#MAGA crowd: moved from attempting to delegitimize: an election -to the judicial system -from defaming: election workers -to jurors. In keeping with other fascist mvts, the MAGA cult attempts to undermine every inst. & person resisting its authoritarian leader. Biden: smart to reiterate that message daily +Dems must denounce the mvt's coord. assault on the #ruleoflaw. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/06/03/jury-delegitimize-trump-conviction/
MSM needs to interview Independents too. Few will support the #Felon as the GOP presidential nominee, & most will likely support Pres Biden for president:
"Better late than never I guess. CNN did something that's been sorely lacking in the media these days, which is to talk to what's left of some of the sane voters in the Republican party who are disgusted with Trump and voted for Nikki Haley in the primary."
As @davidallengreen observes, in the wake of the Angela Rayner tax affairs smear & the Civid era 'beargate' accusations (against Rayner & Starmer), the fact that these accusations resulted in investigations that cleared their subject(s), one might hope that the weaponisation of police referrals has now been revealed as a illegitimate partisan tactic.
But, the problem is how to differentiate between these vexatious accusations & those with merit...
#TFG's pro-corruption supporters believe they can convince Independents & mod. Republicans that America should become a banana republic, w/o a justice system that holds a white collar criminal to the same standards as everyone else & rules & regs aren't needed for a country to prosper. Most Americans like the status-quo where ppl who commit crimes, are held accountable. A jury of TFG's peers was just.
Congrats America, you convicted #trump and have shown there’s still #ruleoflaw in place: The politically affluent aren’t excepted from having to follow the same laws as everyone else.
But! Don’t get comfortable now! This is only the beginning!
#MAGA by and large doesn’t seem to subscribe to the principle of rule of law, and there will be plenty of popular support to overturn the ruling coming your way next.
Were you prepared fo winning this, America? Can you hold back the backlash?
This statement by #MAGAMike is disqualifying for the 2nd in line for the presidency. The rule of law is sacrosanct in America. House Dems shouldn’t save his speakership again. Speaker Johnson is lawless, & not worthy of serving in Congress. Ditto for the other traitors in the Senate & the House.
"TFG becomes first ex-president convicted of felonies in election fraud case."
-D Rothkopf
Former President Donald J. Trump was found guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in furtherance of crimes, as part of a conspiracy to defraud the American people, to keep damaging information about his candidacy for President hidden during his 2016 campaign.
He was indicted by a grand jury and found guilty by a jury of New York citizens.
His conviction took place through the process of American Rule of Law.
"Accountability is happening because we are a democracy and rule of law applies... we have a responsibility as citizens to recognize the gravity of this moment."
-R Maddow
#TFG is finally facing prison time. The rule of law stands. Justice can still be served in America. If the Republican Party has any integrity left (doubtful), their leaders will replace him on the presidential ticket, but many GOP leaders are co-conspirators. Will they be held resp.?
The TX AG is a fascist bigot, he endangers many vulnerable Texans:
TX AG Paxton repeatedly uses laws meant to protect against fraudulent or deceptive practices to target hospitals, pharma cos. & LGBTQ+ groups.
State AGs have increasingly used their powers to also pursue investigations targeting orgs. whose work conflicts with their pol views. Paxton, an R, is among the most aggressive. “He’s laying out kind of like the blueprint about how to do this-."
In an interview with Steve Bannon, Texas AG Ken Paxton, who's been under FBI investigation, called for dismantling the FBI, & described the agency as "the gestapo" & a "criminal organization." He also said what he would do on day one if he is #TFGs AG🚨.
"I almost wouldn’t be surprised if Judge Merchan had added:
“It doesn’t really matter whether he broke the law. If you can agree on the fact that you dislike Trump, go ahead & return a ‘guilty’ verdict.”
-Sen Lee
"For generations, Americans have sacrificed their lives for our freedoms. They didn’t make that sacrifice so Mike Lee could undermine our justice system to feed his pol ambitions. Lee is a fascist traitor in a party of fascist traitors."
-M Jacob
Another Republican co-conspirator, Rep Kimble: This traitor is supposed to represent the constituents of #CA54, but instead, he's more loyal to #TFG than to his district & to uphold the #ruleoflaw:
"People are laughing this off as ignorant. I see it as intentional, part of a propaganda strategy aimed at uninformed voters who will say: "another example of Dems going after our beloved Trump & trying to frame him!"
-R Ben-Ghiat
#Alito, who is avowedly motivated by political and ideological considerations - per his own public comments as well as his many law-free judicial opinions - has no standing to insist either that the hypothetical “reasonable person” is supposed to be free from commitments to #RuleOfLaw. 2/ #LawFedi
#Trump honored the nation's heroes by defaming #EJeanCarroll—again—and attacking the various judges who have presided over his plethora of civil and criminal trials. It's insane that he also thinks he's suited to be the president. We deserve a real president who upholds the #Constitution, and respects the #ruleOfLaw.
So the good news is that the bill to exonerate the SubPostmasters gained Royal Assent last night, freeing up the fixed compensation scheme for those whose convictions are now quashed (or allowing them to apply to have their individual case assessed).
The, perhaps, not so good news, as much legal commentary has been focusing on is the (potential) precedent it sets for governments to reverse the decisions of Courts.
In this case it would seem pretty just, but in the future?
I guess I’ll start preparing for a Trump victory. Not because I think the donald is doing good, but because what Biden is saying about #israel may cost him the election.
This latest dismissal of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in particular.
Liberals understand the importance of #ruleoflaw. And undermining that just out of hand with broad strokes and bravado.. Is just digging dirt from under everyone’s feet.
Pushback: #TFG/#MAGA attacks on the #ruleoflaw aren't remotely an outlier in the history of the🇺🇸right. If you look at the response to decisions like Brown *many S states simply ignored the Warren Ct or actively resisted it until compelled to obey-or else formed populist mvts resisting it & characterizing it as liberal or communist leaning you'll get a good sense of the instrumental attitude towards law & order which has been MAGA's bread & butter from the beg-.
-M McManus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZY_OYmTlc0&t=1086s
Despite a judge’s ruling that #FultonCounty DA #FaniWillis can continue prosecuting…, the relentless campaign to attack her & discredit the case against #Trump continues full-steam ahead.
Through a barrage of dubious accusations, Trump & his allies seek to tarnish Willis’ reputation, delegitimize the judicial process & the #RuleOfLaw, & distract from the substantive #facts of the case.
We’re witnessing a concerted effort by #Trump & #MAGA#politicians to cast doubt on the legitimate & strong #FultonCounty#ElectionInterference case by attacking the prosecutor. It’s an effort that takes advantage of every avenue of #government#power to which Trump’s allies have access. Their goal? #Delay#accountability for Trump’s alleged attempt to illegally overturn a presidential election.
Though not serving as Trump’s attorney when he appeared as a witness today in Trump’s trial for criminally falsifying business records, Robert Costello is a lawyer, bound by New York’s Rules of Professional Conduct. Costello repeatedly showed his ethical unfitness, violating the most basic principles that inform the entire code. I’ve screenshot the very first paragraph of the entire code, highlighting the most pertinent phrases. 1/ #LawFedi#Ethics#LegalEthics
I’ve noted before how Trump himself is treating the trial as an attempt to belittle and weaken judicial institutions as a whole, part of his ongoing attack on #RuleOfLaw. Costello’s performance today was part and parcel of this tactic. For a lawyer to be complicit in such a project is utterly reprehensible. 2/
It is unlikely that advancing women's equality can be achieved without major legal reform(s) in many countries... gender equality will not be achieved via organic social measures/trends (although they can be reinforced by legal measures).
If you have the time this week, this report from UN Women offers some compelling evidence why the law needs to reinforce & respond to demands for gender equality.