#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."
@KimPerales When she announced that she would vote for the orange turd, I figured that was her bid for VP. Scary scenario for me is for the #felon to choose her -
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...
@blepharon@davidallengreen@ChrisMayLA6 Wasting police time is s5 Criminal Law Act 1967 "Where a person causes any wasteful employment of the police by knowingly making to any person a false report tending to show that an offence has been committed,". I don't think you'd be able to show that the reports about beer were knowingly false.
#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
@KimPerales
He needs to be indicted by DOJ along with all the other congressional insurrectionists. Dems should bring up a motion to remove him. Lying traitor.
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.?
It makes zero difference whether #Alito had “nothing to do with” flying the U.S. flag upside down or with flying the “Appeal to Heaven” flag. Both were flown at his residences. This would give any reasonable person grounds to believe he condones the sentiments and ideas those flags represent. 3/ #LawFedi
There is zero indication in #Alito ‘s letter that made any effort to engage seriously with the recusal tenet of the Code of Ethics he committed himself to. He did not put himself in the shoes of the reasonable person aware of all the circumstances. That requires articulating how the situation seems from that perspective, not just defensive and conclusively assertions. 4/ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/samuel-alito-refuses-recuse-flags-1235029552/
#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.
@ChemicalEyeGuy Any special reason you linked to MSN, instead of directly to the #Newsweek article? I'm not a big fan of Microsoft these days (or ever was, TBH).
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?
@ChrisMayLA6 I think the pardoning of "witches", homosexuals and (in Canada) users of marijuana, were all done by the parliaments and not the courts, but perhaps that's because there was no compensation involved.
Convictions regarding possession of marijuana dated from the 1960s and up until it was made legal in Canada. It meant they couldn't get a passport and were locked out of many jobs.
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