Teri_Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield, 10 months ago to random

Okay, Mastodon, I did it.
https://terikanefield.com/trumps-social-media-postings/

@GottaLaff asked me to address this:

"People are throwing up their hands and blaming Jack Smith for being too “hesitant” in going after Trump for his social media post. . ."

So I did a full legal analysis on Trump's social media posts along with an explainer.

h/t to @Bam for his additions

Teri_Kanefield, 10 months ago to random

Yesterday, I got very testy with the weekend reactions to Trump's social media post.

From the left are coming cries of LOCK HIM UP BRING DOWN THE HAMMER

These are fascist chants and strongman worship.

Rule of law is deliberate and follows procedures.

I see people who should know better chanting LOCK HIM UP.

Two causes:

(1) Trump taught everyone to worship and crave a strongman.

(2) The nature of social media is turning us all into authoritarians.

Never imitate what is ugly.

Teri_Kanefield, 10 months ago to random

A few thoughts about Trump's latest unhinged rants.

He really wanted this case to be about his First Amendment rights. The DOJ sidestepped that in the indictment.

(I explained in my weekend blog post: https://terikanefield.com/criminal-law-101-trumps-j6-indictment/)

So he's pushing it right now to see if he can bait the DOJ and court into a quarrel about what he has a First Amendment right to say.

(Editing to make this a thread.)

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