FTA:
One reason to worry about what appellate judges, including the justices of the Supreme Court, might think about Trump is that criminal trials involving famous criminal defendants often present unusual legal questions that don’t typically arise in other cases. And Trump isn’t just famous, he’s the first former president ever to be indicted. And he’s a current candidate for the presidency.
These unique facts are likely to produce unprecedented legal questions that will need to be resolved by appellate courts. And that gives the justices an unusual amount of ability to sabotage these prosecutions if they chose to do so.
So far he hasn’t fared well in front of judges he appointed either, with a couple exceptions.
For every question about things the Heritage Foundation has a strong evil opinion on, I’m sure that Heritage judges (appointed by Trump) will choose the evil answer.
But I don’t think Heritage wants to end American democracy. It’s worked out quite well for them. So I don’t think their judges (appointed by Trump) will rule in favor of ending American democracy.
Legalize racism? Sure, they’ll do that. Let a man try to overthrow our elections? Nah.