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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: CHIEFS
« Last post by wetwillie on Today at 06:25:36 AM »So we taking Sinnott tonight?
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Supreme Court Cases Thread
« Last post by BIG APPLE CAT on Today at 06:08:35 AM »I mean, name one politician you could trust with that power?
There is no human that can go through what is needed to go through to be president that wouldn't abuse the crap out of that power.
Something like 20-30 companies would effectively hold that same power immediately upon the ruling being made. Is this not setting up the king for a day scenario, but forever instead of a day?
I didn't listen to the argument and don't know what the specific case issues are, but it seems to me like SCOTUS could easily avoid almost all the legal questions involved by just saying there is no way you can consider a president's conspiracy to undermine his own elected ouster to be an "official act" of a president. That is, quite possibly, the most ridiculous thing I could imagine any U.S. court ruling--much less the Supreme Court.
Trump's position is premised on the argument that he should only be subject to criminal prosecution if he is impeached and convicted by the senate, but if undermining the political process itself is part of the immunity then that qualification is meaningless in the hands of a tyrant, who could simply threaten/coerce/assassinate any who would seek to carry out impeachment proceedings. The democratic experiment would be over.
That may sound alarmist, but what I'm actually getting at here is "losing" this case only means that the Supreme Court declines to give clearer instructions as to whether immunity for criminal charges is ever an option for acts taken by a president. There's no way he gets out of facing charges for Jan. 6.
The fact that the court even agreed to hear the case at all should be incredibly alarming. I will admit I am no SCOTUS scholar and this may be a question for spracs et al but has SCOTUS ever agreed to hear a case that would directly (or maybe more precisely, immediately) impact so few people? Seems like usually they are ruling on topics that will then apply to several many Americans on day 1 and many more in the future. Even if presidents lived forever we are still talking about a ruling that will directly impact fewer than 50 total people (and that includes in the future bc if trump gets what he wants he will be the last president)
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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: CHIEFS
« Last post by mocat on Today at 12:41:02 AM »Do you guys think the bills just couldn't financially afford a first round pick?Yeah am I mistaken in thinking they didn't get any extra picks while trading back twice? That can't be right
lmao
https://twitter.com/BillsChatPod/status/1783629554558337133?t=hH-T_eUmEX6uXpnMV6wfvA&s=19
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Political Facebook Posts/Tweets From People
« Last post by mocat on Today at 12:33:38 AM »borrowed nostalgia for 1935 air travel belongs in this thread right
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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: CHIEFS
« Last post by kitten_mittons on Today at 12:10:23 AM »I didn't say anything close to that. Dorsey did a really good job.Did the Chiefs hire someone in the offseason who knows what they are doing?I do not understand why they wanted worthy over mitchell, like at allYou don’t have to understand it. Let the people who actually know what they are doing work.
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So you think 3 rings is a disappointment? Wow
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Kansas State Football / Re: Ireland Pak 2025
« Last post by waks on Today at 12:00:22 AM »CancoAI needs to post in the drawing a powercat by hand thread
The best post in the powercat by hand thread will be posted in August of this year.
This post only makes sense to 3 other posters, but I'm putting it here so I can bump it then.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: best tweets of all time
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Kansas State Football / Re: Nebraska's struggle for relevance.
« Last post by DaBigTrain on April 25, 2024, 11:38:42 PM »
As someone who started following college football in the 90's when nubb was at their peak this is another one of those Nebraska stats that blows my mind.
https://twitter.com/PickSixPreviews/status/1783707196062093498?t=9XwQIAPdJj0256HOy8jCpg&s=19
You just love to see it.
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Kansas State Football / Re: Nebraska's struggle for relevance.
« Last post by ben ji on April 25, 2024, 11:37:41 PM »As someone who started following college football in the 90's when nubb was at their peak this is another one of those Nebraska stats that blows my mind.
https://twitter.com/PickSixPreviews/status/1783707196062093498?t=9XwQIAPdJj0256HOy8jCpg&s=19
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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: CHIEFS
« Last post by mocat on April 25, 2024, 11:29:04 PM »
accidentally irl re enacted this gif while reading that tweet