@clintruin @ralfmaximus @GottaLaff @taatm @JonChevreau @stux @falcennial If "firing the Supreme Court" were deemed an official act, then the president who tried to do so couldn't be personally prosecuted for it, which isn't the same as "the rest of the government would follow along." Chief Justice Roberts would still show up for work the next day, lawyers would appear and argue, etc. The "firing" order would still be unconstitutional and void.
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M.S. Bellows, Jr. (msbellows@c.im)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jul-2024 02:07:22 JST M.S. Bellows, Jr.
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M.S. Bellows, Jr. (msbellows@c.im)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jul-2024 01:58:27 JST M.S. Bellows, Jr.
@GottaLaff @taatm @JonChevreau @stux @falcennial FWIW, the immunity ruling says presidents can't be prosecuted for official acts, not that whatever the president does is lawful. Even under this ruling, no president can just decree that the Supreme Court now has 21 members. Nor does it suspend habeas corpus: if Biden orders Trump arrested and held without trial, the courts will order him released.
(Those powers won't come until later, when there's a GOP president again.)
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M.S. Bellows, Jr. (msbellows@c.im)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jul-2024 03:23:27 JST M.S. Bellows, Jr.
(Also, although I respect the way Judge Marchan has carefully avoided grounds for appeal, if I were him I'd expend all my accumulated moral capital at sentencing, by creating a record listing every bad thing Trump has ever done then sentencing him to immediately begin serving at least 4.5 years in a real prison, making it impossible for him to act as President even if reelected without SCOTUS stepping in again.)
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M.S. Bellows, Jr. (msbellows@c.im)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jul-2024 02:22:01 JST M.S. Bellows, Jr.
Know what would destroy the Roberts Court faster than anything? A Judges' Revolt.
If I were a federal judge, I'd decline to honor any of the controversial Roberts Court decisions. I'd openly say, "that decision is not good law because the Court as currently constituted is corrupt and illegitimate, and to follow its decrees would be to violate my oath to the Constitution."
Impeach me. Do it. See if you can get the Senate votes. Otherwise, I'm appointed for life. Now imagine if dozens of federal judges, trial and appellate, did the same thing.
Yes, I am a lawyer. Yes, I am serious.
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M.S. Bellows, Jr. (msbellows@c.im)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jul-2024 02:47:41 JST M.S. Bellows, Jr.
Mood #1:
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M.S. Bellows, Jr. (msbellows@c.im)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jul-2024 02:47:40 JST M.S. Bellows, Jr.
Mood #2:
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M.S. Bellows, Jr. (msbellows@c.im)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jul-2024 02:47:39 JST M.S. Bellows, Jr.
Okay, those are the Moods. Now: what should be our RESPONSES?!
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M.S. Bellows, Jr. (msbellows@c.im)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jul-2024 02:47:39 JST M.S. Bellows, Jr.
Mood #5: Roberts ' opinion:
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M.S. Bellows, Jr. (msbellows@c.im)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jul-2024 02:47:39 JST M.S. Bellows, Jr.
Moods #3 & 4:
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M.S. Bellows, Jr. (msbellows@c.im)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jul-2024 02:47:38 JST M.S. Bellows, Jr.
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M.S. Bellows, Jr. (msbellows@c.im)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jul-2024 02:47:38 JST M.S. Bellows, Jr.
Response #2 (which remains the most important response - though not the *only* response)
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M.S. Bellows, Jr. (msbellows@c.im)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jul-2024 02:47:37 JST M.S. Bellows, Jr.
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M.S. Bellows, Jr. (msbellows@c.im)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jul-2024 02:47:36 JST M.S. Bellows, Jr.
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M.S. Bellows, Jr. (msbellows@c.im)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jul-2024 02:47:35 JST M.S. Bellows, Jr.
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M.S. Bellows, Jr. (msbellows@c.im)'s status on Monday, 01-Jul-2024 23:36:53 JST M.S. Bellows, Jr.
@ethanz #TIL that there's such a thing as the "Journal of Quantitative Description." Cool!
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M.S. Bellows, Jr. (msbellows@c.im)'s status on Friday, 28-Jun-2024 10:25:07 JST M.S. Bellows, Jr.
Crap. Just 15 minutes in and I'm suddenly wanting Biden to step aside and let Harris be the nominee.
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M.S. Bellows, Jr. (msbellows@c.im)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 12:50:48 JST M.S. Bellows, Jr.
@tokyo_0 In our case, the ER took excellent care of her, splinted her, and referred her to the on-call orthopedic surgeon, whose billing person said they don't accept her secondary insurance and then, when my wife called back to say the insurer claimed they WERE on their list and had offered to talk to the billing person, just hung up on her.
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M.S. Bellows, Jr. (msbellows@c.im)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 01:53:14 JST M.S. Bellows, Jr.
Current status, as reflected in a text I just sent my brother and daughters:
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M.S. Bellows, Jr. (msbellows@c.im)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 01:53:13 JST M.S. Bellows, Jr.
Further update: fractured fibula AND medial malleolus. They're splinting her now so she can ice and elevate for a few days, and then she'll see an orthopedist probably Thursday, and then probably have surgery next week.
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M.S. Bellows, Jr. (msbellows@c.im)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 01:53:13 JST M.S. Bellows, Jr.
Update: Lyricdancer indeed broke her fibula (and maybe more; still waiting) stepping off our back deck onto an uneven surface. But little pain (she declined opiates), and she's mostly (a) worried about whether she can still sail this weekend and (b) happy to have been surrounded by sexy firefighters (her not-even-secret kink).