• MagicShel@programming.dev
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    7 months ago

    I wonder if they aren’t touching it because they want to address this question in context of considering Jan. 6. They don’t want to establish a ruling that could be used against Trump, so they are taking time to get all their ducks in a row.

    I have no legal background so this is just idle speculation.

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      7 months ago

      It’s more likely that they’re not touching it because they want to suppress African-American protests. [I am also not a lawyer]

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      7 months ago

      I wonder if they aren’t touching it

      They aren’t touching it because they already DID with Counterman v. Colorado back in 2023. The issue is done and Sotomayor made this plain in her full remarks.

      This Vox article was carefully crafted to leave the reader ignorant and outraged.

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        7 months ago

        Yes you repeated that line already and it doesn’t make any sense. The SCOTUS decision flat out says the opposite

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          The SCOTUS decision flat out says the opposite

          To summarize Justice Sotomayor in the decision “We decided this in 2023 and Mckesson shouldn’t be prosecuted. We’re not taking it up again.”

          I’m unclear how you can read Sotomayor and come away with anything other than that.