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The Encounter that ended the Dogma
#339501: Nov 16th 2020 at 8:37:22 AM

Renegade Cut recently put out a video that points out that the President has consolidated a lot of power via legal loopholes, broad interposition of the law and appointing Supreme Court Justices that will of course side with the guy that hired them. And that the position was created as a means of propaganda by giving the people someone to project to and subsequently defend as if he was them.

He comes to the conclusion that a president with as much ever increasing power as they currently have is an actual determent to democracy. And I'm inclined to agree.

PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#339502: Nov 16th 2020 at 8:54:46 AM

It's a nice idea that will amount to nothing.

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Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#339503: Nov 16th 2020 at 9:00:34 AM

As long as Congress continues to abdicate legislative responsibility by remaining deadlocked on critical issues, the President has little choice but to exercise what power they can.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#339504: Nov 16th 2020 at 9:22:07 AM

Pro-Trump Wisconsin Lawyers Spike Election Lawsuit on Morning of Court Hearing

When filing their federal lawsuit in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Republican lawyers hoping to tip the state’s vote in favor of outgoing President Donald Trump wrote in their complaint that “evidence will be shortly forthcoming.” That never happened. Their legal team voluntarily dismissed their baseless voter fraud allegations hours before oral arguments had been scheduled to occur on Monday morning. (...) U.S. District Judge William Griesbach dismissed the case shortly before a hearing scheduled for 10:30 a.m., Central Standard Time.
Back to the drawing board.

DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#339505: Nov 16th 2020 at 9:28:26 AM

Can the judges please start arresting these Lawyers? Or at least putting their foot down and saying "Enough is enough, Trump is not allowed to bring an Election-related Lawsuit for 6 months"?

Lazlo74 from A tropical hell-hole Since: May, 2018
#339506: Nov 16th 2020 at 9:29:16 AM

Man, Trump's attempt to cling to power in the past couple of weeks has been nothing but a series of one humiliation after another both from himself and his campaign/legal team. I'm pretty amazed that there are still people who are wholly convinced that Trump got cheated out of the election.

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Lost in Space
#339507: Nov 16th 2020 at 9:31:22 AM

You can persuade some people to believe that the Moon is a hanging curve ball batted into orbit by Babe Ruth. That's not a useful metric. What bothers me is that these are professional lawyers who (allegedly) passed the bar and have been practicing for some time. That they are going along with this garbage is astonishing.

Edited by Fighteer on Nov 16th 2020 at 12:31:41 PM

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#339508: Nov 16th 2020 at 9:44:38 AM

My assumption is that lawyers pursuing these idiotic cases have are doing it purely because of a financial incentive coming from deep,deep pockets.

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3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#339509: Nov 16th 2020 at 9:45:33 AM

[up][up][up][up]And on what charges? 'Wasting the courts time'?

Edited by 3of4 on Nov 16th 2020 at 6:45:48 PM

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TitanJump Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Singularity
#339510: Nov 16th 2020 at 9:47:16 AM

The lawyers on Trump's side are acting as his toilet-paper just to satisfy his snowflake-ego...

They know when to bail the moment they are asked to prove any of their cases in court.

Edited by TitanJump on Nov 16th 2020 at 6:47:24 PM

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Lost in Space
#339511: Nov 16th 2020 at 9:51:01 AM

A lawyer's duty is to their client, not their client's money. If the client brings a frivolous or hopeless case, it's the lawyer's job to tell them so and refuse to take it. Judges are entirely within their rights to censure lawyers that fail at this duty and bring frivolous cases anyway, and these actions can include referral for disbarment and even criminal charges.

Edited by Fighteer on Nov 16th 2020 at 12:55:51 PM

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#339512: Nov 16th 2020 at 10:27:01 AM

Censure? Yes. Arrest? No.

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Blueace Surrounded by weirdoes from The End Of the World Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Surrounded by weirdoes
#339513: Nov 16th 2020 at 10:38:33 AM

Most are backing off when they ask about their evidence or anything that backs up their case. How long before we run into an idiot that pushes it and has to be punished?

Wake me up at your own risk.
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#339514: Nov 16th 2020 at 10:39:51 AM

Alternatively, "How long before Guliani tries? "

TitanJump Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Singularity
#339515: Nov 16th 2020 at 10:40:37 AM

"Or the supposed AG William Barr?"

Edited by TitanJump on Nov 16th 2020 at 7:40:51 PM

jjjj2 from Arrakis Since: Jul, 2015
#339516: Nov 16th 2020 at 10:40:47 AM

That goblin? I give him two weeks.

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Resileafs I actually wanted to be Resileaf Since: Jan, 2019
I actually wanted to be Resileaf
#339517: Nov 16th 2020 at 10:43:10 AM

It's irritating how there are so many people who continue to believe Trump's claims and will state any evidence they can think of or find online. Meanwhile, Trump's actual lawyers have no evidence to present to court, ever.

You'd think that if there was airtight evidence to present, the lawyers would have had access to it to show the courts by now.

Edited by Resileafs on Nov 16th 2020 at 1:43:40 PM

Blueace Surrounded by weirdoes from The End Of the World Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Surrounded by weirdoes
#339518: Nov 16th 2020 at 10:49:00 AM

The cult of the Dorito Mussolini in action. Their ability to come up with something substantial is laughable and their only weapon is to yell incoherently as reality slaps them in the face.

Wake me up at your own risk.
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#339519: Nov 16th 2020 at 10:54:13 AM

It seems like they cling actual small scale irregularities or genuine mistakes and act as if they're being ignored to insist a comparison is going on, while ignoring that those things don't necessarily (and in this case definitively don't) indicate wide scale fraud and corruption.

It's just standard only seeing what supports their beliefs and ignoring everything else.

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#339520: Nov 16th 2020 at 11:02:02 AM

My assumption is that lawyers pursuing these idiotic cases have are doing it purely because of a financial incentive coming from deep,deep pockets.

The fact they voluntarily are taking these cases to wage war on democracy makes me think of them as ruthless criminals.

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#339521: Nov 16th 2020 at 11:04:01 AM

Trump officials rush to auction off rights to Arctic National Wildlife Refuge before Biden can block it – The Trump administration on Monday called for oil companies to pick spots where they'd like to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, launching a leasing process it aims to finish just before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/11/16/arctic-refuge-drilling-trump/

Perseus Since: Nov, 2009
#339522: Nov 16th 2020 at 11:08:43 AM

How petty can you be? Christ.

(Note: This is a rhetorical question. I know.)

Edited by Perseus on Nov 17th 2020 at 6:09:02 AM

TitanJump Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Singularity
#339523: Nov 16th 2020 at 11:10:59 AM

[up][up]The Trump Administration are the Real Life example of "Captain Planet" villains, that is no surprise.

The fact that they are doing this in the lame duck period as a last-minute greed-grab that will destroy nature and the environment even further just puts the rotten cherry on the top on their containment cake of pollution and pettiness.

Edited by TitanJump on Nov 16th 2020 at 8:11:21 PM

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Mega Togekiss?!
#339524: Nov 16th 2020 at 11:11:41 AM

[up][up][up]Geez, if oil is so popular these days, why not use vegetable oil?

Seriously though, getting rid of fossil fuels and transitioning to more cleaner energy such as thermal and nuclear fusion is something not only the Biden Administration will have to do but also energy companies.

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Kaiseror Since: Jul, 2016
#339525: Nov 16th 2020 at 11:14:16 AM

Would Biden be able to reinstate the arctic preserve's protected status?


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