Via The Guardian: Trump has 'absolute right' to testify at his trial, says judge
Judge Juan Merchan is now addressing the court about Donald Trump’s false claim the he wasn’t allowed to testify.
The judge says it had come to his attention that “there maybe a misunderstanding” over whether the gag order impacts Trump’s right to testify at trial. Merchan says: I want to stress Mr Trump that you have an absolute right to testify at trial. He continues: That is a constitutional right that will not be denied or abnegated in any way ... It is a fundamental right that cannot be infringed upon ... the order prohibiting extra-judicial statements does not prevent you from testifying in any way.
After finishing The India Fan,I went back to and finished Dragons & Dreams: A Collection of New Fantasy and Science Fiction Stories edited by Jane Yolen, Charles Waugh, and Martin Harry Greenberg. It's a juvenile published in 1986 including the following: "The box" by Bruce Coville, "The thing that goes burp in the night" by Sharon Webb, "Baba Yaga and the sorcerer's son" by Patricia A. McKillip, "All the names of Baby Hag" by Patricia MacLachlan, "The three men" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder, "Great-grandfather dragon's tale" by Jane Yolen, "Laughter in the leaves" by Charles de Lint, "Carol Oneir's hundredth dream" by Diana Wynne Jones, "The singing float" by Monica Hughes and "Uptown local" by Diane. Duane. It came up in a search for Diana Wynne Jones. I enjoyed the volume and recommend it.
Now I'm reading Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman, and enjoying it so far.
I am currently reading two finalists for the Hugo award: The Adventures of Amina al-Sifari by Shannon Chakraborty and Translation State by Ann Leckie. Two very different books but I'm very much enhoying both.
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Video: Lawrence O’Donnell spends a day at the Trump trial [Click] In addition to the very interesting news of the day, lots of the color that I find particularly fascinating. Four stars.
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How a Connecticut middle school won the battle against cellphones [Click] From the WaPo, evidently outside their paywall. A fairly simple and inexpensive cure that works wonders.
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Trump Media Auditor Charged with ‘Massive Fraud’ [Click] Fourteen megabucks fine and other penalties.
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Ooooh!
DeleteTexas Man Filed Legal Action Over Out-of-State Abortion [Click] Trump lawyer involved.
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Trump May Have Violated Gag Order Again [Click]
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ReplyDeleteFormer Federal Employee Charged with Falsely Implicating Colleagues [Click]
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Boris Johnson [temporarily] Barred from Voting [Click] Under his own rule.
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I saw that. It gave me a chuckle.
DeleteVia The Guardian: Trump has 'absolute right' to testify at his trial, says judge
ReplyDeleteJudge Juan Merchan is now addressing the court about Donald Trump’s false claim the he wasn’t allowed to testify.
The judge says it had come to his attention that “there maybe a misunderstanding” over whether the gag order impacts Trump’s right to testify at trial. Merchan says:
I want to stress Mr Trump that you have an absolute right to testify at trial.
He continues:
That is a constitutional right that will not be denied or abnegated in any way ... It is a fundamental right that cannot be infringed upon ... the order prohibiting extra-judicial statements does not prevent you from testifying in any way.
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Can't wait to see how Trump twists that in his remarks this afternoon.
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Gee--- that was an entire herd of gnus! Hmmm.... nothing about astronomy in the lot.
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Fixed:
DeleteAs humans enter what has been termed the ‘third space age’, it’s private companies – not governments – leading the charge [Click]
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Ah. That's better. *grin*
DeleteJoe Blogs video: Russian GDP Devastated by Sanctions - Misleading IMF Forecasts Mask Major Russian Economic Problems [Click] I remember a leading researcher at the Yale School of Management pointing out a long time ago that the IMF was accepting at face value obviously false Russian statements about economic data.
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I've never had much use for the IMF.
DeleteVideo: Trump CAUGHT Violating Gag Order LAST NIGHT Before TRIAL - Click
ReplyDeleteAfter finishing The India Fan,I went back to and finished Dragons & Dreams: A Collection of New Fantasy and Science Fiction Stories edited by Jane Yolen, Charles Waugh, and Martin Harry Greenberg. It's a juvenile published in 1986 including the following: "The box" by Bruce Coville, "The thing that goes burp in the night" by Sharon Webb, "Baba Yaga and the sorcerer's son" by Patricia A. McKillip, "All the names of Baby Hag" by Patricia MacLachlan, "The three men" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder, "Great-grandfather dragon's tale" by Jane Yolen, "Laughter in the leaves" by Charles de Lint, "Carol Oneir's hundredth dream" by Diana Wynne Jones, "The singing float" by Monica Hughes and "Uptown local" by Diane. Duane. It came up in a search for Diana Wynne Jones. I enjoyed the volume and recommend it.
ReplyDeleteNow I'm reading Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman, and enjoying it so far.
"The Names of Baby Hag" is particularly charming.
DeleteI am currently reading two finalists for the Hugo award: The Adventures of Amina al-Sifari by Shannon Chakraborty and Translation State by Ann Leckie. Two very different books but I'm very much enhoying both.
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Video: TRUMP ON TRIAL - Day 11 RECAP - Click
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