Prediction: The SCOTUS ruling in June on Trump financial records will be 7-0

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16. The outcome of this case could be the most critical we've seen in many, many decades.

On one hand, if things go as well as the OP expects, it could completely smash the Russia-publicans. Once it is re-established that they aren't going to be able to hide from and evade truth, the lynch pin of their political strategy will be destroyed. A decision at the authority level of SCOTUS would be something they simply couldn't argue with, and it would severely damage their will to continue lying.

On the other hand, if we see something less, something that leaves an opening for the Russia-publicans to continue their lies and corruption without oversight, we might witness the effective end of the United States as a democracy. Without oversight and pushback, checks and balances, the traitors' bubble of lies will grow with their superior marketing, as compared to the Democrats (whose political ineffectiveness really pisses me off). They will become even more emboldened, and there may be a mad rush of corruption, which we're having enough trouble keeping up with, as it is.

I think this is going to be a bellweather case. Are the people who can do it prepared to protect the integrity of our republic, or are they going to rubber stamp a dictator establishing total control? Personally, if they allow Trump to do this, I think I'll be finding a way for my family to leave the United States. I think the best of the country will be well behind us and the corruption will lead to absolute disaster for the country's well-being, directly and indirectly.