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dukkbill
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re: DOJ sues to break up Live Nation in anti-trust case. Not Google...etc.. Live Nation.
Posted by dukkbill on 5/23/24 at 3:31 pm
[quote]Anything in there about the DOJ seeking to break up Google?[/quote]
The one I linked earlier was for the Ad fees monopolization. The action started by President Trump's DOJ relating to their tying search services to computing platforms (involving Apple and others) was just wrapped up. [l...
re: DOJ sues to break up Live Nation in anti-trust case. Not Google...etc.. Live Nation.
Posted by dukkbill on 5/23/24 at 10:44 am
The DOJ has an active trial against Google Google just paid damages for antitrust violations to avoid the trial to be a jury trial with the argument on that item scheduled for june[link=(https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/google-cuts-mystery-check-us-bid-sidestep-jury-trial-2024-05-20/)]Reuter...
re: Biden Administration Orders Ban on Election Betting Markets
Posted by dukkbill on 5/23/24 at 10:37 am
[quote]Can that be done via executive order? What authority does he have to just remove their ability to operate?[/quote]
It’s not an executive order. It’s a proposed rule from the CTFC. The proposed rule was placed online for comment on May 10
As to the authority of the CTFC, it was establi...
re: I was inside the court when the judge closed the Trump trial, and what I saw shocked me
Posted by dukkbill on 5/21/24 at 4:48 pm
[quote]What is the underlying crime in the NY case that allowed for the felony charges?[/quote]
That was a big part of the discussion prior to bringing in the jury yesterday, and the defense wanted Smith’s testimony to discuss FECA violations
In total, the state charged 34 counts of 175.10, an...
re: I was inside the court when the judge closed the Trump trial, and what I saw shocked me
Posted by dukkbill on 5/21/24 at 4:36 pm
The Ny Courts are a little slow on posting transcripts, but yesterdays transcript is uploaded on [link=(https://www.scribd.com/document/734664393/52024-MEDIA)]Scribd[/link]
I’d think [link=(https://ww2.nycourts.gov/people-v-donald-j-trump-criminal-37026)]NY Courts[/link] will have it up in the ne...
re: Trump Trial: Judge Merchan won't allow certain Defense testimony
Posted by dukkbill on 5/20/24 at 1:24 pm
[quote]So you are saying the judge did not say he was not allowing the expert because he didn’t want the jury confused? Is that the assertion?[/quote]
No, sorry for the confusion. What I understand from the blurbs
- the expert is allowed to testify, but the scope of his testimony was previou...
re: Trump Trial: Judge Merchan won't allow certain Defense testimony
Posted by dukkbill on 5/20/24 at 12:41 pm
From what I read, the expert is being allowed to testify to what the Federal Election Commission is, its purpose, background, what laws if any it is responsible for enforcing and general definitions and terms. The defense wanted to expand the testimony, but I don’t know what they expected him to co...
re: Trump Trial: Judge Merchan won't allow certain Defense testimony
Posted by dukkbill on 5/20/24 at 12:38 pm
[quote]literally says in the evidence rules in all 50 states and in the federal rules that an out of court statement used to impeach is not hearsay[/quote]
I haven’t seen the transcript yet, but the blurb I got on the email states it’s an email from an associate of Robert Costello to Cohen. The ...
re: Free Speech is a right. How come we do not register our speech, thought, or writings?
Posted by dukkbill on 5/14/24 at 5:12 pm
[quote]You see? This is a foolish attempt to establish parallelism among the various treatments of our constitutional rights. There is no parallelism, nor should there be.[/quote]
You are correct there is not equal treatment amongst individual rights and liberties, but why shouldn’t there be. I h...
re: Free Speech is a right. How come we do not register our speech, thought, or writings?
Posted by dukkbill on 5/14/24 at 4:54 pm
Interesting question. Until recently you did have to deposit published works but that was overturned [link=(https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/09/05/appeals-court-rules-that-library-of-congress-can-no-longer-require-deposit-of-published-works/)]LINK[/link]...
re: Six of the main charges against Trump, ie the key elements, in Georgia, dropped.
Posted by dukkbill on 5/14/24 at 4:46 pm
[quote] But often he's just the guy willing to tell someone the obvious (like, this breaking news is 3 months old)[/quote]
Lots of ways to say that without being a jerk. More important, does the timing of a couple months impact the discussion on the implications of charges being dropped?...
re: Free $25k home down payments for Vermonters
Posted by dukkbill on 5/8/24 at 1:47 pm
[quote]Wouldn't this be a violation of the Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment?[/quote]
Is this the one from the Champlain Housing Trust? If so, it’s funded by a grant from McKenzie Scott. The way that program use to work is the Trust has an ROFR on the homes at resale time. [link=(https://w...
re: UNC Professor: Withholding grades as a protest. UNC Provost: Hell no you won't
Posted by dukkbill on 5/7/24 at 4:33 pm
[quote]who is the professor?[/quote]
It’s a group. I saw reports of up to 36 but no confirmed names. They apparently were asked by the Students for Justice in Palestine for help. [link=(https://chapelboro.com/news/unc/unc-faculty-group-shares-support-of-student-protesters-could-withhold-final-gr...
re: UNC Professor: Withholding grades as a protest. UNC Provost: Hell no you won't
Posted by dukkbill on 5/7/24 at 4:16 pm
[quote]It's time to abolish "Tenure" privileges. [/quote]
NC, ND, Florida, Texas, Nebraska and Louisiana have tried. I think NC and Nebraska still have bills, but they aren’t being acted on. I think the other ones died, but not sure of their status...
re: UNC Professor: Withholding grades as a protest. UNC Provost: Hell no you won't
Posted by dukkbill on 5/7/24 at 4:01 pm
[quote]maybe I'm not the smartest guy. But let's say my GPA is a 3.0 and I have an A in that class. Wouldn't that increase my GPA if he reported that grade[/quote]
I think with this scheme you would get your A. It would just be delayed on being on the school transcript. That would be a major p...
re: UNC Professor: Withholding grades as a protest. UNC Provost: Hell no you won't
Posted by dukkbill on 5/7/24 at 1:25 pm
Students may not care, but Admin has to do batch processing for financial aid, class rank, scholarship eligibility, etc. it’s a big pain for admin.
Provosts tend to be on edge and send lots of reminders at the end of the semester even if there isn’t a planned delay...
re: Judge Merchan found Trump in violation of gag order for saying Manhattan blue/dem jurors
Posted by dukkbill on 5/6/24 at 2:32 pm
[quote]CNN cut half the clip. They missed the beginning statement of Trump saying the Judge was conflicted.
Still, how is the Judge being conflicted not a true Statement?
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The decision only references the part made about the jury. I put the four statements from the motion, and the j...
re: Merchan threatens Trump with jail time for next gag order violation
Posted by dukkbill on 5/6/24 at 1:31 pm
[quote]What's hilarious here, is that so many of his supporters WANT him thrown in jail or at least want him to be found in contempt of the gag order so that the judge officially dresses him down in open court[/quote]
Certainly there are som in this thread, but is this a widely held belief? I do...
re: Merchan threatens Trump with jail time for next gag order violation
Posted by dukkbill on 5/6/24 at 12:29 pm
[quote]specifically did Trump say that caused this ruling? What was the substance of the contempt[/quote]
Bragg wanted four violations, but the judge only fined him for the interview with Real American Voice. AP is reporting that the comment was
[quote]”The jury was picked so fast. 95 percent...
re: Best Auburn players nicknames
Posted by dukkbill on 5/2/24 at 1:11 pm
Moochie
Boobie
Legatron
Smoke...
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