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[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 hour ago

The paint of the suit was the damage caused by it. Not winning.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 24 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

It's almost like it was frivolous.

[–] Paddzr@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

He has admitted doing it because it drains their resources.

We need slap laws everywhere.

[–] USSEthernet@startrek.website 50 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 17 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] SoloCritical@lemmy.world 2 points 49 minutes ago (2 children)

And why they didn’t just use an AI to summarize all the key points in just as much time as it took to write is beyond me lol.

[–] FridaySteve@lemmy.world 2 points 41 minutes ago

"Since you didn't bother to write it, I didn't bother to read it."

[–] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 1 points 48 minutes ago (1 children)

A judge can’t really do that. At a minimum he needs human staff to do that.

[–] SoloCritical@lemmy.world 1 points 45 minutes ago

Oof yeah I didn’t really think of that, I guess I was thinking this was the oppositions lawyer we were speaking about.

[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 97 points 1 day ago (6 children)

It is scary that the last line of defense against authoritarianism is the judicial system.

[–] Taldan@lemmy.world 2 points 40 minutes ago

It's always been the judicial system. In Nazi Germany, the courts were incredibly close to blocking the concentration camps. If they had, we'd have had a very different history

Yep, because the Tribunal of Six is the final (legal) court of appeal in the country.

The checks are fraudulent and the balances have been tampered with.

[–] Typhoon@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago (5 children)

No the last line is the citizens but they seem content to sit back and watch their democracy collapse.

[–] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 minutes ago (1 children)

Easy to say behind a keyboard. If you live in the US and know your communities, it's not as easy as you all make it seem.

[–] Typhoon@lemmy.ca 1 points 28 seconds ago

Oh, it's hard? Sorry, I didn't realize defending your democracy would be inconvenient for you. Oh well, nothing you can do then.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 1 points 50 minutes ago

"There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order"

[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 11 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (3 children)

People aren't just sitting back though. The world literally just watched someone intentionally kill Charlie Kirk in a public setting, in front of thousands of people.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 3 points 50 minutes ago

That was MAGA on MAGA gang violence

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

literally just watched

What other way to watch is there?

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

Telepathically?

[–] Typhoon@lemmy.ca 5 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

He wasn't defending democracy. He shot him because he wasn't fascist enough

[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 12 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

That's speculation at best. The kid they apprehended hasn't confessed to anything.

Dont listen to the pundits. For anything. As someone recently suggested, pundits are just the court jesters keeping us divided.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 5 points 23 hours ago

I’ll take the win, regardless

[–] Hector@lemmy.world -2 points 22 hours ago

The shooter shot him because he was spreading hate.

[–] yucandu@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago

If it comes to the citizens, we're all gonna have a bad time.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

There are some people doing some stuff. But definitely not at the scale nor intensity required.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 6 points 1 day ago

There's another line after that, but people don't like talking about it.

[–] evenglow@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

More scary that it's down to lawyers. Not the judges.

[–] Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 56 minutes ago

I've read good things about the lawyers at Democracy Forward https://democracyforward.org/

[–] L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I get what you are saying and totally empathize with the sentiment given a modern context, but that is the purpose of judiciaries and why the US federal goverment structure was designed the way it was.

What's surprising is not that it's the last line of defense, it's that we've been pushed to the fucking brink.

[–] evenglow@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

USA fell off the brink last November. Everything going on now is the falling down bit while people hope someone else is stacking pillows at the bottom. But pillows got real expensive lately and a new Trump headline just dropped.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 day ago (3 children)

"As every lawyer knows (or is presumed to know), a complaint is not a public forum for vituperation and invective -- not a protected platform to rage against an adversary."

You have to be a really shit lawyer to work for Trump.

[–] ultranaut@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It would be great if the lawyers actually faced consequences for such blatant abuses of their profession. Lawyers are supposed to have standards they adhere to which are obviously not being followed. These lawyers know what they are doing is wrong and are doing it intentionally, their Bar association really should not tolerate this behavior.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 6 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

They can, and many of Trump's lawyers have. It's a process though.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 3 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

They should be figuring out ways to expedite that process because any semblance of respect for our legal system is vaporizing by the hour.

Sure the average person always had mistrust of it, but when you have the important people in the industry say it, you know it's fucked because part of their job is to try to retain respect for the institution.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

They should be figuring out ways to expedite that process because any semblance of respect for our legal system is vaporizing by the hour.

That cuts both ways - you want a process that is diligent and non-reactionary. Trump will always find more stupid lawyers willing to fall on their sword for him anyway.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 20 hours ago

Yeah but the bar will drop low. He will have lawyers so stupid they are completely ineffectual.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

I loved that quote! 😄

And this was a court they cherrypicked for presumed favorability.

I love that we still get some moments like this.

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

The judge gave them a page limit, too.

[–] Pavidus@lemmy.world 15 points 22 hours ago

Headline tomorrow: "Trump appeals decision against New York Times, suit remains."

[–] MyOpinion@lemmy.today 8 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Always good to see the Orange Nazi lose.

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 hours ago

nazi rapist. Don't forget the rape. He's trying to make it go away, so don't forget it!

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 8 points 20 hours ago

Not a loss. The judge just kicked it back as it was a load of whining and shit. If he can make a real grown-up suit out of it, it'll be back on.

[–] Stamau123@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 12 points 22 hours ago

Stormy Daniels: "I've seen faster."

[–] apenstaartje@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hey if we never do anything about it they know they can keep doing it.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 3 points 22 hours ago

Well the judge threw it out at lightspeed, that's something

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago