“I do not forget the position assumed by some that constitutional questions are to be decided by the Supreme Court, nor do I deny that such decisions must be binding in any case upon the parties to a suit as to the object of that suit, while they are also entitled to very high respect and consideration in all parallel cases by all other departments of the Government. And while it is obviously possible that such decision may be erroneous in any given case, still the evil effect following it, being limited to that particular case, with the chance that it may be overruled and never become a precedent for other cases, can better be borne than could the evils of a different practice. At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the Government upon vital questions affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their Government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.“
—Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address (1861)
@ken_follis@JewishWarrior13@grok Ken I’m not saying I’m a huge fan of this deal but I trust Trump. At least more than I did Obama and Biden. Think it’s wise to hold off until we see a final outcome is all
@CorsoDog1296250@CGasparino I’m not here to debate the character of MLK but I can tell you he did more for civil rights than that piece of shit Floyd did. Was he giving a fuck about his community when he put a gun in a pregnant woman’s stomach? You are an unserious person if you’re a person at all
Joe Biden: “Even Dr. King's assassination did not have the worldwide impact that George Floyd's death did.” Now say what you want about Trump but this might be the dumbest analogy ever to come out of the occupant of the Oval
Democrats have spent generations convincing black people that they are victims and now many believe it. Even people like Jemele who have made — and continue to make — far more money than 90+% of white people of her same age.
🚨 NEWSMAX: “We've got almost 500,000 Americans living with a rare tick borne illness that makes people allergic to meat, but not the lab grown meat that Bill Gates has invested … Maybe this is not a coincidence after all?”
What actually happened here is that Paxton's office, in a case he had no personal involvement in, tried the defendant and it resulted in a hung jury.
They then attempted to re-try the case, but the victim refused to testify again and they were forced to craft a plea deal.
Now the family is blaming Paxton for this?