Posted on 10/25/2023 7:12:33 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe
The reason you have not heard of a gag order on par with the one imposed on former President Trump is that it is highly unusual. Normally, in a criminal proceeding, there are no gag orders. To the extent they exist, they typically only bind the lawyers, who are admonished to adhere to the rules of professional conduct. Rarely—as in almost never—are criminal defendants forced into a gag order on such spurious grounds as they might “vilify and implicitly encourage violence against public servants who are simply doing their jobs.”
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This all reminds us why the Declaration of Independence mentioned, among its catalog of complaints against King George, that he was “depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury” and “transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences.”
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While some wags posting on FR are enjoying this (maybe a bit too much, which says more about them), its a very serious matter. Because it WILL (and in the case of J6rs, is) be extended in a greater and greater circle.
I find it repugnant to the ideals upon which the US was founded.
Does it really matter? To the left? Think again.
same game “they” ran against Paxton. Gag a person so he can’t talk, but the opposition can run there mouth all they want.
Regarding the Left, the Shakespeare line often quoted out of context, “kill all the lawyers”, comes to mind.
‘they might “vilify and implicitly encourage violence against public servants...’
Do you know what “implicitly encouraging violence’ is called, legally speaking, in the United States?
It’s called “speech protected by the 1st Amendment from government restraint”.
Just talk anyway. What is the judge going to do? Try to hold the leading presidential candidate incommunicado?
Force their hand. Force the tyranny right out into the open light of day. That’s the last thing the sneaky left wants.
Exactly.
Feral ‘judges” make me gag automatically. Especially foreign female illegal alien refugeez. I don’t need an gag order.
“Force their hand. Force the tyranny right out into the open light of day.”
Agreed
Do Not Comply- Speak your mind- Dare them to proceed with it-
Then sue the JumpinJeHosephat out of ‘em, PERSONALLY.
Every “story” in the eneMedia alleging “sources with knowledge” is a leak from the prosecution, explicitly designed to taint the jury pool. Yet the defendant is forbidden from replying, while the court approves of the prosecution’s tampering.
Kangaroos . . . everywhere.
Can’t sue a judge for what they say or do on them bench, just take your complaint to next higher court, good luck.
It is repugnant indeed.
Biden was elected through Democrat Party fraud on a massive scale. Now they want everyone to shut up and accept it. By accepting the fraudulent 2020 election, nothing will get fixed in the voting laws, and we are doomed to a totalitarian and abusive Obama government.
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