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  1. 32 minutes ago, The Dog said:

    I wonder if they are doubling down or if the one they chose to replace her told them to fuck off. Maybe both?

    I think here's the thing.

    Technically speaking, within a US district, only the United States Attorney or an attorney specifically authorized by the AG under 28 USC 515 to bring charges (a "special attorney"), is authorized to indict.

    Assistant US Attorneys act in the name of the US Attorney.

    So if there is no validly serving/appointed US Attorney or special attorney, valid indictments may not be brought in that District.

    I think if you look at other indictments across the board, you'll see a signature block that is:

    ___________________________

    United States Attorney for ____________ District

    by _________________________

    Assistant United States Attorney

    If the US Attorney doesn't sign his or her self.

     

    So, they're having the conundrum that dipshits worldwide have when they fuck up.  Should they pretend Halligan is the validly appointed/serving US Attorney and fuck up other indictments, or does appointing someone else unfuck future indictments but undercut the notion that Halligan is validly serving.

     

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  2. 8 hours ago, SL Xpress said:

    I am very emotionally satisfied with this personnel move. I don't have anything against Angela Kelly as a human being, but this was a long time coming. 

    I want to say the Wicked Witch is dead, but that's not fair to Kelly. Her incompetence doesn't make her an evil villain. It's just that we can do so much better, and for so long we haven't. 

    I think this is an important reminder, sometimes.

    We get so ate up with finding fault in coaches and players that we way overdo it many or even most times, lately.

     

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  3. 1 minute ago, SeattleHorn said:

    Trump is talking about RICO? 100% chance that means someone has been telling him that he's doing things that are likely to be prosecuted under RICO. 

    Eh probably a hangover from that dumbshit in Atlanta.

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  4. 8 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

    Isn’t this the complete opposite of what the judge emphatically said?

    Like that's ever stopped her.

    The judge, however, maid no explicit findings as to Halligan's competence or lack thereof.

  5. 39 minutes ago, Zonahorn said:

    He is Arizona royalty. He’s an outstanding representative and has better positions than senators from even bluer states. He has aspirations to run for president, I’d hate to see him go, but it stings less with his junior senator and partner Senator Gallego.

     

    Last of the gunfighters?  Nah, guess that's an A-6. Well, hell, first thought may be correct.  Anyone?

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  6. 3 minutes ago, The Dog said:

    Good chance both of these cases are dead now.

    Anyone appointed by the district court isn't going to touch these, and anyone nominated by Trump that's able to get confirmed likely won't go for it, either. 

    Trump will throw his usual temper tantrum and his lackeys will go on Fox News and cry about it though. 

    They almost definitely will appeal, but who is going to do it? 

    Oh, for the appeal, this is probably kind of a juicy issue of statutory interpretation that you could get a civil-servant appellate lawyer interested in that's a step removed from the politics.

    It's probably a lot easier to keep those civil servants around than trial attorneys exercising prosecutorial discretion.

  7. 1 minute ago, DFW Horn said:

    Lawyers, please chime in here.

    If Art Briles is guilty of negligence and the crimes his players committed during his tenure, why did BU pay him $15.1 MM settlement for the 8 years remaining on his contract? Shouldn't he have been fired for cause? I'll hang up and listen.

    Depends on what the contract defines as cause.

    While it seems like negligent supervision of coaches, staff and players might well constitute cause, it's one of those things that is often provable or proven only by a jury trial.  So, it's relatively unlikely to be defined as cause because of uncertainty.  You could have a cause definition that was something like "negligence in the conduct or operation of any of COACH's job responsibilities, as solely determined by the Athletics Director," but no coach is going to sign up for that in all likelihood.

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  8. 48 minutes ago, Pig Bellmont said:

    Except Halligan was the only attorney at the DOJ willing to sign the first James indictment, and even if they can find another blonde with a law degree, the case will still be kicked for vindictive prosecution 

    Or grand jury misconduct.

    Or failure to state an offense.

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  9. 3 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

    I got a real musical education there.  Never heard of Velvet Underground until then.  Didn't know Sticky Fingers had an actual zipper on the LP cover.  Found out Ronnie Wood played bass with Jeff Beck.  Found out who Jeff Beck was.  You know, the shit that matters.

     

    Im not armybrat, and Sticky Fingers way predated my record shopping days.

    Nevertheless, I can remember copies of it at Peaches/Sound Warehouse and/or Melody Shop with the zipper and the inevitably ripped up shrink wrap over it.

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  10. 10 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:

    I thought this bit from the last NY Times update was gold

     

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    Here is a gift link for their live update page: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11/24/us/trump-news?unlocked_article_code=1.3k8.c-Kr.rw6B4bRn-GPI&smid=url-share

     

    Yeah, like I told y'all, this "appointments clause" stuff has real teeth.

    This doesn't make Cannon's ruling correct, as the appointment procedure here is quite different from that  in the Special Counsel area.

    But some truly FAFO shit.

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  11. These both apparently are "without prejudice," which means they can be brought again with a properly appointed USA.

    That means at this point one confirmed by the Senate or appointed on an acting basis by the district court.

    The limitations and tolling issue might preclude that for Comey, unsure.  Not for James, though.

    But, it would seem that it's going to be hard to get a lackey confirmed in the interim.  And the district court is unlikely to appoint one.

    This is insufficient embarrassment of the Administration, imo.

    But, this is going to impact Trump's practice nationwide of having "acting" USA's that are unconfirmable.

  12. 14 hours ago, ChuckNorrisActionJeans said:

    wait is Brett related to Mark??

    I can't hear the sex pest's name without thinking of Mark.  It's such a comically fictional surname.

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  13. Also had to check that Harder They Come was actually a Cliff song.  It was.

    So many of the popular reggae songs are covers from older/more obscure artists.

    Guess it doesn't matter as he was clearly identified with it regardless.

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