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Cake day: October 9th, 2023

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  • Nobody promised Trump would end up in prison. There was a very good chance that a cultist on his jury would have refused to convict. Or he might have been found guilty only on lesser charges and ended up paying a fine. Juries are unpredictable and often disappointing, from OJ Simpson to Kyle Rittenhouse.

    It sounds like you expected the judicial system to do what voters failed to do. But the judicial system can’t stop Trump from being elected president. That was our responsibility as voters. Don’t blame judges when they can’t clean up our mess.





  • Again, judges are used to threats and I don’t think they would find “domestic drone strike” to be a particularly credible response to “pay your workers or I’ll write the check myself”.

    Because that’s what we’re talking about here: paying people. If you expect judges to completely reverse what Trump is doing, you’re going to be disappointed. They can’t do it.

    And yes, part of the legal process is that lawyers are allowed to delay and judges have to put up with it. But they aren’t allowed to openly defy the judge. And so far, no Trump lawyer has done so.