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Our @NewsDesk created this Flipboard Storyboard on what happens next for Trump — whether he has grounds for appeal, how the verdict will impact the election, if he might go to prison, and the ludicrous Republican response to his conviction.
Have to call this out.
This bill has already passed the house.
A trojan horse of a bill that will undermine the first Amendment and the people's rights.
What's in this bill that fascist Republicans are thrilled about?
@cstross is right. There are fairly stringent requirements about an overt act and whom the accused is giving aid and comfort to.
It's not trivial to convict for treason, precisely because of centuries of abuse of what treason was in Europe before the U.S.A. was founded. They didn't want to perpetuate that problem.
You can still see the reason why today, with all of the people in #USPolitics screaming "traitor" at one another at the drop of a hat.
Another thing that I enjoy is how the German Basic Law is essentially the same process all over again, as it addresses some of the warts of the #USConstitution that were learned over a century and a half. Its Bill of Rights comes first, has several unamendable provisions for the truly fundamental stuff, and is more explicit, for example.
Can anyone enlighten me as to how 34 counts of guilty with a punishment of up to 4 years each, can become a maximum of 4 years? So you will be 34 times as much in prison for those 4 years ? That system seems insane #trump#landOfTheFreak#usLaw#weird
Donald Trump has been found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree, and will be sentenced on July 11. MSNBC's Katie Phang looks at the "novel legal theory" prosecutor Alvin Bragg chose to employ in this trial. "It’s important to take a minute to digest what the prosecution had to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt: Trump, with the intent to defraud, made (or caused to be made) false entries in an enterprise’s business records, and his 'intent to defraud included an intent to commit another crime or to aid or conceal the commission thereof,'" Phang writes.
The U.S. Justice Department and a group of state attorneys general are expected to announce an antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation as soon as Thursday, ABC reports. Details of the suit are unclear but it follows a two-year investigation into whether the company created a monopoly over the concert ticket market. Here's more.
The U.S. House has passed the TICKET Act, which requires ticket sellers to disclose the total cost of attending an event, with an itemized list of the base price and fees. The bipartisan bill now awaits a Senate vote. Here's more from Pitchfork.
"More than four years after covid first raged through many U.S. nursing homes, hundreds of lawsuits blaming patient deaths on negligent care have been tossed out or languished in the courts amid contentious legal battles.
Even some nursing homes that were shut down by health officials for violating safety standards have claimed immunity against such suits, court records show."
"“What is happening here is so off-the-charts egregious that there is no other reading of the law: We have to cease weapons transfers to Israel.”
The letter also calls on Garland to investigate the thousands of U.S. citizens currently serving in the Israel Defense Forces for potential war crimes."
"Sadly, #GuineaBissau has allowed itself to become complicit in Israel’s deliberate #starvation, #illegalSiege and genocide of Palestinians in #Gaza. @israel is showing the world the extent to which it will go to deny Palestinians the aid they need to stay alive, in direct contravention of International #HumanitarianLaw, #UN Security Council resolutions, and two orders of the International Court of Justice #ICC@cij_icj . Israel is only allowed to get away with this because we have an international order where law does not apply equally, where people are not valued the same, and where might equals right. The US has hijacked #internationalLaw and is violating its own laws to protect Israel at every turn. A recently-leaked #USAID memo states that ' #famine in Gaza is inevitable,' and that 'changes could reduce but not stop widespread #civiliandeaths.' It also states that the government of Israel does not currently demonstrate necessary compliance with #USlaw required to receive #USmilitary aid. Nevertheless, last week, the #USCongress passed and Biden signed a $26 billion aid package for Israel. It is this kind of naked impunity, over decades, that has brought us to this point where Israel can carry out a #genocide "
The court, in a 4-3 ruling, ruled that the judge in the New York County trial prejudiced #Weinstein with improper rulings, including allowing women to testify about allegations that were not part of the case.
The court — the highest court in New York state’s #judicial system — ruled that a #NewTrial must take place.
“It’s been 20 years of companies lying about their environmental and climate justice impacts. And it feels like all of a sudden, from Europe to the US, the crackdown is beginning to happen,” said Todd Paglia, executive director of environmental non-profit Stand.earth. “I think greenwash[ing] is actually one of the pivotal issues in the next five years.” #uslaw#uspol
Oregon right to repair bill clears committee, heads to Senate for vote https://nbc16.com/news/local/oregon-right-to-repair-bill-clears-committee-heads-to-senate-for-vote Sen. Janeen Sollman, D-Forest Grove, sponsored last year's bill and brought it back this year as Senate Bill 1596.
'Do you believe in right to repair? Do you fundamentally believe that if you own a product you should have the freedom of choice as to where and how that is repaired?" she asked lawmakers while testifying on the bill. "Before you is the most comprehensive consumer driven policy thoughtfully crafted with many minds put together to save Oregonians money.' #Oregon#righttorepair#uslaw#uspol
Oh this is why the securities fraud case against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been taking so long!
"Several factors have delayed Paxton's securities fraud trial. They include repeated changes of venue, multiple replacements of judges, disputes over the pay for special prosecutors Kent Schaffer and Brian Wice, Hurricane Harvey, the COVID-19 pandemic, and Paxton's Senate impeachment trial on unrelated corruption charges."