#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.?
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
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.
Hopefully, the jurors will agree: On Michael Cohen's testimony: "The Trump defense is that everyone in the Trump organization was a criminal and a liar and a crook, except for the boss, who was not." -D Frum #TFG#Justice#RuleOfLaw#GOPConspirators
Despite Trudi Warner's case for contempt of court (for holding a placard reminding a jury of its ability to acquit on moral grounds in a climate protest case) being thrown out by the UK High Court because it was 'fanciful', the Tory Solicitor General Robert Courts has decided to appeal the decision.
Three climate activists have been found guilty under the new law that seeks to repress protests that interfere with key national infrastructure.
With the jury instructed to ignore the defendants' reasoning behind their actions its perhaps unsurprising they were found guilty... all a bit ironic given the unseasonal heat in the court room.
Sentencing is to come & will show how serious an impact the law may have... but its not going to be good!
Having wrongly imprisoned Andrew Malkinson (and only releasing him after nearly two decades), for having the audacity to prove the justice system wrong, the state (and justice system) seems to be going out of its way to make his life difficult.
Read his account & you get the feeling that that state has a vindictive interest in punishing its victim(s) for bringing the justice system into ill-repute.
Reform is needed of this unjust 'compensation' system.
Nadhim Zahawi's lawyer has been referred to Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal by the Solicitors Regulation Authority over the use of legal means (the SLAPP) to try to silence Dan Neidle who was looking into Zahawi's tax affairs - Neildle you recall resisted the pressure & was vindicated when Zahawi was sacked.
While the SRA has investigated a number of SLAPPs, this is the first case which has then resulted in referral to the SDT.
'AI can do wonderful things. But civil rights can’t exist in a world of hidden calculations. Just as with a lawyer or doctor, we must have AI that acts in our self-interest. AI needs a constitution — or more accurately, we need a constitution that defines access to artificial intelligence acting solely on our behalf as a civil right'!
We need an constitution for AI not an AI manifesto!
GOP leaders do #TFG's bidding. The #RuleOfLaw will disappear if Biden isn't reelected:
#MAGAMike announced that Congress, on behalf of TFG, is going to use every power available to him/colleagues to nullify America’s court system.
“Trump has done nothing wrong here & he continues to be the target of endless lawfare -has to stop. & you’re gonna see Congress address this in every possible way that we can, bc we need accountability -all these cases need to be dropped..." https://hartmannreport.com/p/why-america-needs-to-know-about-trump
"Top NYT Editor Offers Stunning Defense of Coverage of Trump."
"The failure to clearly describe Trump's plan to cancel prosecutions of himself & other elements of his legal strategy as threats to the system itself, that is, as efforts to put himself above the law."