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So coups are legal now? That's nice to know
Depends on the color of bandana you're wearing
It was an official presidential act. He told them to march down to the Capitol and he was president.
More importantly, terrorism is only illegal outside the U.S.
You just need a one competent psychopath on the president chair to turn US into a dictatorship. Like in Weimar Republic you needed one on the Chancellor position
We are playing Secret Hitler, and the fascists only need one more policy. We know who the Hitler is. Too bad we have no interest in passing five Liberal Policies. If only there was a way to win as a non-fascist…
That didn't work though
Federal prosecutors have begun moving to drop charges accusing Jan. 6 defendants of obstructing Congress’s confirmation of the 2020 presidential election results, offering new plea deals after the Supreme Court last month restricted the government’s use of that count, according to court filings.
Let's be perfectly clear here: prosecutors are offering new plea deals so that they can get any conviction on these cases, because SCOTUS threw a wrench in the works. If the charges just stood as they were, there's a fair chance that the defendants would be acquitted based on the SCOTUS ruling. And the charges aren't just being "dropped," as the headline states; they're being offered new plea deals.
My own first reaction was "great, those assholes letting people off," thinking about the prosecutors. Then I actually read the article for fifteen seconds. The prosecutors aren't the assholes. SCOTUS is the assholes.
I think we all understood SCOTUS were the assholes based on the headline.
My own first reaction was "great, those assholes letting people off," thinking about the prosecutors.
If I had that reaction, other people did, too. I felt it was important to clarify.
Or based on just existing
Good news for the next coup.
I guess the stage is set for Trump to win even if he loses.
It's only a crime if you succeed according to the SCOTUS. If you fail it's no harm no foul.
Fucking kings and queens lording over us in that corrupt den of shitheads.
I was reading somewhere that this really only affects a tiny number of people because there were other charges that they chose not to charge some of them with and now can use that instead, and this was only one charge amongst many that will keep others that were already charged in jail. I was really surprised when I learned about that that. This isn’t a situation where a bunch are going to get out now because of this.
Edit: this wasn’t it, but is a has a portion of the details. https://www.npr.org/2024/06/28/nx-s1-5022883/supreme-court-hands-a-victory-to-some-january-6-defendants