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[–] [email protected] 189 points 5 months ago (1 children)

She really dismissed it over the appointment of a special prosecutor? Completely insane, but the fake Supreme Court will probably rubber stamp it. America is so fucked.

[–] cheese_greater 35 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Its all good, now they can have her removed from the case

[–] [email protected] 40 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This. Jack Smith hasn't been able to nail her on any of her antics thus far, as they've been plausibly deniable, but her specious reasoning for the dismissal is a prime target for reversal by the 11th Circuit. She's so bad at her job, she can't even stall properly.

If Smith doesn't go to the 11th Circuit, then he was a terrible choice to begin with, and he was never going to win anything.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

The question now might be whether he appeals to the 11th Circuit Court or straight to the Supreme Court. I fear either way may be too slow to get anywhere before November.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I doubt this will run its course before November, but if it can be a drain on his sanity and coffers, I'd say it's still in the public interest to keep it going. As someone who listens to Knowledge Fight often, this kind of stuff gets under their skin and derails their ability to be effective at messaging.

Ultimately, it's in the public interest to keep going, if only because it's still a crime that deserves to be tried on the real possibility that he loses in November.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Agreed. It's all very disgusting but no reason for despair, just continued fight.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

True, but it will all take so long that the case still won't get anywhere before the election. In a way this might even have been the judge's ultimate delay tactic, capping off the slow-walk that she already perpetrated.

[–] cheese_greater 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It'll put more pressure on Trump's system so I can't complain. Its obv bullshit but it gets the rubes' hopes up so it all balances out. I don't buy his assassination attempt has changed anything

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

It changes nothing, it's even worse it was a republican that did it.

[–] Fades 13 points 5 months ago

and she doesn't get to rule on a lot of the key decisions she had been dragging her feet on, so when she is replaced that judge will not have to inherit her bullshit decisions on important aspects of the case.