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I've got to say it. This is a case the Biden DOJ could have brought too. And Obama. The Democrats have got to stop playing games. They should have immediately changed it up when Obama was denied justice picks.
He will not be
Time to put him behind bars.
They should lock him in a cabin.
To be clear (because it isn't totally obvious from the title and text submitted on Lemmy), this article is a call to action, not reporting on a filing that's actually happened or rumored to be in progress or anything like that:
So why Monday? Because there is nothing special about Monday. It is the next day the courthouse opens, the next day a prosecutor could walk this to a grand jury, the same as they could have on any working day for the last several years. For anyone else, this case would already be filed.
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Three officials can move on this, and they can each do something different, so we ask each one for what they actually have the power to do. [...] Here is where to reach them, by phone or by email.
He could be charged Monday. Or Tuesday. Or he could've been charged last Monday. There's three people in Virginia who have the power to make that happen, you should go call and email them.
this article is a call to action
Action to do what? A People's Arrest?
Let me know when we reconvene the Revolutionary Tribunals. Then write the article
I’m looking forward to the Supreme Court ruling that a sitting Supreme Court member has “operational immunity” and effectively ruling that anyone on the Supreme Court can break the law as much as they want until their fucking life ~~sentence~~ term is up
And also all supreme court members can't be tax audited. And the creation of a Supreme Slush Fund
Absolutely nothing will happen.
Best case scenario, the stress pushes a clot into his brain.
Yeah, and then the cons put an extremely right wing hack that's also a zygote onto the court.
And I could be starting pitcher for the Padres, but it ain't likely.
Hey y'all, RTFA. It is not saying what you think it is saying. The last several paragraphs twist things on thier head.
Good, but unseating that lousy POS will take a lot more.
Throw all the books at him
I'll believe it when I see it.
Yeah that's what I told everyone when Trump was convicted of 34 felony charges :(
If it comes down to it, Trump will just pardon him as "a victim of the radical left".
A pardon requires an admission of guilt. An admission which would violate the good behavior clause of the Constitution. Meaning he's no longer eligible to be on the court.
The good news it's the state of Virginia, not the federal government, that could file these charges, so the president would have no ability to pardon it. The bad news is that it's purely hypothetical. We can all see the crime was committed, but that doesn't mean a Virginia prosecutor will actually go through with pursuing the case on any particular day.
Watch thomas sue, let it get all the way to the SCROTUS and Thomas doesn't recuse himself.
The filing should be easy. Proving it might be tough. He knows enough to deny, defend, depose.
Easy to prove. Super easy.
And this is why we are all poor, this is why billionaires keep stealing from us, because of greedy no backbone failures like him.
Aaannnnddd nothing will come of it because he is a boot licker for this administration.
These are state crimes. The only way Trump can affect this case is if he sends in the National Guard to protect Thomas from being arrested.
As long as Virginia's governor doesn't betray us, like Polis did here in Colorado.
Don’t threaten me with a good time
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Please send this slimeball to jail
Memorial Day? Definitely not but maybe Tuesday
The worst part of this is that even if he is convicted and removed from the judiciary, Trump gets to pick his replacement, so it will not only not fix anything but will very likely make it worse.
I mean the trial will take time and if Democrats get to control Congress after midterms they could just not confirm any of Trump's picks. Who am I joking, the Democrats would never.
It needs to be delayed till January of next year, when the next Congress comes in session. If Thomas has any sense he'd resign if this looks like it's going somewhere so Trump can sneak an appointment in. My best guess for what the Democrats would do, if they were able to block a Supreme Court pick, is come up with some sort of compromise. Maybe appoint somebody who's a moderate, not a Trump acolyte. I doubt they'd want the optics of not confirming a justice for 2 years.
Are memories really that short? If you keep giving them help while they spit on you every chance they get then you're just helping them. They blocked Obama and then had their candidates straight up lie to congress. There is a very strong case for not giving them the time of day much less a hearing in the Senate.
The least reliable members of the facist block of SCOTUS are those appointed by Mr. Trump.
He's really, really bad at the job.
lol we all know nothing is going to fucking happen
Monday is a federal holiday.
"May Memorial Day fools!" 😅😅😅
Calling it now, nothing will come of this.
Yes please
Could…? Should
That would be lovely. Nothing will come of it, of course, and he'll just scream “racism!!” but it would still be nice.
Wait—Monday's a holiday. Nothing’s going to happen on Monday.
Just like Al Capone.
Get him
Leona Helmsley was a prophet: "We don't pay taxes. The little people pay taxes."
If that even happens, the Supreme Court can simply issue a ruling in his favor from the shadow docket and I have no reason to believe they won’t
The SC has no authority over state laws unless they find them unconstitutional or conflict with federal laws. I don't think even the 6 GOP justices would go that far.
Useful context, and maybe how it should work normally. I have little faith in this lawless time.