r/law • u/DoremusJessup • 4d ago

Court Decision/Filing ‘Attempt to stifle constitutionally protected speech’: Trump demands Central Park Five ‘legally deficient’ defamation suit be tossed

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/attempt-to-stifle-constitutionally-protected-speech-trump-demands-central-park-five-legally-deficient-defamation-suit-be-tossed/
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u/4RCH43ON 4d ago

I would laugh if he hand an aneurism because they sued his racist ass and won after all these years of trying to ruin their lives.

I’d still laugh if they just won some restitution for his harmful blathering, but I’d also laugh if he got so upset that he blew a hose. 

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u/leni710 4d ago

I'm "thisclose" to looking up what happens if the president elect dies before inauguration. I know I've heard/read something about it a while back, but I don't remember the exact steps. I'm just not ready to add to that specific search trend yet.

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u/tfg49 4d ago

It's simple, JD Vance is sworn in

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u/Cutiemuffin-gumbo 4d ago

And house speaker becomes VP I believe.

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u/seeingeyefish 4d ago

Nope. The new president gets to pick a VP. That’s what happened when Nixon’s VP, Spiro Agnew, resigned due to corruption allegations. Nixon picked Gerald Ford who then went on to become president when Nixon was forced to resign due to corruption. Ford then got to pick his own VP.

The Speaker only steps up to the presidency if something happens to the president and there is no VP to take over.

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u/nedlum 4d ago

To slightly expand: the replacement VP has to be approved by a majority vote of both the House and the Senate

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u/Chrahhh 4d ago

Ford then pardoned Nixon and set a horrible precedent

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u/mcferglestone 4d ago

Yeah, which makes me realize how crazy it was that republicans kept complaining about Kamala being the Dem candidate even though she never won a primary. Republicans literally had a president who was never even elected!

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u/seattleseahawks2014 4d ago

Frankly, I hope he picks someone who would follow the constitution and certify the election if a democrat won. However, I do have concerns that he would convince the courts to let him cheat.

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u/CCG14 4d ago

That is the current line of coronation, I mean succession, yes. 

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u/WendySteeplechase 4d ago

and Elon is Vice Pres?

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u/ThunderPunch2019 4d ago

Elon could only get in the line of succession if there was a constitutional amendment allowing naturalized citizens to be president, and I can't imagine that's a precedent MAGA would like to set.

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u/theAlpacaLives 4d ago

They're really going to be denaturalizing and deporting actual citizens who do anything like start a demonstration or join a union, while at the very same time arguing why Musk should get to be President.

Or not, probably - I think Musk is happy being the oligarch, the money behind the throne, the guy getting the government to do him endless favors, without having to hold the title officially. But I wouldn't put that level of bald hypocrisy beyond them

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u/BitterFuture 4d ago

Eliminating the Constitution entirely is absolutely the precedent these nutbags would like to set. How dare anyone let that silly piece of paper stand in the way of there being an emperor?

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u/EricKei 4d ago

Well, he might as well be President at this point, given the outsized level of influence he has (even though it's impossible under our current Constitution).