What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[The Minsky Moment]

The jury has to be unanimous to convict, right?

Yes.  And also to acquit.

Could the judge (legally) disqualify every potential juror who has ever been a registered voter or member of a party?

No, disqualifying bias cannot be inferred from those kinds of common external associations; it would also violate the principle of having the jury be generally representative of the community.

[viper37]

Donald is having a meltdown.

[viper37]

I'm really enjoying this.

[Solmyr]

I'm really enjoying this.

You say that, but those will become GOP talking points in short order.

[jimmy olsen]

Twitter was subpeoned for their DMs, and was fined $350k for not compiling. $50k fine, doubling each day, payable on each day. So $50k + $100k + $200k.

However, that's burying the lede...
https://themessenger.com/politics/trump-flight-risk-federal-judge-ruling-indictments

Overshadowed by the news that Special Counsel Jack Smith secretly obtained access to Donald Trump's Twitter account, a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit relegated a blockbuster revelation to a footnote.

"The district court also found reason to believe that the former President would 'flee from prosecution,'" it began.

The appellate court's ruling does not reveal why U.S. District Court Beryl Howell, who oversaw the special counsel Jan. 6 investigation before handing over her title as the jurisdiction's chief judge in March, made such an explosive finding to justify imposing a non-disclosure order preventing Twitter from telling Trump that prosecutors demanded access to his account.

According to the ruling, prosecutors, for reasons currently unknown, ultimately shelved that argument, and Howell ultimately relied on other factors to support her ruling.

Meanwhile in Georgia
https://twitter.com/ZcohenCNN/status/1689336728656478208

Fulton County DA Fani Willis is expected to seek more than a dozen indictments when she presents her case into efforts by Trump & allies to overturn 2020 presidential election in GA before a grand jury next week, sources tell @SaraMurray, @JMOCNN & me.

[crazy canuck]

It is routine for service providers to hand over info from accounts when ordered by the courts to do so.  Why is Twitter not complying? 

[Grey Fox]

It is routine for service providers to hand over info from accounts when ordered by the courts to do so.  Why is Twitter not complying? 

Because everyone who was doing the job got let go. It's like the media relation office & the poop emoji auto reply.

[jimmy olsen]

Georgia prosecutors have messages showing Trump's team is behind voting system breach.

Seems like another bad week is coming Trump's way.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/13/politics/coffee-county-georgia-voting-system-breach-trump

[Syt]

[Admiral Yi]

Heard something interesting on NPR.  Fulton County case is state law, which means if Donald is found guilty he cannot be pardoned by the president.  Presidents can only pardon those who break federal law. 

[DGuller]

Is there anything stopping a state like Montana or Wyoming from passing a law that would give it jurisdiction to sentence any Democratic politician in the US to death for treason?  The GOP governor won't pardon Joe Biden, and we all know that the Supreme Court will vote 6-3 to uphold the death sentence.

[grumbler]

Is there anything stopping a state like Montana or Wyoming from passing a law that would give it jurisdiction to sentence any Democratic politician in the US to death for treason?  The GOP governor won't pardon Joe Biden, and we all know that the Supreme Court will vote 6-3 to uphold the death sentence.

The state constitutions, for one thing.  The death cult couldn't muster the popular votes to enact such a change to the constitution, and the state courts wouldn't allow a referendum like that anyway.

[Admiral Yi]

Is there anything stopping a state like Montana or Wyoming from passing a law that would give it jurisdiction to sentence any Democratic politician in the US to death for treason?  The GOP governor won't pardon Joe Biden, and we all know that the Supreme Court will vote 6-3 to uphold the death sentence.

The Constitution doesn't allow bills of attainder, i.e. legislation directed at individuals.

[DGuller]

Is there anything stopping a state like Montana or Wyoming from passing a law that would give it jurisdiction to sentence any Democratic politician in the US to death for treason?  The GOP governor won't pardon Joe Biden, and we all know that the Supreme Court will vote 6-3 to uphold the death sentence.

The Constitution doesn't allow bills of attainder, i.e. legislation directed at individuals.

I'm not suggesting it would be limited to Joe Biden.  Treason can apply to a lot of individuals, nearly half the politicians in the DC are Democrats.

[Sheilbh]

The state constitutions, for one thing.  The death cult couldn't muster the popular votes to enact such a change to the constitution, and the state courts wouldn't allow a referendum like that anyway.

Yeah - I think in Trump's presidency, the deep state was underwhelming and the courts weren't that effective. But America's deep, decentralised democracy at state and local level was far more resilient, right down to the election itself.

That's why there's been an attempt to subvert it by getting full Trumpists into positions responsible for elections.