A legal expert shared a sobering prediction on Sunday as the Supreme Court prepares to rule on one of President Donald Trump's most recent appeals.

Last week, the Trump administration sought to prevent a lower court from enjoining its new rules prohibiting the Postal Service from creating a national voter database and only sending mail-in ballots to people on that list. The Supreme Court may rule on that appeal this week from the shadow docket, argued Joyce Vance, a former federal prosecutor, in a new Substack essay.

"This is going to be a key moment," she wrote.

Trump filed the appeal less than 100 days before the midterm elections, which Vance argued means he is growing increasingly concerned about losing power.

"However the Court rules, the fact that we are even here is the ultimate criticism of this administration," Vance wrote. "Under the Constitution, the choice of elected officials belongs to the people. Donald Trump is deathly afraid of what that means."

"Efforts to circumvent the vote are inherently undemocratic and this shouldn’t be treated like just another routine court case," she added. "The EO is not business as usual, and we should not treat it as though it is. It is a maneuver designed to wrest control from the people and place it in the hands of Trump and the privileged few powerful conservatives and wealthy oligarchs who have slid into (or written checks into) his favor, in hopes of controlling our future."

Fox News has spent a lot of airtime talking about the personal diaries of Anthony Fauci, but most of it has been complete hot air, according to one analyst.

Last week, Fox News devoted significant time to reviewing and reporting on Fauci's diary, which some Republicans released ahead of a contentious hearing he attended about the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Republicans painted Fauci as an egomaniac who was out for fame, even as the 85-year-old former White House physician pled the Fifth more than 100 times.

Will Saletan, a writer at The Bulwark, analyzed several of the clips Fox News played for its audience in a new podcast episode. He found that many of them were based on fabricated claims from Trump officials like Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

One of the claims that Saletan harped on was Kennedy's insistence that multiple government agencies listed "pulmonary infarction" as a side effect of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Saletan said Kennedy was "just lying" about the claim altogether.

There's nothing about pulmonary infarction on this list. Kennedy told you there was, but there isn't. In fact, pulmonary infarction is not an expected adverse event from the vaccines," Saletan said. "Why did Kennedy say it was? Because that's what he does. He makes things up."

Saletan also addressed Fox News' claim that Fauci was more concerned about fame than helping Americans during the pandemic.

"Look, it's not Fauci who wanted to tell everybody about his personal life," Saletan said. "It's these scumbags who dug up the diary and plastered it all over TV. The dishonesty on Fox [News] is just incredible."

President Donald Trump sparked outrage on Sunday after he seemed to downplay the allegations against Rep. Max Miller (R-OH).

Miller has been accused of domestic and child abuse by his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, the daughter of Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH). Emily Moreno accused her ex-husband of pouring hot water on her, holding a gun to her head, and acting violently toward her lawyer. Miller has denied all allegations and has vowed to continue his reelection campaign.

Trump was asked about whether Miller should resign while speaking with reporters on Air Force One.

"Well, I'm going to look at it. So far it's accusations," Trump said. "I'll be looking at it."

Trump's comments set off a firestorm online.

"This is MAGA," the MeidasTouch Network posted on X.

"Imagine the outcry if Dem leadership had done with Graham Platner what Trump is doing with Max Miller. And yet you hear crickets from so many professional conservatives, including and especially publicly religious conservatives who claim to cherish family values," Pedro L. Gonzalez, a writer, posted on X. “'Hypocrite' isn’t nearly strong enough a word to describe the immorality of conservatives who ride moral high horses for a living."

"A rapist and an abuser protecting another abuser. Family values!" Wajahat Ali, author of "The Left Hook" on Substack, posted on X.

"But when they were against Platner it was 'game over.' F--- this rapist," Joanne Carducci, a political commentator known as JoJoFromJerz online, posted on X.