a political as well as personal purpose. Let’s talk about the personal. In bringing up Curiel’s Mexican heritage, Trump is poisoning the legal well in his favor. If he get’s Curiel to recuse himself, that’s a win for Trump. If he doesn’t recuse himself, then Curiel can rule of two ways: for Trump (a win) or against Trump (another win). Remember: the judge is “biased.”
Politically this will soften the blow; personally, it will give Trump’s legal team ammunition for an appeal (another win). See what I mean? In the meantime Trump will run ads featuring alumni from Trump U talking about what a great experience it was for them.
All of this was, of course, predicted by Scott Adams.