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To: wiseprince; FreeReign
He shouldn’t exercise any of his rights and he’d be fine

People get put in jail for contempt of court every single day in this country. Courts consistently rule in favor of judges having the right to order speech restrictions on defendants CURRENTLY on trial, this has NEVER been found to have first amendment implications.

Read what I wrote. I've voted for Trump four times now and will vote for him in November if I have to write him in.

But he CAN be jailed for contempt of court, that's not controversial in the slightest, and all I said was it could be part of his campaign strategy.

47 posted on 04/30/2024 9:56:13 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et de phrases)
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To: Jim Noble

I don’t particularly care about your voting record. Doesn’t make you smart. If people are being deprived of their first ammendment rights “daily” then it’s a travesty of justice “daily”. It’s the equivalent to telling a woman not to scream while you’re raping her then blaming the woman when the rapist puke punches her to shut her up. If what they are doing to Trump is indicative of what is being done to innocent defendents nationwide on a daily basis then the country more than ever needs a radical revolution be it from the left or from the right. Such things should never ever be excepted!


52 posted on 04/30/2024 10:15:18 AM PDT by wiseprince (Me)
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To: Jim Noble
People get put in jail for contempt of court every single day in this country. Courts consistently rule in favor of judges having the right to order speech restrictions on defendants CURRENTLY on trial, this has NEVER been found to have first amendment implications.

People in court who disrupt the proceedings are in contempt. Trump has done none of that. Your defense of this unconstitutional government order using such a strawman fallacy is very weak.

Trump has every constitutional right to defend himself in public outside of court. Government has no constitutional right to gag people as they prosecute them. You don't see how that can easily lead to tyranny.

The idea behind the First Amendment is pretty simple and pretty clear.

55 posted on 04/30/2024 10:41:59 AM PDT by FreeReign
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