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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSounds like Rudy is getting eaten alive by the PA Judge - link
This guy is live-blogging the hearing:
https://twitter.com/RMFifthCircuit/with_replies
OAITW r.2.0
(24,481 posts)Will continue to watch DU on Rudy's sequel to his Borat scene.....
Alhena
(3,030 posts)jurisdiction and federal constitutional law such as standing and the varying levels of scrutiny (rational-basis, intermediate, strict) of alleged Constitutional violations.
This is like having a tee-ball player show up to play in a World Series game.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,481 posts)He has to be humiliated at a State Supreme Court for bringing baseless charges for a baseless pResident.
regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)In that respect, Giuliani is right -- win or lose, the whole purpose of this is to get election cases before the SCOTUS. At which point, we'll find out if the facts, the Constitution, and hundreds of years of case law count, or if it's a simple matter of mathematics, as in (Three Trump nominees + Alito + Thomas = a majority for whatever outcome Trump wants). And, while most of us are convinced the latter won't happen, we won't really know until the case comes before them and they issue an opinion. And I wish I was more confident in the outcome.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,481 posts)that is the "worst case" scenario and it will tell everything going forward should that come to bear.
Turin_C3PO
(13,991 posts)past January 21st. If youre not getting sleep over that, rest assured that hes not going to flip this election.
Mr.Bill
(24,289 posts)the other side would appeal it to the SCOTUS. And I would reather arrive in that court as the winner in the lower court than the loser. And, of course, there is always the risk that the SCOTUS refuses to hear the case. Another instance where it's better to be the winner in the lower court than the loser. If this is Rudy's planned course for victory on the SCOTUS level, he's making a mockery of the court and the Justices, and a fool of himself. Of course, at this point we should expect no different.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)Don't feel bad. I missed that lesson, too ...
Takket
(21,566 posts)Link to tweet
?s=20
This is what happens when you send someone that isn't actually a lawyer into an actual court instead of just letting him vomit his lies in front of laura ingram all day.
the court room is the last bastion of sanity in a post-truth world created by the GOP...........
Alhena
(3,030 posts)Constitutional Law courses.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,481 posts)Is he so detached from reality, that he thinks Rudi is the right guy to argue his case at a Supreme Court? It's like, he DOES NOT GIVE A SHIT what he is doing to the US judicial system.
I really hope Biden revisits his thinking that "sweeping Trump under the Rug" is a good long term strategy for the USA. We did this in 2008 and look what the opposition delivered in 2016.
warmfeet
(3,321 posts)He is preaching to the choir, erm his base. Fighting this bullshit fight makes him look good to his base. He has plans for them, biggly plans.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,481 posts)Publicly, I expect Biden to play the magnanimous Uniter. Privately, I want a not-Obama response to this organized crime party..
Thekaspervote
(32,767 posts)His AG and to the state of NY and would not be personally involved
Rabrrrrrr
(58,349 posts)he knows he can't win any of these court cases.
It's all for show.
And as a showman, he knows that he need send anyone competent: just someone about whom he can say to his ignorant base "See! Even the courts are against us! The media, the courts, the deep state, everyone! Asking us all those 'gotcha' questions in court, refusing the massive amounts of proof we told them we had..." blah blah blah.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,316 posts)(From about 1980. The tech has, of course, be made obsolete several times, and made a comeback, since)
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)My other favorite was when the judge asked Giuliani about the rational basis standard and he responded "How is it rational for one state to have two different standards" for curing ballots.
crickets
(25,979 posts)If only Rudy were capable of embarrassment, he would've sunk through the floor by now. Too funny.
Budi
(15,325 posts)What's PutinTrump going to say when Rudy returns to the WH like a homeing pigeon, failing to deliver the election for Trump?
#RudyFailed.
Wounded Bear
(58,654 posts)Ohio Joe
(21,756 posts)I really wish this was being televised, looks hilarious
OMG...
The commentary is hilarious!
OAITW r.2.0
(24,481 posts)Based on the transcripts. Bet it would yuuuuge.
ananda
(28,860 posts)The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)Jeezo Pete. What a maroon.
chriscan64
(1,789 posts)the level of decorum would not have dipped a bit.
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)aeromanKC
(3,322 posts)Not so much for Trump though.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,481 posts)Let that sink in.....
Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)Laughing as I go. Up to this one:
OK, buddy.
Im not a lawyer but I can tell thats a bullshit answer. Might as well say this is where the cab dropped me off.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Regardless, he certainly exemplifies quite accurately the professionalism and competence of the administration.
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)And that's how many INCOMPETENT, GOP nutsack-licking federal judges Trump, Mitch & the rest of the fascists have appointed since 2016.
Mixing politics and the judiciary is a surefire way to destroy your democracy.
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)SWBTATTReg
(22,124 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,316 posts)except Rudy has no girlfriend to pull his nuts out of the fire. And no case, either.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)tavernier
(12,388 posts)Thanks!!
LisaL
(44,973 posts)NT
FakeNoose
(32,639 posts)Link to tweet
There are other tweets, this is the final. To read the entire spill, check out the link in OP.
Short and sweet - it wasn't a good day for Rudy. It was predictably bad.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,345 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,979 posts)One of my cousins is a lawyer and I just forwarded to her for shits and giggles.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,345 posts)There's a lot in the account that passes right over my head, but I caught enough to realize the Rude Ghoul was not prepared any more than I am.
grumpyduck
(6,235 posts)making Rudy and the lawyers look like idiots.
Of course, that wouldn't take too much effort.
CaptainTruth
(6,591 posts)ancianita
(36,055 posts)Rudy absurdly kept multiplying remedies, along with Rudy's whole presentation, including the weird conspiracy nature of his original filing.
He's a total fact-free fucking idiot.
rustysgurl
(1,040 posts)I'm a retired paralegal and what I am reading just astounds me. I've heard better questions and answers in Legal Research 101 class.
One of our finals (in advanced classes) was drafting an appellate brief. I think I could have done a better job than he has done.
scipan
(2,351 posts)I don't know if this is true.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,563 posts)I can't think of a better course to set that case on.
barbtries
(28,794 posts)priceless shit. my cousin rudy, but rudy ain't gonna pull it off.
i think he may be senile. there's a lot of nuts and bolts legal stuff he seems to be totally ignorant about. i have read that he was a really good lawyer once upon a time.
dianaredwing
(406 posts)He is higher than a kite on some cocktail of pharmaceuticals. I would imagine they rattle when then jump up and down, if they could even do that. Actually, Rudy looks like he's doing laughing gas.