Posts made by hubrys

The judge's statements aren't special to Trump; they give the same warnings to all criminal defendants. They're known as Parker Warnings, based on People v. Parker in 1982. A criminal defendant has a right to be present for their trial under the Confrontation Clause, and there's a strong preference against trials in absentia. The Parker court established that you have to inform the defendant of their rights, the consequences of not showing up, and recommended that proceedings should be adjourned so that a bench warrant can be issued if a defendant doesn't show up (assuming that there isn't clear evidence that the defendant knowingly and voluntarily waived his/her right to be present for trial).

I love how conservative idiots are trying to turn ordinary court procedure into fake evidence that the court is biased against Trump.

@blablarg18 I like the clever wording of the statement. It is technically true that the accuser received no money from Schlapp or the ACU, because he was paid off by an insurance carrier.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/27/politics/matt-schlapp-settlement-sexual-assault-lawsuit?cid=ios_app

The $480,000 settlement was paid to Carlton Huffman through an insurance policy, according to a source familiar with the details.

LINK: Japan high court rules same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional

@blablarg18 Your attempt to seem ambivalently, nonchalantly detached doesn't work when YOU'RE the one that summoned my attention back to this old post.

You clearly do care.

@blablarg18 I'll read your Harvard Law Review article if you read mine; especially Part II, Subpart B about "Grooming Hysteria."

LINK: Drag Queens, The First Amendment, and Expressive Harms

LINK: ‘America Is Under Attack’: Inside the Anti-D.E.I. Crusade

https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2AJ2BG/

@raphjd said in Ilhan Omar (D-MN & own brother's legal wife) declares allegiance to Somalia & Islam, contempt for USA:

She pretended to be a part of another family so she could get into the US.

She was a criminal mastermind when she was only 8 years old? Is that what you're hinging your theory on?

@duncanlem I agree. I wish more journalists would interview like that, but unfortunately "access journalism" rules the day here in the US.

Take an interview that's anything more than slightly confrontational, and you can forget about your entire network ever being allowed to interview that politician again.

@blablarg18 said in Ilhan Omar (D-MN & own brother's legal wife) declares allegiance to Somalia & Islam, contempt for USA:

Omar's second husband was indeed her brother, by DNA match & FBI helped squelch it.

You idiots keep saying she married her brother so that he could come to the US. There are two major problems with that theory:

1. As soon as their 2-year marriage ended, he went back to England and doesn't seem to have ever had much interest in living in the US.

2. She doesn't need to marry him to get him a green card. Refugees can sponsor their siblings. There's already a process for that. And, in fact, it's an easier and more reliable process than a sham marriage.

You guys are so fucking stupid!

@phoenixstorm said in Biden Says Texas Has Till End Of Day To Remove Razor Wire Or Else Frinlerbagsuzzit Dorblelerg:

I thought congress was on the verge of passing bi partisan legislation to help alleviate this issue?

Now, even some GOPers are pointing out their own party's bullshit antics around this issue.

https://x.com/DerekFriday/status/1751953759826018391?s=20

Shannon Bream on “Fox News Sunday” asked Lankford why he would want to let Biden take a victory lap in an election year, and she repeated GOP claims that the proposed measures would still let in many immigrants.

“It’s definitely not going to let a bunch of people in,” Lankford said. “It’s focused on actually turning people around on it. It is interesting ― Republicans four months ago would not give funding for Ukraine, for Israel and for our southern border because we demanded changes in policy. So we actually locked arms together and said, ‘We’re not going to give you money for this. We want a change in law.’ And now it’s interesting, a few months later, when we’re finally getting to the end, they’re like, ‘Oh, just kidding. I actually don’t want a change in law because it’s a presidential election year.’”

@raphjd said in Sex Criminal Ordered to Pay $83.3M:

I don't trust a leftist jury.

So your response is: "I see your reality. I reject your reality, and I substitute my own."

How about applying that same level of skepticism to Biden. Of course, we know you won't, because your a double-standard loving political hack.

@raphjd True, but on that note, it does help that he's running after the SCOTUS decision was rendered. Those that came before him didn't have that luxury.

LINK: 'I Cannot Really Remember': GOP Rep. Busted For Taking Credit For Bills She Voted Against

It's sad that the GOP has to rely on the Democrats' accomplishments back in Washington while campaigning back home in their districts.

@raphjd said in Sex Criminal Ordered to Pay $83.3M:

You support a rapist, incestuous fuck, and a child sniffer.
You should be ashamed of yourself.

You support a sexual abuser, who grabs women by the pussy without consent, and peeps on little girls at beauty pageants.

You should be ashamed of yourself.

I don't care about the Somali stuff. I just came here to point out that you believing she married her own brother is nonsense.

@raphjd said in Sex Criminal Ordered to Pay $83.3M:

Did you vote for Biden?

Did you vote for Trump?

@blablarg18 said in The U.S. Should Apologize to Gay People:

TRUMP stated he supports gay marriage, no qualifiers, & told GOP to get on board.

Lesley Stahl: One of the groups that's expressing fear are the LGBTQ group. You--

Donald Trump: And yet I mentioned them at the Republican National Convention. And--

Lesley Stahl: You did.

Donald Trump: Everybody said, "That was so great." I have been, you know, I've been-a supporter.

Lesley Stahl: Well, I guess the issue for them is marriage equality. Do you support marriage equality?

Donald Trump: It-- it's irrelevant because it was already settled. It's law. It was settled in the Supreme Court. I mean it's done.

Lesley Stahl: So even if you appoint a judge that--

Donald Trump: It's done. It-- you have-- these cases have gone to the Supreme Court. They've been settled. And, I'm fine with that.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-donald-trump-family-melania-ivanka-lesley-stahl/

Saying "It's settled, move on" is hardly a ringing endorsement, especially when the SCOTUS justices appointed by him are champing at the bit to overturn Obergefell.

@phoenixstorm said in Biden Says Texas Has Till End Of Day To Remove Razor Wire Or Else Frinlerbagsuzzit Dorblelerg:

I thought congress was on the verge of passing bi partisan legislation to help alleviate this issue?

They were, but then Trump told the GOP to stop because he wants to campaign against Biden on the issue. Basically, don't solve the problem so I can campaign that Biden didn't solve the problem.

Just shows you how much the GOP really cares about the issue. It's just base pandering.