|
evilweasel posted:I would love Perry to be guilty, but this case is such an embarrassment that whoever brought it should be out of a job. This is not a crime, however sleazy. A governor is entirely within their rights to make a veto threat in these circumstances and if there's an abuse of power here its the prosecutor. I assume "in these circumstances" refers to the DUI? The DUI shouldn't matter. Either he has the right to try and force an elected official to resign via a veto threat or he doesn't. It's not like there is a law with an asterisk next to it with the text *if convicted of a crime. Obviously from the discussion here it may not actually be a crime under the law, but I don't like the idea of my governor having the ability to tell an elected official that if they don't resign their funding will be cut. What's to stop him from telling a state congressman that if he doesn't step down he will veto all funding for projects in his district? In a legal sense how is that different from this? I'm really asking, maybe there is something I am missing.
|
#
¿
Aug 17, 2014 08:52
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 14, 2024 08:45 |
|
|
Everybody I've talked to has commented on how smug he looks in his mugshot, but I just don't see it. To me it looks like barely contained anger papered over with a fake smile. Like he can't believe these loving plebians are putting him through this process like a "normal". His eyes are screaming "I will loving bury you!"
|
|
#
¿
Aug 20, 2014 16:13
|
|