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[–] collar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Fair. But even though this is clearly a politically motivated prosecution, I'd rather see the system operate the way it's supposed to. The prosecutor shouldn't be able to cut corners, and the judge shouldn't take liberties.

If Halligan is the caliber of lawyer that Trump can get to bring these cases, then I think James will be fine.

[–] collar@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Disagree. The answer is to dismiss without prejudice. The issue before the judge was, at its heart, whether the prosecutor had the legal authority to bring the indictment. The answer was no. As such, it's not up to the court to tell the government they cannot bring the case again in a proper manner from qualified prosecutor.

The beauty of the decision is that -- by issuing the order in this manner -- the government is screwed anyway because (unless they successfully appeal this decision) the statute of limitations has tolled on Comey's case,so even if Halligan or some other prosecutor were able to bring charges, the window to do so has closed. Case dismissed.

This is essentially dismissing with prejudice without prejudice. The case is over, at least for Comey, unless government is successful on appeal.

[–] collar@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Good mix of usability and learning curve. You will need terminal, but that's never been easier with AI assistants to learn how. Plenty of support for applications or open source workarounds. It also is familiar enough to use rather quickly, but not so much that it feel like a Windows clone. Highly recommend starting with Ubuntu.

[–] collar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

The thing is, they’re not making any promises anymore. They don’t have to. They don’t answer to anyone right now: not voters, not courts, not Congress. It’s blame Dems for the shutdown, while Trump builds a ballroom at the White House and gets gifted a crown by foreign leaders.

[–] collar@lemmy.world 79 points 1 month ago (6 children)

They haven’t had a health plan in more than a decade. Trump has claimed since he came down the escalator he’d be releasing his health plan in “two weeks.” The plan is repeal Obamacare. That’s the only plan.