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Why not? Jill Biden probably did. 🤣

It looks like quite a few never Trumpers showed that a Zebra can in fact change its stripes

As we all know, the Texas legislature meets every odd year. The next session starts about four weeks from now in mid January. Thousands of bills will be filed in the next three months or so but some are already filed as legislators try to get a head start. They can take no action on the bills until the session begins but at least they will already be on a file when the session does start. One such Bill submitted in the Senate would allow anyone with an LTC to carry on a school campus, including inside of buildings. The handgun has to be concealed. Also, in that bill, a school district cannot enact a rule or ordinance prohibiting such carry. This bill would also cover staff and faculty employed by the schools. I have no idea how this bill will be received. Some bills are filed and that is the end of it. They are killed in committee and will never even be discussed. I would think that after Uvalde and after other incidents in the news, such as this one in Wisconsin, this bill will at least be looked at seriously.

A new Marquette University Law School poll shows Biden’s approval rating is at 34%. The same poll shows Trump at 53%….. in this first term. A bit of buyer’s remorse perhaps? Looking at the last 4 years, it appears that some people‘s opinions has changed to, maybe Trump wasn’t so bad after all. Ya’ think?? 😎

Fanny Pack is sent packing. The current administration is running the US like a Banana Republic.

That’s called safe harbor or actually the real Election Day. Safe Harbor had a play in the 2000 presidential election where Gore tried to overturn the election with an unconstitutional recount. The Supreme Court voted 7-2 that the Gore recount was unconstitutional. Then they voted 5-4 that there was no time to meet Safe Harbor.

Trump as president elect if getting briefings just as if he was the president. So whatever their daily briefing is about what’s happening, he’s getting all the information. Trump said that the government knows what is going on. He also said that he’s not going to New Jersey. This was after the NRC confirmed that radioactive material was missing as of a couple of weeks ago

There might be members of this forum who are carrying weapons in schools. You are correct in going around guards. In Columbine, which seems to have set the trend on such incidents, there was an officer on campus. Klebold and Harris had plans deal with him. In fact, they had planned to take him out where he normally goes to lunch at that time. He messed them up by brown bagging that day, which was unusual. What many people may not know is that the on campus police officer engaged them in gunfire almost immediately and although tragic, they could’ve killed several dozen students but were unable due to the police officer on scene. Twelve students is horrible but it’s better than 50.

Yeah, DOA….. on arrival of the police. Therein lies the problem that people sometimes neglect. How do you deter a person who has no intent on survival?

It seems like at least 5 dead at a Christian school including the juvenile shooter. Not much else except the shooter might be a student at the school and a good chance of a self-inflicted wound.

No. I was actually offered a fairly significant job after a chemical spill but it was too close to the airport and I needed FFA clearance which took some time but the access to the accident site was limited in time. It was something like, there is a court order to inspect the site for a limited number of hours. It was potentially a multimillion dollar suit so I likely would have been awarded nicely for my time. I am still a commercial pilot license active but covid put a huge damper on many of of my plans.

I saw a comment that they have red and green lights so it proves that it is a government drone. NEWSFLASH: Drones come with red and green navigation lights just like boats and planes. Trump was using somewhat serious but somewhat hyperbolic speech like always. Even the government cannot legally shoot down lawfully flying aircraft. If any aircraft including drones violate restricted airspace and cause a direct threat, it is probably lawful. Have a guy flying a hang glider toward the White House and see what happens. I am fairly certain that on 9-11, had an aircraft of any type flown toward the White House, Capitol, etc., it would have been eliminated. Anyone with a commercial drone license (I have both pilot and commercial drone licenses) can fly at night. That’s why I think a lot of this may be copycats. Once the story went out, people are flying their drones, either to be part of the show or maybe even to take video of the other drones. Also, it is unlawful for a recreational drone pilot to fly at night however, when do laws stop people from doing something?

Here is a problem. I have not seen this take from anyone yet and it might be completely nonsense. But… Drones are easily bought on the commercial market including some with some pretty hefty lifting ability. Drones can be purchased online or at local stores like Best Buy that will fly 70mph or more. In a huge metro area, how many copycats might there be? There might be over a couple of thousands drones in the immediate Golden Triangle area alone How hard would it be to have 30 - 40 people flying those things around at one time? Imagine an area like Houston. There might be over 1,000 airborne at one time. What if there is actually something to this like maybe a real spy drone or two but then toss in 50 private citizens just flying around to stir up the news. A person could walk into Walmart or Best Buy this afternoon and be flying around the area tonight. Then…. Consider that shooting down a drone is a felony under federal law about shooting down aircraft. So while some teenager flies a drone just to join in on all the hoopla, if a person gets caught shooting it down, he may end up in prison with a $250,000 fine. On the other hand maybe it is something way more sinister than copycats. Maybe there is some kind of serious national security threat. Or it can be 30 high school kids wanting to get in on the show……

How do you know that the drones aren’t being tracked? I suspect that if you shoot one down, you will be tracked…..

Easily…..

On a side note, am I angry that the guy defended his girlfriend from a slap with deadly force? No. Am I angry that he brought a 6” knife with him? No. In Texas there is no such restriction but like always, different states have different laws. This guy was likely committing a crime of carrying a deadly weapon onto a subway, but I don’t blame him.

Here is an interesting take on this case. We all should know that no matter the facts of a case, it sometimes depends on the laws in that particular state and in that particular jurisdiction. I often see arguments in various forums, including this one, where an incident in Oklahoma will be compared to a similar one in New Jersey. It usually can’t be done because it is different laws prosecuted by a different jurisdictions. This video is about a self defense case on a train where an unarmed person was killed. In this case the deceased made no threats to kill anyone like in the Penny case. The man who claimed self defense in this case, killed an unarmed guy who not making any death threats. He did so by stabbing with an illegal knife. Yep, the killer brought maybe a 6” blade knife onto a train where city ordinance only allowed a 4” knife. Why was the guy stabbed to death? Because he slapped a woman. Even in Texas where self defense is a bit more open, a deadly force self defense requires a “reasonable belief” that it is to stop deadly force. Imagine if school kids could lawfully kill each other if one slapped the other at school. You gave me a bloody nose so I can lawfully kill you? Both the Penny case and the case in this video were 6 weeks apart and…. both in New York City. That’s right folks, both were on a subway in NYC in the summer of 2023 The guy who brought the illegal knife onto the train, stabbed a guy to death for a slap. The DA investigated and presented a case to the grand jury which resulted in no charges filed. This was 6 weeks AFTER the Penny case where Penny used no deadly weapon to subdue a guy who threatened to kill people and the man making threats said that he didn’t care if he spent life in prison. Seems like a credible threat? So what if the difference between a guy killing an unarmed guy with a deadly weapon for a slap and a guy that used only physical force to stop a person making death threats…. in the same city and only 6 weeks difference? The guy who brought the illegal knife onto the train and killed the unarmed guy for a slap, was Black. So in the same city at almost the same time where an “unarmed person” was killed on a subway in both cases, one was killed with an illegal weapon for a slap and the other was killed only with physical force of holding on after the deceased threatening to kill several people. Who would seem more likely to be prosecuted? Oh, the unarmed White guy. Any questions about political prosecutions in NYC?

The difference between the two cases is political, jury mindset and also the difference between self defense and using force to take a person into custody. Obviously the officer who was holding down George Floyd was not doing so in self-defense so there is a different part of the law. I know that you are trying for an analogy. Saying that stomping out the brains of an unconscious man and holding onto a person are the same is beyond a stretch. If a person is unconscious and out of the fight, it is clearly not the same of a person who may still be struggling and who, if let up, may again by a threat. I love what if scenarios but in this case let’s stick to what we know for the moment. A guy came in and threatened people, apparently with at least implied death threats. Those people were trapped on a train. Penny tackled the guy and held onto him Remember in self defense the defendant has to prove NOTHING. Again, self defense does not have to be proven. The prosecution has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that there was no way this was self defense. This isn’t even a tie goes to the runner in baseball but proving that the ball got to first base when the batter was still 5 feet away making it no doubt. If a juror believes that there is an 85% chance that this was not a case of lawful self defense but rather a homicide, the juror should be voting not guilty. That is a huge burden to overcome for the prosecution to prove that the death was not accidental in a case of self defense. I agree with many people that this probably should never have even been brought to trial. In many jurisdictions it would not have been. I was the supervisor on scene of a fatal shooting. Two guys got into an argument and one pulled a gun. Self defense? I have no clue, but he didn’t shoot. He just pulled to get the other guy to leave. The other guy left. The other guy went and got his gun however and came back to the scene, maybe like a shootout in an old western. Remember that he had successfully left the scene and the threat. He was no longer in danger. He voluntarily came back to confront the guy. Is it stand your ground when you go get a gun and come back looking for a fight? So the guy that left and came back with a gun, shot and killed the guy who had possibly pulled the first gun in his own self-defense. The DA did not prosecute the case. Self defense…. That is far different than the case we are discussing. In this case, Daniel Penny was thrown into a situation that he did not create and he was charged with a homicide. In the case I worked, obviously in a very different jurisdiction, a guy left the scene and voluntarily came back to the fight with a gun and was not charged. Can you at least see the rationale that the jury may have had? Was there beyond a reasonable doubt that this was nothing more than a killing?

This is what the Constitution says about presidential pardons in Article II. ”…, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment”. That’s it. The only restriction is that he cannot pardon in an impeachment. that would come down to the separation of powers. When the Constitution says that House has the authority to impeach and the Senate has the authority to convict and remove, that’s the end of thediscussion. The president cannot overturn an impeachment and removal from office. That was affirmed by the Supreme Court in Ex Parte Garland with the only exception being future crimes.

The only jurisdiction that the president has over a city is in Washington DC. If a murder happened outside of that city, the president has no jurisdiction or authority to pardon because he has no authority over state law. By the same reasoning (even more so) a presidential pardon has no bearing outside of the US. An extradition request from another country could be denied though, I believe by a federal court on appeal. Like we have a treaty to extradite with Mexico however they will not send someone to this country if the person is facing the death penalty. That is because Mexico does not have the death penalty and will not send a person to another country to be executed.

Absolutely nothing but it makes for another great straw man.

If you trust me to say, in Ex Parte Garland the Supreme Court ruled that the authority to pardon by the president for a federal crime is almost unlimited. They specifically stated that this authority includes before an investigation, while a criminal charge is pending (such as an indictment) or after conviction. The limiting factor is that the president cannot pardon a crime that has not already occurred. For example that the president said that you are pardoned for any crime committed between January 1, 2000 and today, 12-9-24, then you are not criminally responsible for any crimes, including those, not yet even discovered. If you commit a crime tomorrow on 12-10-24, the pardon has no effect. So Biden cannot say, I pardon Hunter until the year 2035. Any crime that he “may have committed” after January 1, 2014 and the day he was pardoned, he cannot be charged. On an interesting note, I believe that Hunter Biden was named to the board of Burisma and the oil kickback scandal, with 10% for the big guy, not long after January 1, 2014. I don’t think the date that the pardon started was chosen at random.

No.

The Constitution and the Supreme Court decision in Ex Parte Garland. Do you want the explanation, particularly in Ex Parte Garland?

The Constitution doesn’t allow it. Trump would be the president, not the governor. The president has the constitutional authority to pardon anyone for a federal crime. A president has absolutely no authority over a state crime. This was the state homicide. It is dual sovereignty. Each state is a separate country within the federal authority of the United States. The president has no authority over state politics, which was pretty much the entire intent of the Constitution.