I swan if this once upon a time law clerk for a United States District Judge who presided over every federal criminal prosecution in north Alabama doesn’t wonder if the Donald J. Trump Justice System should not be renamed “Many Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest”.
Before Trump ran for president in 2016, he had a long history of using lawyers to intimidate his adversaries and to allow him to welch debts via litigation and filing bankruptcy.
Trump and his father were civilly prosecuted and convicted in New York for racial and ethnic rental discrimination in their apartment buildings.
Trump University was forced to make restitution to students who did not get what they were promised.
Trump paid two escorts, one named Stormy Daniels, to be quiet about having sex with him- Daniels, shortly after Trump’s wife Melania had their son. Trump used his lawyers to cast the payoffs as business expenses After losing the 2020 election, Trump was indicted and is being prosecuted in the New York state court for criminal fraud.
I can grab women by the pussy Trump was sued by E. Jean Carroll for rape and sexual assault and defamation in a New York state civil court. Carroll lost the rape charge and won the sexual abuse and defamation charge and was awarded $5,000,000 by a jury. Trump said Carroll was a liar, and Daniels sued I can grab women by the pussy again for defamation and was awarded $83,300,000 by a jury.
Trump’s companies were sued by the State of New York in a New York state court for inflating their business assets to obtain large low interest loans to invest in lucrative deals which made Trump’s companies a great deal of money. The trial judge fined Trump’s companies $354.9 million for his illegal profits, plus interest of around $100 million and climbing. The judge and his law clerk received many death threats.
There were many news reports of Trump not paying his lawyers, one of whom, Michael Cohen, was criminally prosecuted and convicted in federal court and put in prison for aiding and abetting Trump in the Stormy Daniels case. Cohen flipped and started testifying against Trump.
Trump was criminally prosecuted in federal court by Special Prosecutor Jack Smith for mishandling, refusing to turn over, and obstructing the recovery of classified documents that came into his possession while he was president. Smith received death threats.
Trump was indicted under Georgia's RICO Act by Special Prosecutor Fani Willis for his trying to subvert the 2020 Georgia presidential election vote count. Willis and her team received death threats.
Willis indicted Trump’s lawyer, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who had pioneered New York state court RICO prosecutions, for aiding and abetting Trump trying to subvert the 2020 Georgia presidential election vote. Giuliani said Trump did not pay him.
Trump claimed it all was made up, witch hunts, despite the one common denominator, himself.
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Trump had engaged in insurrection against the United States Constitution and thus was barred by Amendment 14, Section 3, from being on the Colorado ballot.
I swan if this once upon a time law clerk for a United States District Judge who presided over every federal criminal prosecution in north Alabama doesn’t wonder if the Donald J. Trump Justice System should not be renamed “Many Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest”.
Before Trump ran for president in 2016, he had a long history of using lawyers to intimidate his adversaries and to allow him to welch debts via litigation and filing bankruptcy.
Trump and his father were civilly prosecuted and convicted in New York for racial and ethnic rental discrimination in their apartment buildings.
Trump University was forced to make restitution to students who did not get what they were promised.
Trump paid two escorts, one named Stormy Daniels, to be quiet about having sex with him- Daniels, shortly after Trump’s wife Melania had their son. Trump used his lawyers to cast the payoffs as business expenses After losing the 2020 election, Trump was indicted and is being prosecuted in the New York state court for criminal fraud.
I can grab women by the pussy Trump was sued by E. Jean Carroll for rape and sexual assault and defamation in a New York state civil court. Carroll lost the rape charge and won the sexual abuse and defamation charge and was awarded $5,000,000 by a jury. Trump said Carroll was a liar, and Daniels sued I can grab women by the pussy again for defamation and was awarded $83,300,000 by a jury.
Trump’s companies were sued by the State of New York in a New York state court for inflating their business assets to obtain large low interest loans to invest in lucrative deals which made Trump’s companies a great deal of money. The trial judge fined Trump’s companies $354.9 million for his illegal profits, plus interest of around $100 million and climbing. The judge and his law clerk received many death threats.
There were many news reports of Trump not paying his lawyers, one of whom, Michael Cohen, was criminally prosecuted and convicted in federal court and put in prison for aiding and abetting Trump in the Stormy Daniels case. Cohen flipped and started testifying against Trump.
Trump was criminally prosecuted in federal court by Special Prosecutor Jack Smith for mishandling, refusing to turn over, and obstructing the recovery of classified documents that came into his possession while he was president. Smith received death threats.
Trump was indicted under Georgia's RICO Act by Special Prosecutor Fani Willis for his trying to subvert the 2020 Georgia presidential election vote count. Willis and her team received death threats.
Willis indicted Trump’s lawyer, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who had pioneered New York state court RICO prosecutions, for aiding and abetting Trump trying to subvert the 2020 Georgia presidential election vote. Giuliani said Trump did not pay him.
Trump claimed it all was made up, witch hunts, despite the one common denominator, himself.
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Trump had engaged in insurrection against the United States Constitution and thus was barred by Amendment 14, Section 3, from being on the Colorado ballot.
Section 3.
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
The Colorado Supreme Court received death threats, as did the Secretary of State of Maine after ruling Amendment 14, Section 3 barred Trump from being on the Maine ballot.
A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled Colorado, in particular, and states in general, cannot enforce Amendment 14, Section 3, and 4 of the 5 Republican justices ruled only Congress can enforce 14/3 by legislation.
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
The Colorado Supreme Court received death threats, as did the Secretary of State of Maine after ruling Amendment 14, Section 3 barred Trump from being on the Maine ballot.
A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled Colorado, in particular, and states in general, cannot enforce Amendment 14, Section 3, and 4 of the 5 Republican justices ruled only Congress can enforce 14/3 by legislation.
Amendment XIV in its entirety:
Section 1.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Section 2.
Representatives shall be apportioned among the several states according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each state, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the executive and judicial officers of a state, or the members of the legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such state, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such state.
Representatives shall be apportioned among the several states according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each state, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the executive and judicial officers of a state, or the members of the legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such state, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such state.
Section 3.
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
Section 4.
The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any state shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.
The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any state shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.
Section 5.
The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
Section 5 applies to ALL of Amendment 14.
In all of that context, consider this from an old geezer living in Trump’s state of residence and another reader and the old geezer and my old geezer discussion.
My Two Senses“IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I’M COMING AFTER YOU!” Trump’s World of Mobster Law Is His “Secret Sauce”
OL’ FLAWRIDUH CRACKER
MAR 17, 2024
Perhaps the greatest feelings of schadenfreude that Trump and his minions experience comes from the successful perpetration of crimes.We can all see this happening; Trump’s successes all center on using his massive wealth (and political contributions) to field an army of lawyers. They in turn enable him to engage in intimidation and retaliation against civil, criminal, state or Federal prosecution.
Attack, Intimidate and Reward
Each time Trump escapes justice his bond of “mass-psychosis*” becomes stronger with the minions of his base. To a large degree this bond is fueled by mutual feelings of schadenfreude as Trump repeatedly proves he can legally “shoot someone in Times Square.” In terms of what he has actually gotten away with, Trump’s metaphorical shooting should be more accurately stated as a mass shooting in Times Square like the one in Las Vegas.
Not only does Trump swat away legal actions, he launches new exploits to pursue his expansion of gangster capitalism, fascism, theocracy and ultimately the return of neo-Feudalism in a stateless cloud metaverse.
We mere internet peasants can barely keep up with the barrage of gangster moves by Trump. WAPO just released a story on March 16, 2024 , Trump granted clemency to Medicare fraudsters before vowing to cut entitlement program abuse before vowing to cut entitlement program abuse By Amy B Wang and Azi Paybarah. We are not talking about fixing traffic tickets. These criminals “collectively filed nearly $1.6 billion in fraudulent claims through Medicare or Medicaid.” (WAPO, 2024)
Running Out the Clock: Delay, Delay and Delay.
The erudite, and prolific pundit David Feldman has consistently pointed out that Trump must run for and hold office as President by delaying trials, This will ensure he can get to the election and ideally win. Then supported by a Supreme Court that seems to feel Trump can kill anyone, they will also find a way to determine he can pardon himself, thus ending all the prosecutions (save Georgia) and escape imprisonment.
Feldman is correct, and as a bonus it also sets up Trump as dictator forever. It also allows him to fulfill his vengeance agenda. In short he becomes another Putin.
That we “snowflakes” stand by impotently watching Trump foiling charges and trial proceedings with seeming ease must be a delight to the base.
*Yes, this is a thing. Courageous psychiatrists like Bandi X. Lee’s work sheds light on the intersection of politics, psychology, and societal control, highlighting the profound impact of authoritarianism on individual and collective mental health.
Coming soon: The Fani Willis and the Wade knee capping
Patris
He’s nuts. Apologies to nuts.
Ol’ Flawriduh Cracker
You are concise and hilarious
Sloan Bashinsky
I think Trump is criminally insane, and infectious, like Ebola, for certain types of people. Maybe something will step in and disable Trump in a way that cannot be blamed on the Democrats. Anyone who doesn’t think Trump means a blood bath literally, if he loses in November, is still in diapers.
If I was still practicing law and Trump tried to hire me, I would tell him, no thanks, God is watching and I don’t want that karma. If another lawyer asked me what to do after being asked by Trump to be his lawyer, I would tell that lawyer the same thing, but if he, or she, isn’t worried about God or karma, then get paid a large retainer, up front, say $5 million, before doing anything, and for Trump to expect to pay another $5 million, if it drags out, and if Trump reneges, the lawyer can quit, and that is in writing, signed by Trump before a Notary Public, which makes it self-proving in a court of law, where, if the lawyer doesn’t get paid by Trump, the judge will let the lawyer resign from the case:-).
What I don’t see any legal pundits and journalists saying is state and federal criminal prosecutors might have a really tough time striking a jury that does not have a Trump ringer on it, who will hang the jury and the prosecutor then has to decide whether to retry Trump, or leave him be.
Even if Trump is criminally convicted, how that might play out in federal appellate courts and the US Supreme Court might be iffy. For all we know, the US Supreme Court will side with Trump because they don’t want to be hunted down and killed by MAGAs.
All along I felt the best chance to put Trump in prison was the Georgia RICO prosecution, but the special prosecutor Fani Willis screwed that up royally by dating her lead hired prosecutor and taking nice trips with him. Willis should have resigned as soon as she knew she had been found out, but her ego seems about the same size as Trump’s. The state court judge, who let Willis remain on the case, made it worse.
I hope the national news media will tout these two videos religiously:
Oh my God, Trump just shit his pants
Mister Trump and his diaper problems
Ol’ Flawriduh Cracker
Once again we are in mutual agreement.
Trump is the Uber Meister of gangsta threat and intimidation.
If his minions go nuts and start assassinating those he has “suggested” might get hurt, then he goes into plausible deniability mode. He loves this technique as we have seen from “standby Proud Boys” to “Fight Like Hell” on 1/6.
I’ll be doing a hopefully short post on the Willis-Wade debacle that you might appreciate soon.
I agree that the odds of any of these cases landing Trump in jail is at best tenuous for the reasons you cite. I don’t know that the SCOTUS is fearful of a Trump hitman as much as they just want to find a way to thank him and join in the new “thousand year rule” of Fascist America. There are lots of great exotic places vacations and loot to be had by enabling, not defeating a Trump agenda.
Sloan Bashinsky
I agree, the SCOTUS Christians are truly grateful Trump turned the Supreme Court over to them. Their ruling that only Congress can enforce Amendment 14 was pulled straight out of their hind ends, when you consider many 14th Amendment cases SCOTUS decided without any enabling legislation from Congress, such as, hmmm, Brown v. Board of Education :-), which ended racial segregation in public schools.
After ruling Amendment 14, Section 3 barred Trump from being on the Colorado ballot, the Colorado Supreme Court was inundated with death threats. Same happened after the Maine Secretary of State ruled 14/3 barred Trump being on the Maine ballot. The 3 SCOTUS Democrats ruled states cannot enforce 14/3, even though SCOTUS has repeatedly held Amendment 14 applies to the states. So, what’s the common denominator? Death threats.
Fani Willis turned out to be a huge, sad joke. She had one thing to do. Put Trump in prison. She had a great case. She had great support staff. All by herself, she turned the case into a ridiculous circus, in which she starred. She gave Trump lots of things to argue on appeal, if he is convicted. She gave the jury lots of reasons to try her, instead of Trump. The Georgia Attorney General should have removed Willis from the case. She put herself on trial, and she should be on trial, because she darn well knew she was not supposed to be fucking her lead prosecutor and taking trips with him. She’s nuts. Trump’s nuts. Birds of a feather. Just different backgrounds getting to the nut house.
Yesterday, a black pastor friend agreed with me that God gave that case to Fani Willis and she threw God and the criminal justice system under a bus.
In my Apple newsfeed this morning, March 21, 2024, was an article reporting the judge in the Georgia RICO prosecution gave Trump permission to file an immediate appeal of his ruling to allow Willis to remain in the case. The appeal will take several months, or more, and will delay the trial, if there is a trial, until after the November presidential election.
There is a criminal justice system that applies to all people in America, and there is a criminal justice system that applies only to Donald Trump.
sloanbashinsky@yahoo.com
The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
Section 5 applies to ALL of Amendment 14.
In all of that context, consider this from an old geezer living in Trump’s state of residence and another reader and the old geezer and my old geezer discussion.
My Two Senses“IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I’M COMING AFTER YOU!”Trump’s World of Mobster Law Is His “Secret Sauce”
OL’ FLAWRIDUH CRACKERMAR 17, 2024Perhaps the greatest feelings of schadenfreude that Trump and his minions experience comes from the successful perpetration of crimes.We can all see this happening; Trump’s successes all center on using his massive wealth (and political contributions) to field an army of lawyers. They in turn enable him to engage in intimidation and retaliation against civil, criminal, state or Federal prosecution.
Attack, Intimidate and RewardEach time Trump escapes justice his bond of “mass-psychosis*” becomes stronger with the minions of his base. To a large degree this bond is fueled by mutual feelings of schadenfreude as Trump repeatedly proves he can legally “shoot someone in Times Square.” In terms of what he has actually gotten away with, Trump’s metaphorical shooting should be more accurately stated as a mass shooting in Times Square like the one in Las Vegas.Not only does Trump swat away legal actions, he launches new exploits to pursue his expansion of gangster capitalism, fascism, theocracy and ultimately the return of neo-Feudalism in a stateless cloud metaverse.We mere internet peasants can barely keep up with the barrage of gangster moves by Trump. WAPO just released a story on March 16, 2024 , Trump granted clemency to Medicare fraudsters before vowing to cut entitlement program abuse before vowing to cut entitlement program abuse By Amy B Wang and Azi Paybarah. We are not talking about fixing traffic tickets. These criminals “collectively filed nearly $1.6 billion in fraudulent claims through Medicare or Medicaid.” (WAPO, 2024)Running Out the Clock: Delay, Delay and Delay.The erudite, and prolific pundit David Feldman has consistently pointed out that Trump must run for and hold office as President by delaying trials, This will ensure he can get to the election and ideally win. Then supported by a Supreme Court that seems to feel Trump can kill anyone, they will also find a way to determine he can pardon himself, thus ending all the prosecutions (save Georgia) and escape imprisonment.Feldman is correct, and as a bonus it also sets up Trump as dictator forever. It also allows him to fulfill his vengeance agenda. In short he becomes another Putin.That we “snowflakes” stand by impotently watching Trump foiling charges and trial proceedings with seeming ease must be a delight to the base.*Yes, this is a thing. Courageous psychiatrists like Bandi X. Lee’s work sheds light on the intersection of politics, psychology, and societal control, highlighting the profound impact of authoritarianism on individual and collective mental health.Coming soon: The Fani Willis and the Wade knee capping
Patris
He’s nuts. Apologies to nuts.Ol’ Flawriduh Cracker
You are concise and hilariousSloan BashinskyI think Trump is criminally insane, and infectious, like Ebola, for certain types of people. Maybe something will step in and disable Trump in a way that cannot be blamed on the Democrats. Anyone who doesn’t think Trump means a blood bath literally, if he loses in November, is still in diapers.
If I was still practicing law and Trump tried to hire me, I would tell him, no thanks, God is watching and I don’t want that karma. If another lawyer asked me what to do after being asked by Trump to be his lawyer, I would tell that lawyer the same thing, but if he, or she, isn’t worried about God or karma, then get paid a large retainer, up front, say $5 million, before doing anything, and for Trump to expect to pay another $5 million, if it drags out, and if Trump reneges, the lawyer can quit, and that is in writing, signed by Trump before a Notary Public, which makes it self-proving in a court of law, where, if the lawyer doesn’t get paid by Trump, the judge will let the lawyer resign from the case:-).What I don’t see any legal pundits and journalists saying is state and federal criminal prosecutors might have a really tough time striking a jury that does not have a Trump ringer on it, who will hang the jury and the prosecutor then has to decide whether to retry Trump, or leave him be.
Even if Trump is criminally convicted, how that might play out in federal appellate courts and the US Supreme Court might be iffy. For all we know, the US Supreme Court will side with Trump because they don’t want to be hunted down and killed by MAGAs.
All along I felt the best chance to put Trump in prison was the Georgia RICO prosecution, but the special prosecutor Fani Willis screwed that up royally by dating her lead hired prosecutor and taking nice trips with him. Willis should have resigned as soon as she knew she had been found out, but her ego seems about the same size as Trump’s. The state court judge, who let Willis remain on the case, made it worse.
I hope the national news media will tout these two videos religiously:Oh my God, Trump just shit his pants
Mister Trump and his diaper problemsOl’ Flawriduh CrackerOnce again we are in mutual agreement.
Trump is the Uber Meister of gangsta threat and intimidation.
If his minions go nuts and start assassinating those he has “suggested” might get hurt, then he goes into plausible deniability mode. He loves this technique as we have seen from “standby Proud Boys” to “Fight Like Hell” on 1/6.
I’ll be doing a hopefully short post on the Willis-Wade debacle that you might appreciate soon.
I agree that the odds of any of these cases landing Trump in jail is at best tenuous for the reasons you cite. I don’t know that the SCOTUS is fearful of a Trump hitman as much as they just want to find a way to thank him and join in the new “thousand year rule” of Fascist America. There are lots of great exotic places vacations and loot to be had by enabling, not defeating a Trump agenda.Sloan BashinskyI agree, the SCOTUS Christians are truly grateful Trump turned the Supreme Court over to them. Their ruling that only Congress can enforce Amendment 14 was pulled straight out of their hind ends, when you consider many 14th Amendment cases SCOTUS decided without any enabling legislation from Congress, such as, hmmm, Brown v. Board of Education :-), which ended racial segregation in public schools.
After ruling Amendment 14, Section 3 barred Trump from being on the Colorado ballot, the Colorado Supreme Court was inundated with death threats. Same happened after the Maine Secretary of State ruled 14/3 barred Trump being on the Maine ballot. The 3 SCOTUS Democrats ruled states cannot enforce 14/3, even though SCOTUS has repeatedly held Amendment 14 applies to the states. So, what’s the common denominator? Death threats.Fani Willis turned out to be a huge, sad joke. She had one thing to do. Put Trump in prison. She had a great case. She had great support staff. All by herself, she turned the case into a ridiculous circus, in which she starred. She gave Trump lots of things to argue on appeal, if he is convicted. She gave the jury lots of reasons to try her, instead of Trump. The Georgia Attorney General should have removed Willis from the case. She put herself on trial, and she should be on trial, because she darn well knew she was not supposed to be fucking her lead prosecutor and taking trips with him. She’s nuts. Trump’s nuts. Birds of a feather. Just different backgrounds getting to the nut house.
Yesterday, a black pastor friend agreed with me that God gave that case to Fani Willis and she threw God and the criminal justice system under a bus.
In my Apple newsfeed this morning, March 21, 2024, was an article reporting the judge in the Georgia RICO prosecution gave Trump permission to file an immediate appeal of his ruling to allow Willis to remain in the case. The appeal will take several months, or more, and will delay the trial, if there is a trial, until after the November presidential election.
There is a criminal justice system that applies to all people in America, and there is a criminal justice system that applies only to Donald Trump.
sloanbashinsky@yahoo.com
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