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Its hard to say...She got toasted before.
There is also the fact he was no longer president when he took those documents.
Biden.hsd been sworn in.
Might not be much SCROTUM can do
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@TCatInReality@bradpatrick President Biden is an honorable man. Former guy knows nothing about being honorable. Biden would never be his power. Power has not corrupted him absolutely. #Biden2024
@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.
Nor integrity, honesty, compassion, humility... yet somehow #MSM has decided they speak for Christianity
All this Episcopalian can do is <sigh> #KyrieEleison
@GottaLaff I noticed it as well, when it was mentioned in an article - immediately lept out at me but I naively didn't assume it would have consequences.
@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
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It will work on the people it works on. For people like me, it just amplifies his unsuitability. It’s hard to predict what “undecided” voters will think, because I can’t imagine what sort of person would still be undecided. The simplest prediction is they will continue to waffle and then vote accordingly to recent news on Election Day.
@GottaLaff@YouGiveMeFever Wouldn't it go to 11th, which will overturn the decision? So when it goes to SCOTUS they'd have to take up the case and overturn 11th?
@rebelrebel62@GottaLaff Hail king Donny for Life: column in National Post today says the failed assassination means 45’s win in November is “inevitable” and likely a landslide. I have no words ….
@JonChevreau@GottaLaff I feel like we’re going to lose the USA, at least the way we knew it, at least for several years. These are dangerous, dangerous times- I hope that we in the UK can rebuild our relationship with the EU quickly, because the US will soon cease to be our ally.
@GottaLaff Even tho the writing was on the wall, this is absolutely unbelievable. The fascists are on a fast track now and we are headed into terrifying times.
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I recommend getting the opinion from the lawyers at @MeidasTouch on this development before getting all depressed about it.
"The Superseding Indictment is DISMISSED because Special Counsel Smith's appointment violates the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution," McConnell's Loose Cannon in Florida wrote.
This will be the opportunity to appeal we've waiting for I expect/hope.
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We'll see. I don't know, but my point is that the case is not over because that Loose Cannon has made her appeal for a position on the Supreme Court.
There's a lot of precedence for the SCOTUS to overturn in order for them to side with Cannon which is certainly possible, but that will take time so the case will remain active as it is being appealed.
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The way that I see reality is that our SCOTUS is only one co-equal branch of our government.
Yes, they are clearly corrupt. That does not mean that our 250 year experiment is over or I'll continue believing that until I die in a gulag if that's what it comes to.
@GottaLaff@GreenFire you know Bibi Netanyahu tried to change the way his Supreme Court worked to get himself off the hook for corruption. Trump didn’t do that. He kept it a secret that Project 2025 would require the Supreme Court to make such a rolling. We didn’t have an opportunity to protest because it was all done in secret. #StopProject2025
@GottaLaff@GreenFire For Scotus to hear an appeal to this, it would first have to go to the 11th circuit which will take some time. Scotus will likely fast track it (which in their world for something like this would mean slow) and their ruling would come way later.
This is a done deal and a major blow to the rule of law.
Another point, Cannon could get deported per project 2025 as she is an immigrant from Columbia. LOL, this would never happen.
@GottaLaff@GreenFire no court of appeals is going to overrule and remand this based upon the SCOTUS decision unless they go up against the recent ruling which is unlikely because most judges don’t y have the guts to risk getting slapped down by the corrupt and lawless SCOTUS.
@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.