@KodoAndSangha @AskTheDevil They'll couch it as "he can't get a fair trial" etc., etc. But yeah, many of them do seem to be assuming conviction.
Apparently the 5 year minimum can be overruled by a judge, though Willis has indicated she will argue against that.
@RationalLeft @KodoAndSangha @AskTheDevil we have to be prepared for the shitty possibility that his case gets moved to federal jurisdictionvia the supremacy clause. That's the worst of all possible outcomes with this (aside from winning the presidency).Jay Kuo has an analysis.
@hallmarc @KodoAndSangha @AskTheDevil It isn't likely to succeed, and even if it did, the judge it appears it would go to is not seen as one Rs would want.
The federal executive has no role in supervising elections, which are regulated by Congress and conducted by the states. Hence the deep unlikeliness that "our coup was part of our duties" getting the case into federal court.
@RationalLeft @KodoAndSangha @AskTheDevil which fed judge would make the decision and if it was transferred, which judge would preside?
@hallmarc @KodoAndSangha @AskTheDevil The judge it's going to (who will decide whether it moves) was discussed yesterday, but I'd have to look again to find the name.
People were talking as if he'd also handle the case itself if it were moved (which is considered unlikely to begin with), but I haven't seen that definitely confirmed.
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This whole thing was looked at last year already...page 189 in the PDF. Hopefully it's just a longshot for him.
@hallmarc @KodoAndSangha @AskTheDevil Certainly, the legal analysts think it's a long shot.