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Breaking 1-06-21: MAGA terrorist attack on Capitol

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by RESINator, Jan 6, 2021.

  1. Commodore

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    DOJ has been lying in indictments that Kamala/Pence were at the Capital on Jan 6 (making it a "restricted area" for legal purposes).

     
  2. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    Pence was at the Capitol.
     
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    Another maga on a Capital tour, simply engaging in political discourse...


    New video shows alleged Jan. 6 Capitol rioters threatening Pence
    https://news.yahoo.com/new-video-jan-6-capitol-riot-pence-threat-drag-through-streets-195249884.html


     
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    Ummm… Mike Pence is literally on camera the entire time at the Capital during January 6. I don’t know why you would make such a stupid fake outrage claim.

    Since Kamala was still a Senator she was there too but in the office area it has been reported prior.
     
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    Well, you see, she wasn't president at the time, so she wasn't above the law...

     
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    Not Mother?

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    Seeing lots of the more out there from trump watchers about former Overstock CEO patrick byrne. His history is so bizarre that if you saw it in a movie you wouldn't believe it. He is linked to former trump lawyer sydney powell. He is rumored to have been connected with the draft executive order and advised trump to order the seizure of voting machines in December. And craziest of all, he was liked romantically with russian spy maria butina (which led to him stepping down as CEO).

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  10. Amiga

    Amiga I get vaunted sacred revelations from social media
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    If they wanted to, they could. I read that they are extremely meticulous about record keeping and tracking down missing documents. That’s probably how they tracked down top secret, classified, and other papers Trump took.
     
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    "but, but her phones"

     
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    Wow. He's definitely overstocked with something. Sanity ain't one of them.
     
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    Constantly lying, always changing his story and blaming others…

     
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    Turley

    'What-aboutism' — Ruling against Trump leaves more questions than answers on free speech

    https://thehill.com/opinion/judicia...inst-trump-leaves-more-questions-than-answers

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    However, it is the free speech issue that is most concerning. My concern is not based on any agreement with Trump's view of the election or Congress’s certification of it; I criticized his speech as he gave it and later called for Congress to censure him; nevertheless, his remarks fall well short of the high standard set for criminal or civil liability for speech.

    The Supreme Court has repeatedly rejected such liability despite the use of inflammatory or even violent words.

    In 1969, in Brandenburg v. Ohio, the Supreme Court ruled that even a Ku Klux Klan leader calling for violence is protected under the First Amendment unless there is a threat of “imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action.” In Hess v. Indiana, the court rejected the prosecution of a protester declaring an intention to take over the streets because “at worst, (the words) amounted to nothing more than advocacy of illegal action at some indefinite future time.” In a third case, NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co., the court overturned a judgment against the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People after one of its officials promised to break the necks of opponents.

    Although Trump pumped up his Jan. 6 supporters with allegations of election fraud and calls to "fight like hell," Judge Mehta acknowledged that Trump also told the crowd that “everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.” His comments were consistent with a protest in saying that “we are going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women.”

    In fairness to the court, it is merely saying that the case’s plaintiffs could possibly prove a conspiracy between Trump and some Jan. 6 groups. But he cites little support for such a conspiracy beyond facts like Trump’s earlier controversial statement in a debate that the Proud Boys should “stand back and stand by.” The court's careful, meticulous analysis on the earlier claims seems to break down over Trump’s status; it struggles to ignore the clear weight of prior case law and countervailing interpretations of Trump’s words.

    Despite a lengthy, detailed discussion of issues like presidential immunity, Mehta becomes more curt and cursory over Trump's constitutional claims. When Trump's lawyers said his language was largely indistinguishable from that of many Democrats like Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), Mehta chided them for playing "a game of what-aboutism."

    That "what-aboutism," however, is precisely the point. The selective imposition of liability for speech is the very thing that the First Amendment is designed to prevent.

    As rioting raged in Brooklyn Center, Minn. and nationwide in 2020, Congresswoman Waters went to Minnesota and told protesters there that they “gotta stay on the street” and “get more confrontational.” Others have used language very similar to Trump’s in declaring elections to be invalid (including Hillary Clinton calling Trump an "illegitimate president") or urging supporters to "fight" or "battle" against Republicans; Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) once said, "There needs to be unrest in the streets for as long as there's unrest in our lives.”

    All of those statements arguably were reckless but clearly protected speech.

    Free speech demands bright lines. While this is a "one-of-a-kind case," Trump's comments were hardly unique. And Judge Mehta does not clearly establish why Giuliani’s "trial by combat" remark or Brooks’ “taking names and kicking ass" exhortation are not calls for imminent violence or lawlessness — but Trump’s “fight like hell” would be.

    With three of the four speakers now dismissed from the case, only Trump remains. Along with him remains the most looming question: whether the Jan. 6 speech, which was central to his impeachment, was protected under the Constitution. If Trump prevails on appeal, he may claim a degree of vindication thanks to some of his fiercest opponents.

    What the court dismisses as "a game of what-aboutism" is all about free speech.
    more at the link
     
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    Volokh

    Court in Civil Case Holds Trump's Jan. 6 Speech Could Be Constitutionally Unprotected Incitement
    But the claims against Donald J. Trump, Jr. and Rudy Giuliani are dismissed.

    https://reason.com/volokh/2022/02/1...d-be-constitutionally-unprotected-incitement/

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    Here's my general thinking: The Court has indeed held that incitement is constitutionally unprotected, and a speech to a large group of people assembled in a place where they can do harm is indeed the kind of thing that could potentially satisfy the "imminence" element of incitement. (Again, recall, that the exception covers speech that "is [1] directed [i.e., intended] to inciting or producing [2] imminent lawless action and is [3] likely to incite or produce such action.")

    As to intent, I'm skeptical that Trump specifically intended to get members of the audience to act criminally, and not just to engage in lawful protest, simply because such criminal action was clearly politically and practically bad for Trump. There was no real chance, I think, that a criminal attack would get the members of Congress to go along with Trump—members of Congress may be cowed by the threat of political retaliation (indeed, in some situations they are supposed to be), but I very much doubt that they would be cowed by even the threat of violence.

    This having been said, there may be enough evidence to bring the questions of intent and especially likelihood before a jury, especially if the standard is preponderance of the evidence, as it usually is in civil cases (though note that sometimes the civil standard is elevated to clear and convincing evidence, as with the knowledge/recklessness prong in public official libel cases).

    But the bigger point is beyond Trump, I think. As we saw in the twelve months ending with January 6, 2021, political violence is hardly unique to one particular political dispute or one particular side. And any standard for upholding civil liability for such speech (if it's ultimately accepted on appeal) will surely be applied far beyond this case, especially since nothing in the plaintiffs' theory is limited to speech by the President, or speech about elections, or speech that leads to an attack on the Capitol as such, or for that matter speech that stems from erroneous factual claims as opposed to correct factual claims or for that matter expressions of opinion. (The courts' decision, after all, deals with the incitement exception and not the libel exception.)

    Say, for instance, that many in the public are deeply upset about what they perceive (rightly or wrongly) as a vast and disproportionate number of police murders of unarmed people of a particular racial group—or for that matter a wide range of other perceived injustice, whether related to racism, economic fairness, labor union rights, environmentalism, or what have you. Movement leaders (whether elected officials or otherwise) echo these sentiments, and indeed help urge these sentiments.

    Many of these people gather for a rally, at which a movement leader is speaking. Most of the audience have no violent or otherwise illegal intentions, but some (as in so many movements) do, and the leader, not being an idiot, knows that. The leader speaks for a long time about all the grievances that the audience and he share, and includes statements such as

    [W]e fight. We fight like hell and if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have [justice / fairness / a planet] anymore

    and

    [W]e're going to try to and give [elected officials / police reformers / etc.] the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country.

    He then exhorts the rally-goers to march to City Hall, or a police station, or some oil company headquarters. Unsurprisingly, some of the people then move to on to break into the building, or vandalize it, or set fire to it, or to shoot at police officers protecting it.

    Perhaps it's good if those physically or emotionally injured in the resulting illegal conduct could sue the movement leader for his speech (or perhaps even if prosecutors could prosecute him). Or perhaps it's bad. But my prediction is that the results that apply to Trump will quickly be applied to lots of other speakers in contexts where some attendees at a political rally act illegally.
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  20. rocketsjudoka

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    The problem is that Trump isn't just a private citizen but is also the President of the United States. As such his role in this incident is unique. As a private citizen he is entitled to say what he wants. As President it is understood that he wields much great power. Trump's defense from lawsuit has been that he was acting in his role as President so if that is his claim then he's already acknowledging that his role is different than that of a private citizen.

    Finally this is a civil case and not a criminal case so the standards are different.
     
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