charonn0

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[–] charonn0@startrek.website 27 points 10 months ago

Sounds an awful lot like levying war against the United States, or adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 10 points 10 months ago

So, are they recalling their Congressional delegations?

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 1 points 10 months ago

Treason is defined as levying war against the United States, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 73 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Remember Valentine's day 2004, when San Francisco county started issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples?

Thousands of couples showed up. Some from the other side of the planet, some from the other side of town. The County Clerk was overwhelmed and there weren't nearly enough wedding officiants to keep up. So they put out a call for volunteers to be deputized by the Clerk as county marriage commissioners. I volunteered and officiated at dozens of ceremonies at city hall.

Still have my official commission hanging on my wall.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 31 points 10 months ago (1 children)

These would be 'rebel' states are among the poorest and most heavily dependent on federal subsidies. They need the US more than the US needs them.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 64 points 10 months ago (1 children)

“We will be ready to defend this case surrounding extremely newsworthy events when it goes to trial, likely in 2025,” a Fox spokesperson said in a statement after the ruling. “As a report prepared by our financial expert shows, Smartmatic’s damages claims are implausible, disconnected from reality, and on their face intended to chill First Amendment freedoms.”

Yeah, right. They already settled the Dominion case for almost a billion dollars. This case is practically identical. I actually hope they're stupid enough to take this one to trial.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 1 points 10 months ago

I could easily see swing states that have red legislatures just removing the Dem candidate from the ballot with very flimsy justification

They're going to do that anyway. There's no point in playing the appeasement game.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There isn't even a criminal law to charge them with.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

On the contrary, the more unpopular the speech, the higher the bar.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 5 points 10 months ago (6 children)

I'm not sure what you're getting at. State control over federal elections has always been fundamental to US federalism.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (8 children)

The procedures are set by state elections laws.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 17 points 10 months ago (13 children)

Nonsense. Disqualifying Trump for his oath-breaking is not materially different to disqualifying a 34 year old or a foreign national.

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