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WhiteHairedJudge 1 point ago +1 / -0

This was an argument raised by Trump's lawyers.

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4398223-trump-team-argues-assassination-of-rivals-is-covered-by-presidential-immunity/

Former President Trump’s legal team suggested Tuesday that even a president directing SEAL Team Six to kill a political opponent would be an action barred from prosecution given a former executive’s broad immunity to criminal prosecution.

The hypothetical was presented to Trump attorney John Sauer who answered with a “qualified yes” that a former president would be immune from prosecution on that matter or even on selling pardons.

Sauer argued that presidents can only be criminally prosecuted if they have already been tried and convicted by the Senate.

“He would have to be impeached and convicted,” Sauer replied

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WhiteHairedJudge 1 point ago +1 / -0

I think it's a signal to her, but legally it holds no weight and she should ignore it. It's almost 100% why Thomas thought to include this.

Every judge who looked at this question found the opposite.

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WhiteHairedJudge 2 points ago +2 / -0

Justice Thomas's opinion is his own.

It's not a ruling by the court.

Nothing needs to happen

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WhiteHairedJudge 1 point ago +1 / -0

There's nothing to ignore here.

What Thomas wrote has no more force than what the losing judges wrote in their dissents.

It's not want this case was about and what he wrote is not part of the majority opinion.

It's like a bonus track on a CD or a DVD extra

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WhiteHairedJudge 1 point ago +1 / -0

A few points.

This is good news for Ballard.

His legal issues continue. There's a court hearing in a week on one of them.

The lawyer involved is also involved other cases. The judge said the allegations against Ballard were not specific. So this could be the case in the other lawsuits.

The timing on this, however, was partially driven by Ballard/OUR.

They asked the judge if they could be granted like an extra month to file papers earlier this year.

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WhiteHairedJudge 1 point ago +1 / -0

What about the other women?

Just found this online. So not all of this has stopped.

Did Reyes ever have a legitimate shot at the nomination?

Tim Ballard and OUR continue to face four other civil lawsuits.

This week, two of the women accusing Ballard of sexual assault filed requests for a protective order.

Celeste Borys and Kira Lynch have also reported their cases to police.

Multiple criminal investigations are ongoing.

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WhiteHairedJudge 1 point ago +1 / -0

As for the Irishman it's based on a book that was supposedly the deathbed confession of Frank Sheeran who was an inverterate liar

When trying to sell his book the first time around, he forged a letter from Jimmy Hoffa.

The paper was from 1994, not 1974. He claimed to commit 25 to 30 murders.

None have been confirmed let alone him killing Hoffa.

The book goes way way further than the movie. Sheeran claimed he delivered 3 high powered rifles to Dallas.

The killing of the NY monster Joe Gallo in the movie is so far removed from facts it's silly. Gallos walife said there were multiple shooters and they were short fat Italians including this guy. Not one tall Irish guy.

https://img.newspapers.com/img/img?user=142054&id=465682715&clippingId=33222327&width=820&height=522&crop=181_186_3271_2086&rotation=0

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WhiteHairedJudge 1 point ago +1 / -0

Are you saying the movie The Irishman seems credible because it was absolutely was not.

John had the audacity to nepotistically appoint Robert as his AG.

AG requires Senate approval, RFK sr was unanimously approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee. They were familiar with RFK's work as the chief counsel for this committee : United States Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in Labor and Management

They investigated labor racketeering including Jimmy Hoffa working with NYC mobster Johnny Dio to take over the Teamsters Union.

Here's Hoffa testifying to RFK in 1957

https://youtu.be/RsQu9KeP06s?si=wVwTPVngBpVqtk2I

So the idea the mob was surprised by what RFK did as AG in 1961 seems weird to me.

To stop the mob trying to establish a trafficking/money-laundering foothold on Cuba, and destroying that Island-nation (with a checkered past.) There was a thing called Cuban Missile crisis

This all jumbled up. https://www.cubamafia.com/index.html

The mob was not trying to establish a foothold in Cuba in 1960. They were trying to win back a lost empire

The mob was in Cuba since the 1920s. By the 1940s. Meyer Lansky was working with President Batista who by the 1950s was the dictator of Cuba until he filed the country when Fidel Castro's revolution took over. Castro was elected? No he just assumed power as the leader of the revolutionaries. By Jan 1 1959 Battista was fleeing the country and the mob was on the verge of getting forced out

https://themobmuseum.org/blog/rise-castro-fall-havana-mob/

At first Castro sought US help but then came out as an open Communist, nationalized farms and businesses (some of which were US owned ) and cozied up to Moscow. By 1960 Einsenerhower was trying take Castro out and approved the bay of Pigs plan which disasterously went ahead under JFK in 1961. This open warfare was what led to the Cuban Missile crisis. Not the mob.

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WhiteHairedJudge 3 points ago +3 / -0

Do you think Trump is standing 10 feet from a robot and not mentioning this?

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