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Literally no way this holds up in court. If it does, we have bigger problems than this EO.
by whateveracct 6y ago
Literally no way this holds up in court. If it does, we have bigger problems than this EO.
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- mentalpiracy 6y agoHonestly whether it ultimately holds up in court or not is hardly the point - the disruptive theater of the EO and the subsequent muddying discourse unfortunately ends up being victory enough.
- whateveracct 6y agoThat's 100% true.
- remarkEon 6y agoI'm actually very much looking forward to seeing this make it's way to SCOTUS (assuming this is legit).
- wmf 6y agoIt would take years to reach SCOTUS and during that time more and more damage can be done.
- remarkEon 6y agoI'm not so sure. In recent issues as contentious as this we've had District Courts make Nation-wide injunctions against these EOs, and they've been fast-tracked to SCOTUS. It might take a year or so, but I think "years" is overstating how fast something that's this emotional can get to the High Court. There's other problems with the "Nation-wide injunction" but if this EO gets issued that'll for sure be the next thing that happens, and I'm sure Twitter et al are counting on it.
- lostdog 6y agoDon't forget that Trump has now appointed many of the judges who could decide it's "legality."
- chrisco255 6y agoIf not then all it takes is a temporary majority to rectify the situation. Plus they still have potential antitrust laws to contend with if they really want to tango. I just think that on Twitter's part, they have far more to lose by doubling down on their Ministry of Truth than disbanding it as a concept.