Lawyers representing state legislative leaders were in court Thursday in Raleigh, arguing to throw out an anti-gerrymandering lawsuit that targets the state’s new political districts....
I’m sure that it will be fixed after this election and broken again before the next. The Supreme Court made sure of that back in 2022 with the Merrill v Milligan verdict where they admited that the racially gerrymandered districts were illegal, but allowed to be used anyways so long as it’s relatively close to an election.
When an election is close at hand, the rules of the road must be clear and settled. Late judicial tinkering with election laws can lead to disruption and to unanticipated and unfair consequences for candidates, political parties, and voters, among others.
His posting of a video of a man cursing at Joe Scarborough sends a broader message: If elected, he’ll use state power to come after countless other Americans.
It’s a minimum security Federal Prison Camp where inmates can escape by simply waking away. Even when convicted, these traitors don’t do hard time.
I cannot find confirmation on this, but I suspect the reason for the visit is that in-person visits are less likely to be monitored and “safer” for discussing illegal or incriminating topics. Can’t imagine any other reason for Donnie Jr to go there in person.
As I understand it, the warden as the authority to add such monitoring, but regulations only require supervision to the degree of preventing contraband from being passed between visitors and inmates. While I found no confirmation for this, I cannot imagine the warden of a minimum security facility wanting to spend a portion of their budget on this level of surveillance.
Pretty sure this will end up like the similar Alabama case in 2022. “Sure it illegally disenfranchises voters, but it would be unfair to fix it so close to an election. Go ahead and rig this election, but promise to change (not fix, just change) it after the election.”
One side is fearful while the other is merely worried. Does that feel like loaded language to anybody else or am I being paranoid about subconscious manipulation by the media?
In 2022 when Kavanaugh ruled to preserve Alabama’S racially gerrymandered voting districts deemed illegal because it would be “unfair”? Can’t Tennessee just claim that it wouldn’t be fair to fix things this close to an election?
“When an election is close at hand, the rules of the road must be clear and settled,” Kavanaugh elaborates. “Late judicial tinkering with election laws can lead to disruption and to unanticipated and unfair consequences for candidates, political parties, and voters, among others. It is one thing for a State on its own to toy with its election laws close to a State’s elections. But it is quite another thing for a federal court to swoop in and re-do a State’s election laws in the period close to an election.”
At the time, that sounded to me like “it’s cool to do illegal shit surrounding elections, so long as you fix it after the election when the illegal shit has done its job and no longer matters”. Can somebody explain to me why Tennessee wouldn’t keep fighting to disenfranchise voters and what, if any, consequences they would face if they didn’t just ignore the court until after the election?
A simplified summary: The donor is accused of fraud and of using the proceeds of a scam (stolen money) to make a $100,000 donation Giuliani’s legal defense funds. The lawsuit is trying to claw back that donation to help pay restitution to the victims of the donors alleged scam.
The general take away is “Surveillance is oppression and it is the responsibility of the people to stand up against oppression”.
A few other quotes I like that fit the theme.
“People shouldn’t be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.”
— V (V for Vendetta)
“Without privacy, you can’t have anything for yourself. Saying you don’t care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is like saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say.”
Voters have no right to fair elections, NC lawmakers say as they seek to dismiss gerrymandering suit (www.wral.com)
Lawyers representing state legislative leaders were in court Thursday in Raleigh, arguing to throw out an anti-gerrymandering lawsuit that targets the state’s new political districts....
Breaking: Trump Verdict Livethread
Jury HAS reached a verdict. 11 hours, 43 minutes....
Trump’s Ugly, Hateful Attacks on Media Suddenly Take a Dangerous Turn (newrepublic.com)
His posting of a video of a man cursing at Joe Scarborough sends a broader message: If elected, he’ll use state power to come after countless other Americans.
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Donald Trump Jr. visited Peter Navarro in federal prison: Sources (abcnews.go.com)
Court blocks Louisiana's congressional map with a second majority-Black district (www.nbcnews.com)
Oddly specific question (media.kbin.social)
Federal Court Affirms That Tennessee Election Officials Cannot Deny Voter Registration To Eligible Tennesseans With Past Felony Convictions, Must Inform Potential Voters of Eligibility (tntribune.com)
Big donation to Rudy Giuliani defense fund is target of lawsuit alleging fraud by donor (www.cnbc.com)
In case you want something to send to your humans that say "I have nothing to hide" when you mention privacy. (lemmy.ml)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR7D6Fx0fTQ...
How Banks Work (www.youtube.com)
It somehow makes more and less sense, all at the same time.
Would you pet a cat for $800?
$800 to pet a cat. The cat likes being petted and his name is Jim.
Black Friday (lemmy.world)
Dogs vs Cats
For my fellow introverts