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PIZZA.BAT
Nov 12, 2016


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Did we ever get an explanation to the insane “”baseball tickets”” debt or is that just another Trump century corruption trivia that’ll be forgotten by everyone besides us nerds?

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PIZZA.BAT
Nov 12, 2016


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ErIog posted:

The fact that so few SCOTUS justices have been impeached has done a lot of damage to the institution. You could probably say the same for presidents.

:hmmyes: I’m stealing this take, thanks

PIZZA.BAT
Nov 12, 2016


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RICKON WALNUTSBANE posted:

Will they actually be able to force someone though before the election?

Surely the Republicans will respect the decorum of their own precedent they established literally in the last election

PIZZA.BAT
Nov 12, 2016


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So how can you not read that outcome as, 'violate away to your hearts content, stymie any investigations by claiming executive privilege, and then get off scot-free once your term has ended'?

How does this not only set a terrible precedent but also be pretty clearly against what the founding fathers intended here? What's even the point of having the clause if the President can just 'lol nah' his way out of it?

Mr. Nice! posted:

I think it's because the relief sought in the underlying litigation was to force the president to divest and cease violating the clause. Since he's not in office anymore, that relief is moot.

Gotcha. This makes sense. Still a terrible precedent but it at least makes legal sense

PIZZA.BAT
Nov 12, 2016


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FlamingLiberal posted:

https://twitter.com/scotusblog/status/1363860115502354436?s=21

SCOTUS also declined to take up some lawsuits in PA over vote by mail

What does unsigned mean? That no specific judge is putting their name on it so it's basically the whole court telling them to gently caress off?

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