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Third derivative of what with respect to what? Otherwise, I got that reference.

It's actually been a lot longer than four years. Republicans have been trying to enact voter suppression measures for at least a decade premised on the idea that without them, vote fraud occurs. But they have been wholly unable to prove any systematic or outcome-affecting vote fraud.

Yeah, that, and I imagine little groups of them form and in typical male herd fashion get off on all of it. It's an unfortunately currently socially acceptable way to be "naughty" or edgy. It shouldn't surprise us that Trump's rhetoric has a lot of appeal for adolescent boys. It's the adult part that's so bothersome.

Well, the good thing about reassignment is that the 11th Circuit is a conservative court whose chief judge didn't have a problem slapping Cannon around a little bit and has had to field more than 1000 judicial complaints, hardly any of which were actionable (meaning citing any valid legal cause), so is well aware of the issues here and may just decide that the "optics," the public view of the judiciary, requires or suggests reassignment to a more experienced, apparently less-partisan judge.

Democrats didn't fuck around with lawyering last time either. Republicans did. One of the scarier things may be that they don't this time, but I'm not sure there are any Elias-caliber lawyers available to them.

Well, that's fair. Let's take "misadventures" out of it, and say more politically debatable, rather than existential conflicts as were WWI and WWII. But, I think when it comes down to it, acts of heroism are more in service to fellow soldiers and sailors and secondarily in service to country, although it was service to country that placed them in that position. It's selflessness, either way, and should be celebrated notwithstanding the popularity of the conflict.

Ryan Routh moved to disqualify Cannon for all reasons "we" like. The government has to oppose or agree with the motion They opposed, but without challenging any of Rouths assertions about her, just that it didn't meet the statutory grounds for recusal a page and a half. In the appeal of the Trump case, the government has not yet argued for reassignment, but two friend of the court briefs did, one making only that argument and very credibly as the two friends are the foremost legal and judicial ethics authorities in the country.

Well, part of the problem is that our wars since WWII have been political misadventures for the most part. And soldiers and sailors have wrongly been blamed for it or if not blamed, not properly celebrated.

I think a lot of it just boils down to this, and I am sure you would have. My Dad served on a Fletcher-class DD from 1943 for almost the duration. While searching for a downed USMC pilot, they took two 6" shells from a shore battery, one exploded right under my Dad's "cabin," raising the deck a couple of inches. A couple of guys were killed. They shelled Iwo Jima. The most intense combat was at Okinawa, where they fended off kamikazes and other aircraft as the screen for the carriers in the task group. They did not get hit, but rescued 48 sailors from Twiggs after it struck a mine near the beach. They also inserted UDT and "JASCO" Marines before the invasion, who attached explosives to the barriers and tank traps and reconnoitered the invasion site. Dad said you just did your job, followed orders, and focused on that and there wasn't time to be afraid. Where I suppose it would get hairy is in a gun tub when someone else got killed or injured and the chain of command broke down.

The problem is guessing how the percentages break down in terms of less R v. D, but Trump v. Harris.

Do you believe there is "DNC state run media"? Maybe, just maybe, Trump should stop being a piece of shit.

What about shit about shit and fuck about fuck? I think I am pretty familiar with both.

Because mental duress is not a defense to criminal liability unless it impairs or destroys the defendant's ability to know right from wrong. Depending on California's murder statute, if not "remote" from the killings, could be offered as a provocation ("heat of passion") to reduce the "level" of the offense, but in this case was too remote. Mental duress is always relevant during sentencing, however. ETA: Evidence of abuse came in in both trials, just less of it in the second, both times under a "heat of passion"/imminent danger theory. It was the same judge in both cases, but he decided that the first trial was too much of a zoo, leading to the mistrial and rode herd on the retrial.

You don't have to get real complicated with it. Imagine if Trump was able to recuse any judge appointed by Biden, or Obama. Christ knows he tried with Merchan, Engoron, and Chutkan.

You ain't lived til you porked a knothole in a hot panel of multistrand!

She's technically correct. However, reassignment, as by the 11th Circuit can be done "in the interest of justice" and isn't cabined by the recusal statute. For example, you can't recuse a judge (by motion of a party) for fucking up a case on remand after appeal, but the court of appeals can reassign and relatively often does. The combination of bias, inexperience and public perception might just do it, especially when serious people like Gillers advocate for it.

Oh shit, perusing lawfare, I read an amusing article about how the government had to half-heartedly oppose Ryan Routh's motion to disqualify Cannon. But, and I had not seen this anywhere before. two of the amicus briefs on appeal of the Mar-A-Lago dismissal advocate for recusal of Cannon and one is ENTIRELY DEDICATED to the issue of recusal/reassignment. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/in-routh-case--government-backs-cannon-but-barely And one of the amicii signed on to that brief is Stephen Gillers, probably the most-cited and authoritative legal ethics expert in the country. https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25088896/25-1-2024-09-03-attachment-1-crew.pdf

Geezus, you're right. Even for a civil suit, where the parties can fuck around for a year or more and discovery can be long and time consuming, that's a long time. It is in SD NY, which is a congested court. This is why lawdogs don't get too exercised about delays.

I suppose eventually every economic upheaval subsides and things reach a steady state. That probably doesn't mean you should intentionally induce an upheaval.

Like this one? If the Trump/christofascist dog ever catches the car, the factional warfare will be pretty spectacular.

Pendejos grandes muy male. Chingao.

Well, Trump's base is lost and they are reliably energized by hate, true. According to everything we hear, they're trying to energize undecideds and low-propensity voters. And while hate may energize some percentage of them sitting on their couches watching football, I'm thinking it may not unass them to vote.

The argument seems to be that it's a "character issue." But, Trump ain't winning the character issue with anyone that isn't already part of his base. Plus, they're annoying and repetitive as fuck, even if you ignore the lies and hate.

This show is full of hateful, contemptible people all around. The only characters I like are the cats.

Fun little factoid, Eddy Grant wins summary judgment for copyright infringement against Trump for use of Electric Avenue. https://copyrightlately.com/eddy-grant-prevails-in-copyright-lawsuit-against-trump-campaign/ Also Isaac Hayes III wins preliminary injunction against Trump's further use of Hold On, I'm Coming.