• eldavi@lemmy.ml
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      2 months ago

      That judge is smart enough to know that if he decides against the next president of the United States then he can kiss is career goodbye.

      Trump is still the favorite to win thanks to the electoral college and this judge knows that; so he’s not going to do anything to jeopardize his position like any other judge in this country would do.

      It lays bare the inherent contradictions of our legal system and all of the legal professionals would prefer it that we didn’t pay attention, but merchan doesn’t have that luxury so he’s going to play it safe to protect himself; to the detriment the rest of the country as Trump himself has done

      • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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        2 months ago

        That’s all well and good but judges are ostensibly impartial and not supposed to care that much about their careers when it conflicts with a gross miscarriage of justice, which that would be. But we’re all just meatbags, not paragons of virtue, so that’s obviously flawed logic.

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          2 months ago

          No one is impartial and anyone who believes that they are only fooling themself to the detriment of everyone else.

          Also questioning that “impartialality” under the circumstances it exists can get you jailed & fined being beyond your capability to pay; laying bear another inherent contradiction.

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        2 months ago

        I dunno, that one guy who is 9 for 10 predicted Harris. 90% accuracy is pretty good.

        Still gotta vote, everyone!!!