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I would have posted sooner, but I was dancing.
YAYYYYY!!!!!
I mean the fucker is going to appeal, but since he gave no evidence or testimony, we don't think that's going to work out so well.
Also, a fine for his pea-brained hateful missive on his social media dumpster fire this morning? Where is that?
US Politics of dippy
Well appeals aren't generally about re-examining evidence and testimony themselves, so often enough declining to engage in that is part of shooting for a successful appeal.
Appeals are about processes not being followed, not about reopening the case to re-examine evidence.
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Ah, okay. We are talking about the king of frivolous litigation, though... 🙄
I'm (very obviously) not a lawyer, but wouldn't that mean an appeal can't just say "not fair," but point to actual procedures? Wouldn't we have heard from a court observer in the press that someone had opened the door to appeal?
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That's right. The appeal will have to point to specific claims of procedural violation.
(FWIW I haven't heard about any violations myself, but I haven't really been following it)
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I'm a little ashamed to admit that I have been. I almost certainly would have read about it.
More good news! Very cool.
Thanks for clarifying that. ☺️
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Well a couple more things to mention here:
Firstly the rules vary state to state, as I think this was in state court, right? But sometimes it counts as a procedural error if no sane jury could have reached the guilty verdict honestly, or if the monetary reward was just insanely large.
Trump's people could try arguing one of those, but I don't think appeals courts accept either one except in cases that are clearly, clearly off the rails.
I'm not a lawyer, just saying this based on things I've seen over the years.
Appeals court judges do seem to have some discretion to set aside judgments, but only on extreme cases like clear exculpatory evidence that the jury just ignored.
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Thanks for the correction.
Yeah I heard the counts read out, and it all seems pretty squared away to me.
Maybe he didn't bother a defense because he knew he wouldn't win, so no sense wasting more money on it.
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That makes sense. Even for someone with all his money. 🙄
Thanks for helping clarity this stuff. It's been a big, busy day. I'm kinda all over the place.
US Politics of dippy
@volkris
Federal.
I'm biased as hell and incapable of objectively assessing anything that idiot does. If it were up to me he would have been deported, without trial, to some war-torn country. in 2015. Plaintiffs had witnesses, past statements, attacks on her in the press. Defense offered the assertion that it's a massive left-wing conspiracy to get dippy because we don't like him and vile attempts at character assassination.
Even my cat knows that's a shitty defense.