Posted on 05/31/2024 6:01:47 PM PDT by Libloather
After years of trying — in the words of the judge — “to get the damned rascal in this court,” it was a conviction that many welcomed.
But those words were not from Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, and the conviction was not that of former President Donald Trump.
Rather they were from US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase, at the end of the 18th century, when America embraced political prosecutions to target critics and opponents.
The man on trial then was James T. Callender, a muckraking writer critical of President John Adams.
For accusing politicians of corruption, Callender was charged with sedition, fined $200 and put in prison.
It was one of the many political prosecutions carried out by the Adams administration.
Political prosecutions are something most citizens associate with dictatorships.
But the Trump prosecution has forced many to confront the undeniable reality of the politicization of our legal system.
In many respects, President Biden and Democrats have re-created the Adams era.
Biden has led calls for censorship of political critics and his administration has coordinated the silencing and the blacklisting of those with opposing views.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
https://nypost.com/2024/02/18/us-news/trumps-355m-fine-wont-hurt-ny-businesses-that-follow-the-law-gov-hochul-says/
Turley should walk the talk by withdrawing from the Rat Party and vow not to vote Rat any time soon.
Don’t be part of the Ratocracy.
The supreme court needs to end this era of political prosecution.
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Pull the trigger
Shoot to thrill, play to kill
Too many women with too many pills, said
Shoot to thrill, play to kill
I got my gun at the ready, gonna fire at will
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I shoot to thrill, play to kill
Yeah
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Oh Shoot to thrill, play to kill
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I got my gun at the ready, going to fire at will
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I can’t get enough and I can’t get my fill
‘Cause I shoot to thrill, play to kill
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Shoot you down, yeah
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So, now that the trial is over, perhaps NY could tell us the proper way for us to record our hush money payments?
The proper way is to “not run for president”...
at least against Hitlary....
My concern is that the New York judge will try to “spike the ball” and imprison Trump right before the convention. How will the country react to a blatant attempt to make the election a single candidate ballot? We might look at an event in July where the people said enough and tore down the hated Bastille with their bare hands and sparked a bloody revolution
“My concern is that the New York judge will try to “spike the ball” and imprison Trump right before the convention. How will the country react to a blatant attempt to make the election a single candidate ballot? We might look at an event in July where the people said enough and tore down the hated Bastille with their bare hands and sparked a bloody revolution”
how did that work for the peacefully assembled people last time ?
I think the ptb would really enjoy an attempt at a bastile day.
The ruling parties have learned from that mistake, and have made sure it can never happen again.
It was far too late a long time ago.
We're at the stage in our banana republic where SCOTUS rulings that displease the Left will be ignored.
Reminder when Biden was told he lacked the constitutional authority to forgive student loans?
How did that work out?
My wife says Trump should pick Tulsi Gabbard for his running mate.
TRUMP and TULSI, with the slogan: TNT-Let’s Shake This Up.
BeGood/StayStrong
“My wife says Trump should pick Tulsi Gabbard for his running mate. TRUMP and TULSI, with the slogan: TNT-Let’s Shake This Up.”
Slogan: “Christian Trump and Hindu Haley ... because 33 gods are better than one God”
Avoid needing hush money payments if you’re running for political office?
Yep, we passed the too late point in 2020. Too many republicans afflicted by the “go along to get along” disease. Trump will be imprisoned by Maximum Juan right before the convention. I look for him to set a sentence of about 15 years by racking up consecutive sentences on Trump.
FO.
And the law is in the mouths of Hochul's "judges"...
No. That causes the need for a hush money payment.
Hush money payments are fully legal. Go back to the DUmp.
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