Judge Chutkan: "Mr. Lauro, I understand you have a message you want to get out. I want you to address the motion. I do not need to hear any campaign rhetoric in my courtroom."And so on:
Lauro: "We are talking about a censorship order in this case that is unheard of in our constitutional order."
Judge Chutkan, dryly: "There are a lot of things in this case that are unheard of."And so on:
Lauro starts complaining that a gag order on Donald Trump wouldn't affect Joe Biden.
Judge Chutkan: "Joe Biden is not a party to this case."And so on:
Lauro: "It's absolutely ridiculous to think of an order that would prevent a candidate from speaking out on these issues... You can't come up with a better hypothetical for violating the First Amendment than what these prosecutors have come up with."Pro tip:
Lauro: "What you have put in place is working."
Judge Chutkan breaks out in laughter: "I'm going to have to take issue with that."
Lauro starts to say something about politics.
Chutkan: "Politics stops at this courtroom, Mr. Lauro."Never make a judge laugh at what you say, if you’re the butt of the joke.
Lauro: “We’re going to have situation where a presidential candidate cannot say that Washington, D.C., is crime-ridden and infested with rats even though we all know that’s true.”Trump might as well be doing this pro se. He’d be no worse off and save a lot of money he’s soon going to need.
You should read the rest of Fischer’s thread. It’s worth it.
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