As a former Texan; this really doesn’t surprise me. It’s why I got out of Texas.
It does also confirm something I have long feared has settled into conservative viewpoints…a hysteria so vast that it would engender and encourage the unchecked growth of facism.
I implore anyone reading this who is of voting age in the USA right now and is able to vote legally…to vote Democrat.
I’m not saying the Dems are without problems; but they at least don’t seem to be focused on becoming facist.
The rights listed in the Constitution have always been a joke, selectively enforced in favor of the ruling classes, and this is yet another example of that. Completely blatant overreach by municipal and state authorities.
God, I wish they could just do it in exchange for them accepting all the fucking yahoos who think Christo-fascism is a good idea in the other 49, and in exchange for evacuating everyone with an ounce of sense in Texas.
This is a facially stupid law. (And by “facially stupid,” I’m not even addressing the morally bankrupt policy implications, but rather critiquing the framework that is wholly untethered from how the law and a system of justice works.)
It’s a bit more than procedural. The law is allowed to be enforced until another decision is reached. Now it’s up to the governor-for-life what to do with that.
I kind of hope this victory makes Paxton sloppy in his future criminal endeavors, so that federal prosecutors, less mired in corruption than the Texas senate, can make an unambiguous case against him.
Imagine how the AG’s office with the set of people that were last on the stand and seemed to be kissing his ass, will be able to cover up things now? They will obviously just be much stealthier, and without repercussions from things like emails and texts on systems that cannot be accounted for. Why did no one on the prosecution pursue that further. Their excuse was that they used that for the China trip. I don’t recall hearing anyone ask the dates of the China trip and whether or not 1) they continued use beyond the China trip and 2) pulled all communication during the China trip and archived it after. To me, regardless of the other claims, etc, that right there was a clear violation of the law. Any state employee’s work is public record, and they destroyed public records by not backing that up and turning it into public record after the trip. If you think the AG’s office was corrupt now, just wait till all those people working there get their reward.
Having watched the court case and seen the evidence, I was personally of the opinion that Rittenhouse did act in self defense. I was really hoping he would take his free pass after being acquitted and disappear to go live his life, but it seems like he’s decided to milk his fame and join the party of racists, bigots, and other pieces of shit. Shame.
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