@GottaLaff 93 pages?! She has been working on this for some time. I have so many questions about any sort of help or advising she has received along the way.
Big flag: There is NOTHING in Judge Cannon's ruling that speaks to the merits of the Trump classified documents case. Cannon ruled on a procedural issue.
@GottaLaff Everyone go read Morrison v Olson again. Does the Alito court want to go completely off the edge? I mean, at this point, absolute power has corrupted absolutely. If we as a nation don't get this straightened out, we won't have a nation left.
@GottaLaff This puzzles me. Since Thomas was behind the ruling that essentially says the President can do what (s)he likes in their official capacity, then surely Cannon can't use how Smith was appointed to throw the case out.
Fairly sure the fascists didn't think things through. Wasn't Smith waiting for Cannon to do something egregious like this?
@GottaLaff I know you hate conspiracy theories, but am I the only one that sees someone like Leonard Leo in the middle of this? He whispers with Clarence (or his clerks), Clarence inserts a random statement opining illegality of special counsel appointments, Federalist Society staff cook up many pages which are presented to Cannon for inclusion wholesale in her document. She cooked up this dismissal in record time.
@GottaLaff AKA the divine right of kings. So weird to realize the contradiction of this originalism and supposed constitutionalism vs the whole idea of dumping the monarchy. It literally can’t be both ways. And yet they do this. What kind of country are these crazy people trying to create out of whole cloth (and then suggest making constitutional amendments)? What constitution? They are ripping it up. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_right_of_kings
@GottaLaff: I'm horrified by this ruling. Trump is a major threat to our national security given his handling of crucial classified information.
Having spent my engineering career working for a large defense contractor, I have some understanding of the significance of the crimes Trump was alleged to have committed in this case. That this judge could so easily dismiss this case when so much is at risk, I just can't believe the mendacity of it all.
As another commenter pointed out, this 93-page decision was clearly in work for some time. This dismissal was planned which makes it even worse.
I know we can't solve a political problem through the courts or with violence. We have to do this through the ballot box. We MUST vote out the MAGA GOP for the sake of our national security.
For a long time now it has been clear she would protect the annointed one if she could. And that the case would not be heard before the election. And that she was really corrupt and stupid.
@GottaLaff I firmly believe that this will resonate badly with any undecideds (who are these people?!) The only ones who will cheer this on is MAGA. This could help dems in the long run.
@GottaLaff I don't know why I'm still shocked when the worst possible outcome happens every single fucking time. I'm don't even know how to process it any more.
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I saw this on Reuters and immediately started cussing. File this under, "They better damn well appeal this asap!"
Yup, we knew it. We're all effing prognosticators. Dammit!
@GottaLaff To all those fucking pollyanna assholes downplaying this cunt's appointment to the court along with her supposed 'expertise' sounding the alarm even with her colleagues: Yeah, you can STFU and sit the fuck down with your 'take' on this. Americans are so fucking stupid.
It is as serious as a heart attack, of course, but it is the kind of slapstick heart attack that would appeal to 8yr old's and involve lots of farting, dying on the toilet, and in which the first responder slips on poop and breaks their neck.
We have now almost fully devolved into the Idiocracy and Religulous version of ourselves, and now serve only as a warning to history.
@GottaLaff Hail Supreme Leader! 🤮
The wolves are inside the gates wearing their MAGOTy sheep’s clothing. But look, their muzzles are sticking out, grinning with yellow teeth, gleeful at this point in time.
I know that most of us here see the reality. If those asleep don’t wake up for this election and I’m not talking about the Cult or the Co-conspirators, but average citizens who have everything to lose stay asleep or prefer equivalence arguments, then fuck us. 🔥🤬
@GottaLaff I think I’ve said this before on here (us old folks tend to do that 😉).
I am part of the first generation of Jews in America born after the holocaust and I feel like I’ve been waiting for this turn to happen in the US my whole life.
Hoping I was wrong but not trusting that hope.
I will still stick with Mariame Kaba about hope.