Judge Merchan

[para bellum]

So Merchan is considering tossing the whole ball of wax?

CNN — The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial has adjourned his sentencing, which was set for next week.
Judge Juan Merchan also agreed to hold off on issuing his decision on presidential immunity until after he reviews the parties’ filings.
Merchan granted Trump’s request to file a motion to dismiss the case – ordering them to submit their papers by December 2. Prosecutors are ordered to respond by December 9. Trump’s team wanted to have until December 20 to file their paperwork.
The judge did not set a new sentencing date or make any further statements about the delay.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/22/politics/trumps-hush-money-sentencing-is-postponed-indefinitely-judge-says/index.html

Merchan wants to just put a stay on all decisions until 2029 so they can hang the "convicted felon" label on Trump while he is in office.

No sentencing, no appeal, no dismissal.

That would effectively deny Trump his Constitutional right to a speedy trial by leaving it hanging for 4 years. (But obviously due process is not an issue for the "get Trump" crowd).

He set the Dec 2 date for Trump's lawyers, because he knew the DOJ was dropping their case, and Smith had until December 1 to file his dismissal. Merchan did not want to give Trump's lawyers the opportunity to incorporate Smith's reasoning in their motion to dismiss the NY case.

But Smith threw a monkey wrench into the plan by filing his motion early. Now Trump's lawyers can incorporate those arguments in their motion to dismiss the NY case (or at least consider them).

Trump's lawyers can also move to have the case removed to Federal Court, because Trump is now the President-elect, and it's a matter of Federal concern that the President is free to operate without the encumbrance of the NY case casting a shadow over his administration.

"The 2000 OLC Opinion reasoned that doing so would risk imposing three burdens that would make it impossible for a President to effectively carry out his constitutional duties:
(1) the burden of imprisonment, which would physically prevent the President from doing his work;
(2) the burden of “public stigma and opprobrium,” which could weaken the President’s ability to “fulfill his constitutionally contemplated leadership role”; and
(3) the mental and physical burdens associated with preparing a defense to a criminal prosecution, which “might severely hamper the President’s performance of his official duties."

OLC concluded that, because a pending criminal prosecution would impair the President’s ability to carry out these responsibilities to the
detriment of the Nation, the constitutional interest in the President’s unfettered performance of his duties must take precedence over the immediate enforcement of the criminal law against a sitting President."

 

[Delldude]

Merchan wants to just put a stay on all decisions until 2029 so they can hang the "convicted felon" label on Trump while he is in office.

No sentencing, no appeal, no dismissal.

That would effectively deny Trump his Constitutional right to a speedy trial by leaving it hanging for 4 years. (But obviously due process is not an issue for the "get Trump" crowd).

He set the Dec 2 date for Trump's lawyers, because he knew the DOJ was dropping their case, and Smith had until December 1 to file his dismissal. Merchan did not want to give Trump's lawyers the opportunity to incorporate Smith's reasoning in their motion to dismiss the NY case.

But Smith threw a monkey wrench into the plan by filing his motion early. Now Trump's lawyers can incorporate those arguments in their motion to dismiss the NY case (or at least consider them).

Trump's lawyers can also move to have the case removed to Federal Court, because Trump is now the President-elect, and it's a matter of Federal concern that the President is free to operate without the encumbrance of the NY case casting a shadow over his administration.

"The 2000 OLC Opinion reasoned that doing so would risk imposing three burdens that would make it impossible for a President to effectively carry out his constitutional duties:
(1) the burden of imprisonment, which would physically prevent the President from doing his work;
(2) the burden of “public stigma and opprobrium,” which could weaken the President’s ability to “fulfill his constitutionally contemplated leadership role”; and
(3) the mental and physical burdens associated with preparing a defense to a criminal prosecution, which “might severely hamper the President’s performance of his official duties."

OLC concluded that, because a pending criminal prosecution would impair the President’s ability to carry out these responsibilities to the
detriment of the Nation, the constitutional interest in the President’s unfettered performance of his duties must take precedence over the immediate enforcement of the criminal law against a sitting President."

Yeah, I know.

 

[Captain Caveman]

Nope. Try reading again you adorably illiterate Moron. I'll give you all the tries you like.


The term “transgender” refers to a person whose sex assigned at birth (i.e. the sex assigned at birth, usually based on external genitalia) does not align their gender identity (i.e., one’s psychological sense of their gender). Some people who are transgender will experience “gender dysphoria,” which refers to psychological distress that results from an incongruence between one’s sex assigned at birth and one’s gender identity. Though gender dysphoria often begins in childhood, some people may not experience it until after puberty or much later.

People who are transgender may pursue multiple domains of gender affirmation, including social affirmation (e.g., changing one’s name and pronouns), legal affirmation (e.g., changing gender markers on one’s government-issued documents), medical affirmation (e.g., pubertal suppression or gender-affirming hormones), and/or surgical affirmation (e.g., vaginoplasty, facial feminization surgery, breast augmentation, masculine chest reconstruction, etc.). Of note, not all people who are transgender will desire all domains of gender affirmation, as these are highly personal and individual decisions.

It is important to note that gender identity is different from gender expression. Whereas gender identity refers to one’s psychological sense of their gender, gender expression refers to the way in which one presents to the world in a gendered way. For example, in much of the U.S., wearing a dress is considered a “feminine” gender expression, and wearing a tuxedo is considered a “masculine” gender expression. Such expectations are culturally defined and vary across time and culture. One’s gender expression does not necessarily align with their gender identity. Diverse gender expressions, much like diverse gender identities, are not indications of a mental disorder.

Gender identity is also different from sexual orientation. Sexual orientation refers to the types of people towards which one is sexually attracted. As with people who are cisgender (people whose sex assigned at birth aligns with their gender identity), people who are transgender have a diverse range of sexual orientations.

Sex is not assigned at birth. Nature establishes your sex when you are conceived. It is confirmed when you are born, if not earlier.

Assigned at birth, gender, transgender etc.. is just all made up and a play on words.

 

[Curried Goats]

Sex is not assigned at birth. Nature establishes your sex when you are conceived. It is confirmed when you are born, if not earlier.

Assigned at birth, gender, transgender etc.. is just all made up and a play on words.

Nature doesn't assign anything, it just IS. It doesn't care how you label someone based on combinations of chromosomes and sex organs. Humans came up with those designations. We say assigned at birth not only for trans but for the intersexed who might be born with ambiguous genitalia or with outward genitalia suggesting one sex and internal genitalia and chromosomes that suggests another.

 

[struth]

Nature doesn't assign anything, it just IS. It doesn't care how you label someone based on combinations of chromosomes and sex organs. Humans came up with those designations. We say assigned at birth not only for trans but for the intersexed who might be born with ambiguous genitalia or with outward genitalia suggesting one sex and internal genitalia and chromosomes that suggests another.

This might be the dumbest thing I heard in my life. It’s true “nature” didn’t have words to describe things, humans did. But if nature didn’t care about chromosomes, and organs, we’d all have the same. We don’t. Because sex matters, it’s how we reproduce.

 

[Curried Goats]

This might be the dumbest thing I heard in my life. It’s true “nature” didn’t have words to describe things, humans did. But if nature didn’t care about chromosomes, and organs, we’d all have the same. We don’t. Because sex matters, it’s how we reproduce.

If nature cared about your rigid view of sex we wouldn't see the intersexed in nature but we do.

 

[struth]

If nature cared about your rigid view of sex we wouldn't see the intersexed in nature but we do.

are you talking about homosexuality? Why woudn't we? homosexuality isn't the same as a man, thinking he is a woman.

and moreover, animals aren't asking to play women's sports, nor are they claiming male animals can get pregnant.

 

[Captain Caveman]

Nature doesn't assign anything, it just IS. It doesn't care how you label someone based on combinations of chromosomes and sex organs. Humans came up with those designations. We say assigned at birth not only for trans but for the intersexed who might be born with ambiguous genitalia or with outward genitalia suggesting one sex and internal genitalia and chromosomes that suggests another.

Correct, nature doesn't assign. As I said, it establishes.

 

[Curried Goats]

are you talking about homosexuality? Why woudn't we? homosexuality isn't the same as a man, thinking he is a woman.

No you illiterate moron. I typed intersexed. Do you not know the difference between intersex and homosexuality? You continue to surprise me by how big of a moron you are.

and moreover, animals aren't asking to play women's sports, nor are they claiming male animals can get pregnant.

The rules of sports are made up by people, not nature. Who can play them where and when is matter of who gets to make the rules, not a matter of nature and no one is claiming a male can get pregnant, that's a silly strawman you morons trot out but can never actually link to anyone claiming this and when you do they aren't actually claiming what you pretend they are.

 

[Curried Goats]

Correct, nature doesn't assign. As I said, it establishes.

And it has established a spectrum of sex as well as sex identities in humans.

 

[Delldude]

Nature doesn't assign anything, it just IS. It doesn't care how you label someone based on combinations of chromosomes and sex organs. Humans came up with those designations. We say assigned at birth not only for trans but for the intersexed who might be born with ambiguous genitalia or with outward genitalia suggesting one sex and internal genitalia and chromosomes that suggests another.

Duh, it was settled upon creation by the entity who is the alpha and the Omega.

 

[struth]

No you illiterate moron. I typed intersexed. Do you not know the difference between intersex and homosexuality? You continue to surprise me by how big of a moron you are.



The rules of sports are made up by people, not nature. Who can play them where and when is matter of who gets to make the rules, not a matter of nature and no one is claiming a male can get pregnant, that's a silly strawman you morons trot out but can never actually link to anyone claiming this and when you do they aren't actually claiming what you pretend they are.

I do, I wasn't sure if you did....so why don't you give us an example of animal that has intersex? Intersex: What Is Intersex, Gender Identity, Intersex Surgery

Please tell us Dr. Doolittle....

correct the rules of sports are made up by people. People realize that science has made men and women biologically different. Hence, why they have women sports, and men's sports.

 

[Curried Goats]

Duh, it was settled upon creation by the entity who is the alpha and the Omega.

The same one to said virgins can give birth....

 

[Captain Caveman]

And it has established a spectrum of sex as well as sex identities in humans.

Correct, 2.

 

[Curried Goats]

I do, I wasn't sure if you did....so why don't you give us an example of animal that has intersex? Intersex: What Is Intersex, Gender Identity, Intersex Surgery

Please tell us Dr. Doolittle....

Well humans for one like your own link says, moron. Did you not read it? Can you even read?

correct the rules of sports are made up by people. People realize that science has made men and women biologically different. Hence, why they have women sports, and men's sports.

Hence isn't an argument. It's a suggestion of one. What about makes them different that the need to compete in different leagues? Males typically produce more testosterone than females but some males have a genetic condition where they produce less and some intersexed females produce a lot more. If your concern was testosterone levels for instance then sports leagues would be divided by your testosterone level, not your sex.

 

[struth]

The same one to said virgins can give birth....

Glad you mentioned this, the Christian faith is similar to the faith you have that a man can get pregnant. It's based on faith, not actual science.

Glad you are admitting that.

 

[Curried Goats]

Correct, 2.

I know I'm correct.

 

[Delldude]

The same one to said virgins can give birth....

IVF

 

[Curried Goats]

Glad you mentioned this, the Christian faith is similar to the faith you have that a man can get pregnant. It's based on faith, not actual science.

Glad you are admitting that.

Except the Bible really does say that and you're just making up this argument that I think males can get pregnant.

 

[Curried Goats]

IVF

They had IVF in Jerusalem in the B.C.?