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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGarry Kasparov spot on about Gaetz and the rest of the GOP criminal cabal
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It's still astounding to me that republicans attempted to overturn a lawful election, their supporters storming the capital, and then they simply went back to work in congress without consequence.
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spanone
(135,884 posts)BlueNProud
(1,048 posts)DENVERPOPS
(8,845 posts)that probably none of them.........
I believe in Federal Courts, a guilty charge needs all 12 Jurors voting guilty.
Where in the U.S. are trials going to find a jury that doesn't have at least one right wing fanatic Trumphumper on it????
Can any lawyer jump in and tell us about Jury Nullification?????????? Remember OJ??????
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)Casey Anthony is a good example. She killed her kid but the State screwed up the prosecution and charges. The jury followed their oaths and acquitted her of murder. It must have really bothered them but they applied the law to the facts in spite of all the evidence of her quilt.
Elessar Zappa
(14,077 posts)there's a pretty good chance of a jury with no Trumpanzees. Only 5% of the people there voted for him.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Would be interesting to find out!
leftieNanner
(15,158 posts)mean that he is too smart to dive into that particular swamp!
EleanorR
(2,395 posts)From his wiki page-
After retiring, he devoted his time to politics and writing. He formed the United Civil Front movement, and joined as a member of The Other Russia, a coalition opposing the administration and policies of Vladimir Putin. In 2008, he announced an intention to run as a candidate in that year's Russian presidential race, but after encountering logistical problems in his campaign for which he blamed "official obstruction", he withdrew.[6][7][8] In the wake of the Russian mass protests that began in 2011, he announced in 2013 that he had left Russia for the immediate future out of fear of prosecution.[9] Since 2014, he holds Croatian citizenship and owns a house in Makarska.[10][11]
Kasparov is currently chairman for the Human Rights Foundation and chairs its International Council. In 2017, he founded the Renew Democracy Initiative (RDI), an American political organization promoting and defending liberal democracy in the U.S. and abroad. He also serves as chairman of the group. Kasparov currently lives in New York City.[12][13]
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)TheRickles
(2,083 posts)Not sure if that counts as a checkmate, a stalemate, or a King's Gambit, declined.
ancianita
(36,137 posts)Love that guy.
Hugh Bloody Bastards
(71 posts)to turn America into a Third World dictatorship, just as Mr Johnson and his cronies are attempting in my country.
LudwigPastorius
(9,178 posts)"But, there are NO PICTURES!"
bucolic_frolic
(43,310 posts)Bolsheviks seized power in 1917 because they knew how to expel all opposition.
We seem not to know how to do that. If we don't find a way to excise traitors, we could ourselves be the expelled.
hadEnuf
(2,213 posts)Democrats need to project more of a tough and zero tolerant attitude toward these fascist punks with guns.
Demovictory9
(32,475 posts)Hassler
(3,390 posts)Hitting on minors.