Sunday, May 30, 2021

No Reasonable Person

Powell says Trump can be "reinstated" as President, and a new inauguration date set.  Oh, and Biden will be told to move out of the White House.

And then pigs will fly and water will flow uphill, and we'll all live happily together on the Big Rock Candy Mountain.

She’s right in her court pleadings:  no reasonable person would believe this.  It certainly establishes that there aren’t any reasonable people in the crowd in Dallas.*

*And no, that's not a defense to libel.  When you accuse someone of felonious conduct, it doesn't matter if someone believes it or not; it's the accusation alone that is damaging.  Of course, if the plaintiff proves actual damages, then obviously somebody believed the libel, no matter how outrageous it was.  Either way, the defendant is boxed.

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  1. Has anyone gotten to ask her to identify the Constitutional mechanism for that? It is disgusting that someone can keep their credentials as a lawyer when they say things like that. I would guess that all of that talk about the official responsibilities of those who hold law licenses they talk about on TV are pretty much fictitious. "Officers of the court" and all that.

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    1. Yeah, that won’t get you disbarred; not in Texas, anyway. Fuck with the client’s money, in the escrow account maybe, you’re done. No more lawyering for you.

      Otherwise, you’re good to go, best I can tell. Probably lying under oath would do it, too. Don’t think anybody’s ever been that dumb; not since I’ve been (sorta) paying attention.

      Doctors are more likely to lose their license, honestly.

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