US Supreme Court declines to halt Trump's sentencing in hush money case
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State of Missouri’s lawsuit claims case infringed upon right of voters to hear from Republican nominee
  • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
    221·
    4 months ago

    Fuck off, Missouri. You don’t get to interfere with another state’s internal judicial procedures and it’s outrageous of you to try.

    The Missouri AG ought to be ejected for this ridiculously basic gross incompetence.

  • eran_morad@lemmy.world
    79·
    4 months ago

    The decision by the justices came in response to Missouri’s lawsuit claiming that the case against Trump infringed on the right of voters under the U.S. Constitution to hear from the Republican presidential nominee as he seeks to regain the White House

    What the fuck did I just read? The voters’ rights, whatever the fuck they are, have zero bearing on Trump’s rights as an individual. He would have broader rights to talk shit, within legal limits, if he wasn’t a convicted felon. Now that he’s a felon, his rights are curtailed. That’s how it fucking works, idiots.

    This is akin to me claiming that I have the right to hear someone lay out a specific, actionable plan to shoot trump in the face, at a predetermined date and time, described in exquisite, premeditated detail, during a fucking CNN interview or whatever, and that person can do so without violation of the law. Because that is, after all, my right. As determined by me.

    • tigeruppercut
      2·
      4 months ago

      Lock him up. If you can’t do the time don’t do the crime. His cultists can hear from him again once he gets out, or if he texts from a cell phone smuggled up his arse.

  • Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    191·
    4 months ago

    Am I misreading the article? This seems like good news that means that sentencing can proceed, but the comments are all negative.

    • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      38·
      4 months ago

      My negative comment, at least, was about how ridiculous it was that the court even had to rule on this issue in the first place, not that they (somewhat miraculously) got it right.

    • Warl0k3@lemmy.world
      1918·
      4 months ago

      In what ridiculous fantasy world is VOA LEAST BIASED??!?? They’re state-owned media! They do good factual reporting, but they’re US biased to the core! That’s they’re whole damn job!

      The long-range interests of the United States are served by communicating directly with the peoples of the world by radio.

      THATS THE FIRST. SENTENCE. OF THEIR CHARTER.

      Look their work is good and they are important, but just what the hell does MBFC think “bias” means??

      • Lemmeenym@lemm.eeEnglish
        302·
        4 months ago

        It’s crucial to note that our bias scale is calibrated to the political >spectrum of the United States, which may not align with the >political landscapes of other nations.

        From their methodology page.

        They aren’t rating for any and all bias. They are rating for political bias within the context of the US political landscape.

        • njm1314@lemmy.world
          177·
          4 months ago

          Which makes it even more absurd considering some of their other ratings. They rate The Washington Post as leftist. The Washington Post. The newspaper for respectable Republicans owned by the platonic ideal of a capitalist. The newspaper every movie and television show in the nation uses to show what the Republicans think about something while they use the New York Times to show what the Democrats think about something. When they say they’re telling you the US political landscape they’re just lying. It’s a garbage bot using a garbage source.

          That’s not even to speak of all the other terrible problems with this source that have been documented by others elsewhere which I encourage you to read.