The only issue with nationalizing it is that it will be probably even worse for moderation than under Elon. Private enterprises currently enjoy protection for moderation decisions. If it were nationalized any moderator action would run up against the First Amendment directly. Elon could ban Nazis (he doesn’t but he could). A government controlled entity cannot.

This is a good move. Thrg just need to be careful to preclude somehow giving an opening for the court to hear it via original jurisdiction. Congress can only limit the court’s appellate jurisdiction under the Constitution.

His mom is right, he’s an embarrassment.

Congress shall make no law, this actually could be interpreted quite literally by the courts that it is perfectly acceptable for a state to not only establish a religion but to criminalize other beliefs.

Reading one piece of the Constitution or the text of any specific statute is kind of useless in our legal system. Other parts of the Constitution, the laws, and the case law that’s been established over centuries and decades also have parts to play.

This particular legal situation has been argued before, and it’s very settled law (at least for now.) Specifically, the 14th Amendment has been viewed to expand many of the Constitutional provisions that originally only restrained Congress to apply to the state governments as well.

It’s most likely to be slapped down in district court, slapped down in the appellate court, and then declined by SCOTUS.

$250k fine, but they haven’t prosecuted anyone since the 80s, and even then, it was only a handful and typically only when the person went around bragging about it in protest.

The bigger deal is being barred from federal employment, contracts, grants, and other programs. Some states may deny drivers licenses because of it. And it used to mean you couldn’t receive federal financial aid for college, but that changed in 2020.

That was apparently repealed in 2020.

Wish it would’ve happened sooner. There was some issue with my school’s financial aid office every freaking semester. A week before classes started, I would get a letter that all my financial aid was canceled for failing to register, and I’d have to go in and prove I had. After the 4th time, they finally took a photocopy of my registration and had me sign an affidavit and appended it to my file.

More importantly it removes the federal bankruptcy protection for the company and allows the families to pursue execution of the judgments in state court.

To be fair, this was never really about making mifepristone illegal outright. It was mostly about the FDA rules that would allow by mail order without first consulting a doctor. Consulting a doctor for its other uses would allow it to be prescribed for them.

I think a lot of people are surprised by this, but I think it’s mostly 9-0 because it wasn’t really settled on any merits – these people just did not have standing to sue.

I’m pretty sure this came out of the 5th Circuit and I’d expect to see more rulings like this smacking the 5th Circuit down because it specifically has gone off the rails and started making insane rulings unsupported by any law or precedent.

While SCOTUS has made some questionable rulings in the last several years, they’re still going to punt in obvious situations where they can.

I know multiple people, several of them fine upstanding Republicans that have violated this same law by lying on this same form. Hell, one of them has done it repeatedly in order to straw purchase firearms for his son, a convicted felon.

They’re trying to shift the party even further right to gobble up the Never Trump Republicans. It wouldn’t surprise me if it’s a long term goal in order to further minimize the progressive agenda within the party. Pull enough conservatives into the party and you’d have one big party that’s right of center, a smaller fascist party, and an unorganized gaggle of progressives.

I also think it’s generally quite a stupid play that’s going to backfire on them and probably just empower the fascists.

Yikes. I would’ve deleted that too. This is exactly why the US Constitution explicitly defines treason and makes such a high bar for conviction. Treason has a history of being used as a cudgel to destroy any political opposition or dissent.

Like I said, you’re as ridiculous as any MAGA loon. You may as well be shouting “Hang Mike Pence” or talking about super secret military tribunals convening to try your political enemies.

This is not treason. You sound as ridiculous as any MAGA loon.

So. While this law is relatively new (more than a decade old iirc,) it has required waivers in previous elections already, from both parties. Maybe next time the parties should actually take deadlines like this into consideration when planning their conventions? The deadline is August 7th, so it’s not some implausibly early date, as the Democratic convention is only scheduled like two weeks later. And the deadline hasn’t been a surprise.

I agree they should get a waiver but damn, seems a bit incompetent.

It’s also not usually invalid just because it won when it “shouldn’t” have. It’s actually displaying a payout much higher than the listed value for the maximum payout of the machine.

Now, I feel like the fair thing would be paying that maximum payout and adding something on top for the customer’s troubles. But that probably isn’t going to satisfy someone who unreasonably expected $1.27m.

Current voter registration is 44.98% Democrat, and 44.62% Republican.

I’m not sure where they’re getting that information. SC does not have registration by party at all. It’s literally not information that the state collects.

I’m not a lawyer, but wouldn’t pretty much every jurisdiction consider you properly served if you were posting publicly demonstrating knowledge of the case and especially that you were dodging service?

It’s another aspect of the whole industry being a mess. Loans sold on and on multiple times with the necessary paperwork lost in the shuffle. I remember hearing a few homeowners saved from foreclosure because the company that purchased their mortgage having none of the necessary paperwork.

Depends on the circumstances of why the helicopter crashed. If it was an accident, some maintenance issue, pilot error or medical emergency or something, then it won’t be too bad.

If there’s some evidence of sabotage or a deliberate attack then hold onto your hat because prime suspect #1 is going to be the Mossad.