I hate him so much.

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    30 days ago

    The fact that we have so much of our politics in a private company is dangerous.

    Musk has the power AND ability to post tweets as if they were from any of the candidates.

    Not as a sock puppet. But as them directly.

    This is a dangerous ability.

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      I hadn’t considered that. He couldn’t get away with it now, but if the orange bad gets back into power and we go full-fash, I definitely think it’d be used against “enemies.”

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    30 days ago

    is this legal in US? that sounds absurd.

    and is it legal for a judge to be involved in business?

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      26 days ago

      There’s a common thing known as “judge shopping”. The big wigs and those with enough money can ensure that a trial goes to a court in an area that is likely to be favorable to their interests.

      For example, if a company is going to court because of something environmental or anti-worker, they’ll try to get the court session held in a conservative jurisdiction.

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      30 days ago

      Legal for the judge to be involved in a business yes. Not ethical for the judge to make rulings about that business but that requires ethics and morals and thanks to Rs even the US Supreme Court doesn’t have that.

      Below scotus level theoretically judges can censure other judges but idk that process.