How Trump is Radicalizing the Legal System

Sweet Lou 4 2 · Dec 27, 2019

Pretty sobering article - especially this paragraph:

It should not be surprising that this court cut back on protections against double jeopardy, permitting prosecutors to retry a defendant on an issue of fact that a jury has already decided in his favor. Or that the court curbed Americans’ right to protest in a decision involving DeRay Mckesson, a Black Lives Matter activist. During one demonstration that Mckesson helped lead against police brutality, a protester threw a hard object at an officer that hit him. The officer then sued Mckesson, even though he’d done nothing to incite violence. In shocking ruling, the 5th Circuit approved the lawsuit, holding Mckesson was liable for any violence committed by any protester at his demonstration. This decision is a frontal attack on the First Amendment, subjecting activists to crippling damages by making them liable for the conduct of people they can’t actually control. It radically alters free speech law, suppressing dissent and threatening to bankrupt civil rights groups.
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https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/12/fifth-circuit-trump-judges-devastating.amp

dobro1229 · Dec 27, 2019

Trump breaks everything he touches. Him forcing hacks into the 5th circuit all but ensures every big case they try ends up going to the Supreme Court eventually like every other case to the point it’s going to break the judicial system just from a process standpoint.

Sweet Lou 4 2 · Dec 27, 2019

dobro1229 said: ↑

Trump breaks everything he touches. Him forcing hacks into the 5th circuit all but ensures every big case they try ends up going to the Supreme Court eventually like every other case to the point it’s going to break the judicial system just from a process standpoint.
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His goal is to break the system and gain absolute power. Trumpsters seem ok with Heir Trump.

jo mama · Dec 27, 2019

does this mean someone who is assaulted at a trump rally could sue trump? or someone who is assaulted by a neo-nazi (very fine person) could sue trump?

Andre0087 · Dec 27, 2019

When you're approving attorney's that haven't even tried cases for lifetime positions as federal judges that's really my biggest concern. It's gonna be very difficult if not impossible to undo the damage he's doing to the judiciary branch.

Sweet Lou 4 2 · Dec 27, 2019

jo mama said: ↑

does this mean someone who is assaulted at a trump rally could sue trump? or someone who is assaulted by a neo-nazi (very fine person) could sue trump?
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That is the precedent but since the courts are pro-Trump in all likelihood the would protect him.

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