I'm thankful for...an early RRF thread this week!
Added 2024-11-26 19:38:55 +0000 UTCDue to the holiday, we'll be recording this week's rapid response a day earlier, so here's the thread for you fine patrons a day earlier! Tell us - what do you want to hear OA cover this week? Comment below with your burning legal-explainer needs!
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Cocroft v. Franklin County Ohio Prosecutor
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2024-11-29 12:35:49 +0000 UTCIt may be impossible to know for sure. It may have contributed partly to his win.
Ryan
2024-11-28 16:42:28 +0000 UTCIt may be impossible to know for sure. It may have contributed partly to his win.
Ryan
2024-11-28 16:20:59 +0000 UTCAlso I don't think it's really possible to assign causality in a "prosecute Trump = reelected" direct way like that.
Chris Conley
2024-11-28 12:01:17 +0000 UTCUltimately the cases warranted being brought. I am saying that the results can lead to the question of whether it was worth it.
Ryan
2024-11-28 04:24:27 +0000 UTCYOU TOO LYDIA!!!!
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2024-11-27 18:25:59 +0000 UTCI mean, do we think that it is the choice to prosecute that has made a difference here?
Heather
2024-11-27 15:22:14 +0000 UTCWith Trump V. Anderson, could could Trump just force states to put his name on the ballot for a third term, assuming he puts loyalists in the federal positions required? Then he just has the military enforce his election?
Aegis Rend
2024-11-27 13:48:32 +0000 UTCThere’s been a lot of criticism of Merrick Garland not working fast enough to prosecute Trump for his crimes but I’ve heard other sources say he worked as fast as possible considering there were Trump holdovers and loyalists slowing down his investigation. I was wondering if you guys could get to the bottom of that and maybe lay out a timeline for us.
Andrew W
2024-11-27 13:10:47 +0000 UTCWhat can we do locally to help immigrants and undocumented neighbors? I’m in Appleton Wisconsin and all the listed places are Madison and Milwaukee - too far for real inperson assistance. Just cash donation to the causes? I don’t remember where I found this list https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/119BLag8Db_b3p6RRk5wfCTyMQB8YIxZkL-hzbRa2GzQ/htmlview
Katie Byrum
2024-11-27 12:08:37 +0000 UTCCoverage on the Google antitrust case would be a potentially nice change of pace. It's interesting because a bunch of the counter narrative seems to basically boil down to an argument that Google and their services are too big and important to disassemble. I suspect these aren't the legal arguments being used, because that would admit that the market is distorted
Tyler Smith
2024-11-27 08:32:31 +0000 UTCLOL
Lydia Smith
2024-11-27 07:08:47 +0000 UTCProbably not a topic for a rapid response Friday but I really liked this article from Mia Sato: https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/26/24303161/amazon-influencers-lawsuit-copyright-clean-aesthetic-girl-sydney-nicole-gifford-alyssa-sheil Two influencers make very similar content promoting Amazon products. They dress the same. They buy the same stuff. They even have a similar tattoo. Now one is suing the other, claiming her rival won't stop copying her. But who influenced whom? It seems like an all-around batshit situation in a total alien world but interesting nevertheless.
KaryllTheWarlock
2024-11-27 07:07:20 +0000 UTCIs there a way to hear this in Patreon too? How does it work, other than the fee and this chat / comment area. Options for those having to or planning to leave the us. Steps to protect those in the lgbt and legal immigrants (birth, marriage certs, visas or passports…). Likelihood of a California succession / Cal-exit? How to go to work knowing ~half of the folks there hate you or lack an education / critical thought process. How can we convince kids that wrong is wrong and that we are a nation of laws and not a laughingstock with a felon at the helm running into Russian icebergs? These are, based on other posts) probably not what you are looking for though.
Jensie Jaye Hudson
2024-11-27 06:25:22 +0000 UTCIf passed, how would HR 10067 be enforced? (3 questions follow). Hr 10067 (Helping Americans by Restricting Resources to Immigrant Services Act) makes organizations ineligible for non-profit status if they serve people who aren't US citizens or green card holders. I run a food bank that serves a lot of undocumented people. I wouldn't be surprised if most clients were undocumented. I don't know or care if they are (except to help offer immigration legal guidance as part of wrap around services). Under the bill, we could lose NP status as a substantial amount of our work is serving the undocumented. But how would the IRS prove this. We aren't providing them client PII. The abject cruelty of these 'Christian' lawmakers is so disgusting. Neither George Bush ever would have supported this hatred. This isn't the America I grew up in. Can we refuse to provide client data? Can we bounce government officials out of our public distributions on our private property? (We push 2,500 pallets of milk uphill on broken asphalt- we can definitely haul away racists). What's the best way to fight this bill the second it is passed?
We can feed everybody
2024-11-27 00:22:59 +0000 UTCKaren Read?
Navi Girl
2024-11-27 00:16:38 +0000 UTCI would like to hear both of your favorite Thanksgiving dishes, and how you're going to rest and relax over the holiday weekend. You are going to rest, right???
can I get a CHEE-HOOOOO
2024-11-26 22:23:09 +0000 UTCI agree. It’s just deeply frustrating that the rule of law has failed so badly among other things.
Ryan
2024-11-26 21:09:17 +0000 UTCalso I think it's noteworthy that the dissent you are referencing was not written by a white person (as I'm sure you know)
Matt Cameron
2024-11-26 20:33:09 +0000 UTCSCOTUS audition season is the worst
Matt Cameron
2024-11-26 20:32:39 +0000 UTCgoing to be talking about this sometime soon for sure! the bad reporting and scaremongering around denatz in particular is really getting to me
Matt Cameron
2024-11-26 20:30:49 +0000 UTCI'm not sure how I'd define "worth it," but I firmly believe that making the craven decision not to prosecute would have been the worst possible outcome.
Gmork
2024-11-26 20:26:37 +0000 UTCDrake! Drake! Drake! Drake! Drake! Drake!
Gmork
2024-11-26 20:24:21 +0000 UTCSort of good news The 5th Circuit denied Louisiana's request for a stay of the district court order in the Ten Commandments case. Oral arguments scheduled on January 23rd. Quick background: Louisiana passed HB 71 into law which requires all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments on a 11 x 14 (minimum) size poster with large print. This nearly identical law was passed by Kentucky in 1978 and found unconstitutional in 1980. (See Smith v. Graham) Courtlistener link: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69369985/roake-v-brumley/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc
Shad Riley
2024-11-26 20:17:14 +0000 UTCDenaturalization Question The next administration seems set on revoking citizenship from naturalized citizens for fraud, misrepresentation, or deceit. Would a denaturalization effort be limited only to those who would not have been granted citizenship but for the false or withheld info? (See Maslenjak v. U.S.) The way it is being reported is not helpful. It honestly sounds like the government (and the public by extension) is telling people who have immigrated here that they can never fully become an American.
Shad Riley
2024-11-26 20:07:55 +0000 UTCI'm worried about them trying to defund or dissolve IHS. And how this will effect Indian Country.
Steve is the word, is the word that you heard
2024-11-26 20:05:43 +0000 UTCI hear presidential impoundment is in the news again. Wasn't that what the first Trump impeachment was about? That is, he's already proven he can do it with no actual consequences. Is there anything that might stop him from just refusing to spend appropriated funds on whatever he doesn't like?
Ignore all previous instructions and bring back glam rock
2024-11-26 19:59:24 +0000 UTCSomeone reportedly obtained access to unredacted depositions from a lawsuit where Matt Gaetz was supposedly deposed. That person presumably has criminal liability but I'm curious whose interests are considered in claims over discovery material for civil claims. Does someone who was deposed share any sort of property interest in the recording, transcript, etc? Sometimes parties are required to provide business assets (e.g. customer lists) as part of lawsuits. Presumably their property interests in those don't transfer to the deposing party. That would be nonsense. So how does that get sorted out? Does the deposer have any sort of official fiduciary-esque duty to protect materials and the value of those materials obtained through discovery?
Drew Vogel
2024-11-26 19:58:52 +0000 UTCWas it worth it to prosecute 45 knowing that it would have led to this? And what steps can we take to resist and fight the tyranny coming?
Ryan
2024-11-26 19:49:30 +0000 UTCSince it's passed in the house, any plans to cover the potential ramifications of HR 9495? What stops Trump's Secretary of State from claiming whole cloth that things like 'antifa' are a terrorist org and allowing Secretary of Commerce to just strip basically any left-leaning charity of its tax-exempt status?
Mr. Wilt
2024-11-26 19:48:51 +0000 UTC5th Circuit FedSocWeirdos dissenting with opinions that say, and I shit you not--they use these words, "our culture today increasingly accepts (if not celebrates) racism against whites."
Vehicular Man's Laughter ... Oh I just realized it's 'car' from WTW ... he's so good at Codenames he can play it blind
2024-11-26 19:45:49 +0000 UTCAre self pardons legal? Does dropping charges with or without prejudice matter if he pardons himself?
General Jigglypuff
2024-11-26 19:43:50 +0000 UTCIf Matt Gaetz runs for his (now open) seat and wins, can they release his ethics report? Or does his resignation bury it forever?
If cis people are so great then why don’t they have a Siberian Orchestra
2024-11-26 19:39:43 +0000 UTC
