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- brainworms@lemm.ee
A little over a week after a prosecutor in Georgia indicted former President Donald Trump for trying to overturn the results of the state’s 2020 presidential election, Republicans said they will use a new law to remove her from office.
In May, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed the law that created a new commission of political appointees with the power to remove and discipline elected prosecutors over decisions or policies not to prosecute certain offenses. The law seeks to limit or restrict reform-minded prosecutors. In the case of Fulton County — which includes Atlanta — though, District Attorney Fani Willis is not even known as much of a reformer. Instead, Republican lawmakers set their sights on Willis for another reason: prosecuting the wrong person.
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I don’t know that they have the votes to actually do this, even if one guy on a Facebook post said he wanted to.
If they did do it, the real question is how this duly elected official gets replaced. If it’s a special election I’d disagree with them doing it but at least the voters get representation. If it’s an appointment by the GovernornI think there are actual constitutional issues with the law since it denies the constituents the ability to elect their own DA…but that would also put a Republican in charge of the case so it seems plausible they would write it that way.
Sounds like obstruction of justice.
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Nah, leave them dull.
And rusted.
More pain, just how they like it… when it doesn’t affect them.
Where might one purchase ^^metaphorical tar?
(I’m good on ^^metaphorical feathers)
I’ve got a hole in my yard filled with it, I used to dump motor oil in there.
Don’t forget the feathers!
Following the old popsci article I see lol
Retaliation is a crime.
Legally? No.
Obstruction is a legal charge. Since what they’re doing would be legal–since they wrote the law–it can’t be obstruction.
Lol. Bruh. She didn’t just indict him because she wanted to and for no reason, she had evidence of crimes committed by the dude and his monkeys. He was indicted by a grand jury. The “wrong person”? We are playing Mafia now? Wtf
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LOL. Tell them that downvotes and upvotes don’t mean shit here on lemmy. They can take that dystopian bullshit back to reddit.
It’s true the downvotes have a lot less power here and it’s awesome.
I think they have zero power here. You can even hide them if you want on some apps. Only thing I can think of is that they show how many people didn’t like what you said. That’s about it.
Did upvotes or downvotes ever matter on Reddit? Never did for me but maybe y’all know something I don’t
Besides the other mentioned brigading some subs required accounts to have a certain amount of upvote karma to even post.
down votes take you down the chain in reddit so you can basically be downvoted to where no one would see what you wrote. If they had a brigade they could take you out of a conversation
Yea I was aware of the up/downvote ranking system they used. I guess I just didn’t care enough for it to matter to me. Thanks for the heads up regardless
Agreed
Yes they are. Kemp seems to have had all sorts of tricks up his sleeve to suppress voters. This “no you can’t prosecute our people” committee is no great surprise to me.
The GOP will stop at nothing to ensure they can do whatever the fuck they want. Across the board in every way they can imagine they threaten to further degrade and eventually destroy democracy. For them, Russia is a model of what they’re going for.
When does the whole second amendment kick in and people start using it to defend against authoritarian governments?
Because there’s not a gravy seal out there with the balls to stand up to actual, trained soldiers.
But it’s not soldiers. It’s just a bunch of greasy politicians.
Well, you see, it’s only when the /right/ people need to use it against the /wrong/ people… /s
We are playing Mafia now?
Were we ever not?
They can’t even start accepting complaints under this new law until next July, then it’s a complicated process with two different panels of former prosecutors/judges, a number of whom are appointed by the not-particuarly-pro-Trump governor. It’ll definitely be used to punish prosecutors for not prosecuting drug/abortion/etc crimes the way they want them to, but it’s going to be too slow + indifferent + late to affect Willis.
Thank you for pointing out this context.
No trial date has been set yet ( except for Chesebro ). If they can get it pushed past July, they still have a shot.
One or two people are likely to be convicted under RICO by them though which will certainly complicate things.
I guess she could support it being moved to Federal Court. A few of them have asked for that anyway.
Expected outcome from the minute the law was passed. We’ll see how far it gets…
Obstruction of Justice
GOP is grasping at straws in Tennessee too, for all to see. Justin Pearson, previously censured, posts reels of every nefarious act they try. It bears watching and supporting.
criminals cover up for one another every chance they get
Thats right Georgia. Republicans have told you who to vote for if you want your independence and freedom. Michigan just recently realized this.
LOL! Well, I guess they’re actively looking to get killed. What, you think we’ll turn a blind eye to this shit, you hitler-esuqe dirtbags?
