Hearing pundits say courts will have to refrain from holding Trump trials in the election lead-up There's no such rule or norm. Even DOJ's unwritten 60-day rule is irrelevant now that prosecutors long ago made the kind of investigative and charging decisions to which it applied.

I agree with Judge Luttig, and think that the judge here got wrapped around an axle of interpretation despite the fact that Trump's argument is nonsensical. It simply cannot be the case that the Reconstruction-era Congress wanted to prohibit insurrectionists from serving as the Asst. to the Deputy Assoc. Sec'y of Agric., but wanted to permit them to become president. The logical reading of §3 is that it surveys the structure of government, and includes all exec. officers (incl. Pres.) together.

Some of the bird platform's rot is obvious; some of it isn't. In the last six months or so, I would say that 60-70% of my followers there (never a big number, but still), have are now OnlyFans-style bots offering sexual content. Oddly, the names are usually in all-caps.

The Israel/Hamas conflict is an exercise in cognitive dissonance, but especially because of horrific acts of Oct7. Which got me thinking about Nat Turner's rebellion, which was similarly appalling. But just months later, Virginia communities petitioned the legislature to consider slavery's future. Of course, racism suffused much of the debate, and the end result was to impose new restrictions on slaves (banning teaching them to read and write), but the discussion is nevertheless remarkable.

Reporters interviewing Kevin McCarthy (and those interviewing GOP "impeachment" leaders) are like the back seat here:

Fun fact: the 16 Michigan fake elector defendants range in age from 55 to 82. The average age is 68.8 years old.

Assuming the Trump indictment concerns "hush money" payments to Stormy Daniels (and Karen McDougal?), the John Edwards case hangs over Trump's like a question mark. I think it's really interesting to read jury instructions in prior cases, because they represent the parties' and judge's efforts to distill down for laypeople statutes and caselaw. Here's a link to a PDF of the Edwards jury instructions (https://www.vernialaw.com/Legal%20Documents/John%20Edwards%20Jury%20Instructions.pdf). Kind of confusing, but interesting on the campaign finance issues.