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Law Talkin' Guy@l-t-g.bsky.social |
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
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"What the report finds is that Biden held on to 94% of the people who said they would support him before the debate. For Trump, 86% of people who said they would support him before the debate said they would do so after the debate."
news.northeastern.edu/2024/07/09/b...
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Law Talkin' Guy
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Exactly! The modern GOP reminds me of the 4th grade bully who called me a "Christ-killer" more than it does any sensible adult.
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The Man Who Would Be Damn Hell Ass King
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The GOP wants to outlaw porn. If I wanted to beat them, I might make a commercial all about that. I might hire popular adult performers for it. I might run it on every porn site.
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Law Talkin' Guy
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Everyone's (rightly) freaking out about most of the GOP platform, but I'm fascinated by point 20. "Hey, have we ever tried having record levels of success?" "Shit! Why didn't we think of that years ago?" "Let's do that, I bet it would unite our country."
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Law Talkin' Guy
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2028 GOP Platform: 14 Words
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Law Talkin' Guy
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If a million people do a thing, and a very bad result happens to .001% of those people, that very bad result happens to 1,000 people. A very large pool of people who might be hurt lets you build a career representing the very small percentage of those who are hurt.
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Law Talkin' Guy
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Daniel Gilmore
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Listen to the Biden interview. Its 15ish minutes of Biden talking extemporaneously perfectly well. But like several other public events over the last several days, this is getting brushed aside because the narrative that political news media wants to go with is set.
civicmedia.us/shows/specia...
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Law Talkin' Guy
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If my IRA was still with BlackRock, this would be my sign to get out. If you don't think I can invest with you and retire at 65, why the hell would I trust you with my investments?
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Law Talkin' Guy
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I lost members of my grandparents' generation to the camps too. But the members of that generation who got out and could fight, did. No shame in leaving at all. But there is great shame refusing to fight to save others from the fate you left to escape.
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Law Talkin' Guy
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I did not. And I very much appreciate you sharing it!
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Law Talkin' Guy
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Getting the hell out before it's too late is not at all incompatible with staying calm and fighting. You assess the risks, and do what you need to in order to survive - make that choice calmly and as rationally as you can. And then whether from inside or outside, you fight.
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Law Talkin' Guy
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Incitement requires imminent lawless action. Here - not imminent, so not incitement. What is not clear to me is whether or not it is lawless. Is it criminal, but the president can't be charged, or is it not criminal because the president can't be charged?
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Law Talkin' Guy
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All this talk about ways to fix the Supreme Court, and it's like no one ever read the Pelican Brief.
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Popehat
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We just may have to come to grips with the idea we have a king, like Charles I or James II or Richard II.
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Jonathan Ladd
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The 14th Amendment says if you were involved in an insurrection you can't be president. SCOTUS said they won't allow anyone to enforce that because of reasons they made up. The Constitution doesn't say the president is immune from criminal law. SCOTUS decided he is because of reasons they made up.
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Jennifer Winch
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In case you missed President Biden's remarks on SCOTUS' granting of presidential immunity to Trump, watch him here:
youtu.be/6mGvLEFwz2A
#Biden/Harris
#VoteBlue
#DemocracyOrTrump
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southpaw
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Chief Justice Roberts decrees the end of DOJ independence in an offhanded sentence on page 20.
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Law Talkin' Guy
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"As Benjamin Franklin said, our Founding Fathers gave us 'A monarchy, if you can keep it.' This Court today take an important step towards recognizing the original meaning of our Constitution, but does not go far enough." - Justice Thomas concurring in part and dissenting in part in Trump v US.
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Law Talkin' Guy
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Malicious Compliance should be the legal profession's response to most Supreme Court rulings these days. I can't be the only obnoxious rules lawyer who found a way to monetize my hobby.
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Law Talkin' Guy
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As a 15 year+ member of the bar who still suffers from imposter syndrome, I strongly encourage reading motions and pleadings from state court cases. (Sometimes federal cases too, but those tend to be a bit more polished.)
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The Republic Is Ours To Save
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Not over. As someone alive before Chevron precedent, before legal abortion, before many things being flipped back in time existed, I can say you can fight this war&win it. Again. &this time, people have sunk costs&reaped benefits where before it was theoretical. They will feel&resent the loss.
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Kelsey Atherton
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In "Bell Riots," the dystopian vision of 2024 is that sanctuary districts would be designated which legally permit the unhoused to sleep outside or in derelict buildings, where food is provided and there's an office that sets people up with work. Again, this is the dystopian part of the Bell Riots.
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Law Talkin' Guy
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Also, I wouldn't describe them as a "Will to Power" party. The GOP is very much the antithesis of Nietzsche's philosophy. One need look no further than their reveling in and weaponizing of what Nietzsche would call "slave morality".
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Law Talkin' Guy
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The point I'm trying to make is that - as I read their behavior and motivation - they want power because they view power as an end in itself. For others power is a means to an end, for the (Trump) GOP power is the end. It's not obtained for some later purpose or pleasure, but for its own sake.
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Law Talkin' Guy
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I disagree. In hedonism, the end is pleasure. What we see in the GOP is that the end is power, and power is the end that justifies any means. For the GOP, power is not a tool which can be used to achieve pleasure, but it is the goal on its own.
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Law Talkin' Guy
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I'd argue it's more about power than hedonism. The GOP is all about fetishizing power. Power is, for them, more important than truth, morality, or any other purported goal. And a movement based on "might makes right" is ripe for infiltration by all kinds of predators.
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~Tilda is short for Majoritilda
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bitch you ain't even got quals scheduled yet ain't no way you're defending in two years
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Law Talkin' Guy
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Next week's headline will be: "What's Behind the Alarming Spike in Heat-Related Deaths?"
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
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Fun fact: the Rabbis removed the Ten Commandments out of our core liturgy (Shema &tc) bc the Jewish Christians were SOOPER into it & the Rabbis wanted to be clear that the 10 weren’t superior to the other 603 mitzvot in Torah. So we’re clear that this 👇 is Christian supremacy. & a 1A violation.
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Law Talkin' Guy
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Of course they were. That tracks 100%.
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Law Talkin' Guy
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Honestly, about half the time I see a post from @lawtalkinguy.bsky.social, I get confused because I don't remember writing it.
I picked Lionel Hutz, in part, to make sure I didn't take myself too seriously. So far, it's been a moderately successful strategy.
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Law Talkin' Guy
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Interesting. I would have guessed that the courts would read the contract and find it created a landlord/tenant relationship - no matter what the language of the contract said. Do you think they'll find that there was some oral rental contract, or just that no enforceable contract exists?
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Seth Cotlar
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I think my second favorite flavor of Trump voter is the person who a) is upset about high housing costs and b) wants Trump to deport a large proportion of the construction industry's workforce.
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Seth Cotlar
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I think my favorite flavor of Trump voter is the person who a) is very upset about high grocery prices and b) is fired up about Trump's plan to deport 50% of the nation's agricultural workforce.
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Law Talkin' Guy
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On the one hand this is probably being used for evil, but on the other hand I have to admit I kind of admire the legal creativity. Based on my, very limited, knowledge of CA courts I can't imagine this will fly if put to the test, but I can see it working in less tenant-friendly jurisdictions.
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Law Talkin' Guy
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D) Replace police with traffic enforcement officials responsible for traffic enforcement alone. E) Raise speed limits to reflect actual safe speeds - and free up enforcement for dangerous violators. F) Social pressure campaigns (akin to those against drunk driving). G) Other.
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Quinta Jurecic
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I don't think this is malicious, but it says a great deal about whose interests are prioritized, especially at a time of increasing societal backlash against non-normative expressions of gender and sexuality
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Law Talkin' Guy
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Got it! "Fight to the death" in the Klingon sense of the phrase.
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Kevin M. Kruse
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The planet is overheating and we’re just lighting mountains of tires on fire so computers can spew gibberish at us.
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Law Talkin' Guy
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As I read the order: Judge Glanville is ordering, among others, Judge Glanville to appear before Judge Glanville to show cause or else Judge Glanville will have his bailiffs arrest Judge Glanville. Not the most important point, granted, but just poor draftsmanship.
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its moira
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Law Talkin' Guy
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Though major props to Steel's co-counsel, Keith Adams, for standing up and essentially asking the court to find him in contempt too.
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Law Talkin' Guy
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For bonus points, the prosecutor admits she requested ex parte communications with a sworn witness. Then she has the gall to say that Defense counsel's purpose in moving for mistrial was really just to get false facts on the record and asks to have the whole thing struck.
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Kathryn Tewson
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yes, folks, you read that correctly.
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Gillian Branstetter
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If people are still arguing for a larger role for AI after a decade of research has consistently shown the use of AI in governance and law enforcement perpetuates racism and injustice rather than reduces it I have to assume that, for AI boosters, that's the point
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Law Talkin' Guy
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Dear Tesla: I would be willing to take this job for a mere $56M. And I promise not to split my time to work as the CEO of another company or do any ketamine while on the job.
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Law Talkin' Guy
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The fact that a law is stupid does not make it any less a law. Which is sort of the original point. Most of us do commit crimes on a daily basis - in large part because a lot of things are illegal even though laws against them are stupid.
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Law Talkin' Guy
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Sometimes the legal system makes it a crime to do things that should be criminal, and sometimes it prosecutes people for doing those things. But that doesn't mean the legal system is good, only criminalizes things that should be criminal, or only prosecutes those who should be prosecuted.
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