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And you and Che know this how, exactly?Che Pasa is right: the coming lawsuits won't accomplish a damn thing.
Why not wait for the lawyers to sort it out? That's why God invented pro bono public interest attorneys.
Then this:
As I've said beforeThat's the truth folks. It really doesn't take anything at all for them to justify pulling a trigger.
-- Pedinska
This was actually pretty common up until the 60s. You can track the beginning of the expansion of these rights and protections from Weeks in 1914 up until Mapp in 61, and then the Republicans kept the WH, except for Carter, and got to stock the court with their judges who tend to think these "due process" concerns are too soft on crime. Here we are.
Ergo, the lawsuits have not made a difference.
