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« on: April 27, 2024, 09:35:00 AM »
Anyone want to speculate on why we haven't heard from Stan for a while?
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Supreme Court to weigh if Jan. 6 rioters can be charged with obstruction
Defense lawyers say prosecutors improperly stretched the law by charging hundreds with obstruction of an official proceeding
In the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, federal prosecutors had to decide what charges to bring against hundreds of participants in the pro-Trump mob that disrupted the certification of a presidential election for the first time in U.S. history.
In more than 350 cases, they included a federal charge that carries a hefty 20-year maximum penalty and is part of a law enacted after the exposure of massive fraud and shredding of documents during the collapse of the energy giant Enron.
As of this month, more than 100 rioters have been convicted and sentenced under that statute for obstructing or impeding an official proceeding — in this case the joint session of Congress that convened on Jan. 6 to formally certify Joe Biden’s 2020 victory.
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments about whether prosecutors improperly stretched the law by charging people with that violation in the first place.
The court’s decision could have political implications for this year’s election, since Donald Trump — the likely Republican nominee — has made accusations of prosecutorial overreach a core part of his appeal to voters. The case could also directly impact Trump’s own trial for allegedly trying to remain in power after his 2020 defeat; two of the four charges he faces are based on the obstruction statute, and he could move to have those charges dismissed if the Supreme Court rules for the rioters.
TALLAHASSEE, FL — The political landscape was rocked to its core today, with reverberations sure to be felt for several years, as Governor Ron DeSantis was kicked out of the Republican Party for accomplishing too many things.https://babylonbee.com/news/desantis-kicked-out-of-republican-party-for-accomplishing-too-many-things
The move was announced after careful deliberation by the Republican National Committee in coordination with top GOP leaders at all levels of government, with decision-makers citing DeSantis's ongoing tendency to get things done as evidence he does not belong with the party.
Nikki Haley to end presidential campaign, ceding GOP nomination to Trump
Naples Daily News USA TODAY NETWORK – FLORIDA
Citing how well the state of Florida is run, Gov. Ron DeSantis is proposing four amendments to the U.S. Constitution to fix what he says is a broken federal government.
The first would impose term limits for members of Congress and the second would require a balanced budget at the federal level.
The third proposal would give the president line-item veto power on budget items and the fourth would prohibit members of Congress from imposing laws on citizens that do not apply to themselves.
“Washington is never going to reform itself,” DeSantis said at a press conference in Naples Monday standing at a lectern with a sign that says “Hold Washington accountable.”
Today I’m here to tell you that the Western world is in danger. And it is in danger because those who are supposed to have to defend the values of the West are co-opted by a vision of the world that inexorably leads to socialism and thereby to poverty.
Unfortunately, in recent decades, the main leaders of the Western world have abandoned the model of freedom for different versions of what we call collectivism. Some have been motivated by well-meaning individuals who are willing to help others, and others have been motivated by the wish to belong to a privileged caste.
We’re here to tell you that collectivist experiments are never the solution to the problems that afflict the citizens of the world. Rather, they are the root cause. Do believe me: no one is in better place than us, Argentines, to testify to these two points.
Thirty five years after we adopted the model of freedom, back in 1860, we became a leading world power. And when we embraced collectivism over the course of the last 100 years, we saw how our citizens started to become systematically impoverished, and we dropped to spot number 140 globally.
Inmates use one word to describe life within Florida's prison walls: deplorable.
Molding food, improper portions, sauna-like temperatures in the cells and more are making inmates feel that their lives are unbearable.
Complaints about their quality of life come just weeks after inspections shined light on the horrible conditions plaguing Florida's prison system, but inmates say these problems existed long before reports were released — and the state's incarcerated are desperate for change.
Inhumane living environments and unsanitary food options are just a few of the major pitfalls revealed by separate investigations of the state and federal prison systems in Florida.
"It's pretty bad here, and I have been to some bad spots," said Alexander Curry, an inmate since 2013 who's currently at Florida State Prison.
Florida prisoners are hopeful the reports will kickstart well-overdue improvements.