“Yes, he literally did what the law literally says in the way it was literally meant, but… uh… umm… look over there!” *the judge leaps out a window*

This fucking country.

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.netOP
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    7 months ago

    "On Tuesday, Michigan Court of Claims Judge James Redford said deciding whether an event constituted “a rebellion or insurrection and whether or not someone participated in it” are questions best left to Congress and not “one single judicial officer.” A judge, he wrote, “cannot in any manner or form possibly embody the represented qualities of every citizen of the nation — as does the House of Representatives and the Senate.”

    Your entire job is to literally do that you absolute fucking loser.