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GottaLaff

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Bite me, Musk.

Progressive political commentator (print, radio, podcasts) for years. I post a lot: breaking news + legit info you can use, prone to snark. My mini Australian Labradoodle, Hamilton, has trained me well.

Now where's my trough of wine? 🍷🇺🇸🇨🇦

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Garry Trudeau never disappoints.

Entire strip here: https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2024/06/30

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🎯 Via Jon Ralston:

"Sir, all of the media are talking about how bad Biden was last night and surfacing chatter of replacing him. I think you should do a rally today and say even more than your usual allotment of insane stuff to try to get the focus back on you."

: All they know is electric. They want electric planes. What happens if the sun isn't shining while you're up in the air?

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MacFarlane:

For a 142nd day, the criminal case against Donald in Washington, DC remains frozen

The unresolved Supreme Court intervention on his claim of “presidential immunity” has delayed trial for nearly half a year

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Geidner:

Third and not last, Roberts has the 6-3 decision in SEC v. Jarkesy, affirming the Fifth Circuit on the Seventh Amendment jury trial issue. The court does not reach the other issues. Sotomayor has the liberals' dissent. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-859_1924.pdf

Sotomayor is reading from her dissent in Jarkesy.

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2/ Gerstein:

Sotomayor says majority is unleashing chaos in federal government

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3/ Mystal:

This case could have basically neutered the SEC. Instead it's 6-3, party lines, Roberts opinion, but a little more limited. Roberts recast the issue as a 7th amendment case, and said that the SEC needed to give this guy a jury trial.

"When the SEC seeks civil penalties against a defendant for securities fraud, the Seventh Amendment entitles the defendant to a jury trial." -- Roberts

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4/ Mystal:

Don't get me wrong, this is still a very bad ruling from Roberts and the conservatives. It will do what Republicans love most... cause chaos in the legal system.

Basically to impose civil penalties (essentially, fines) the agencies now have to invite everybody to a full trial.

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5/ Mystal:

"Beyond the majority’s legal errors, its ruling reveals a far more fundamental problem: This Court’s repeated failure to appreciate that its decisions can threaten the separation of powers. Here, that threat comes from the Court’s mistaken conclusion that Congress cannot assign a certain public-rights matter for initial adjudication to the Executive because it must come only to the Judiciary" -- Sotomayor

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6/ Mystal:

A likely outcome is that the executive agencies, including the SEC, is just going to stop bringing enforcement actions. They don't have the resources to bring everybody to trial. So people are just going to get away with financial fraud... which, again, is what Republicans want.

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