nostr:npub1msrcxtf8rdrstfdw04u8zwk4mucfhaj7gns3ylfn2d3ezxhqwjwqet0y7u There's apparently (I had no idea!) a removal statue that covers state criminal charges against federal officials (acting in their official capacity). (I don't know its history, but I can guess!)

The arg against (as it was in NY apparently) was that Trump wasn't acting in his official capacity. And even if removed, it looks to me like it would still be state law but in federal court (as in civil removal). Weird tho, and I dunno what happens w/r/t pardons if this happens.

nostr:npub1jc0sh3wdfut8hmnmqy8l4smqhnq0y32mn5536mdn9wtsac5geynslnsldg Oh, I remember that Time Team! I too loved how they put the kids right into the middle of fun geophys things

nostr:npub189nhq0cw33243htm08c53vjvgc5letv7d9sgqtgqsn6fnx6dv8zs0fsatx This is very similar to the logic behind the state bar rules that forbid lawyers from lying.* (And the First Amendment doesn't prevent the enforcement of this kind of speech rule against us.)

* Yes, yes, I know! But regular lawyers can & do get in serious trouble & disbarred if we attempt even a fraction of the kind of shenanigans these MAGA clowns do. (Why there's so much of a difference in enforcement is left as an exercise for the reader.)

nostr:npub13gsffj5ku57hmy6hjc5rx45mkgwkg8fzferr58pzkm96n3kwxayqq7v528 And how sufficient wealth insulates these decision makers from everything other than catastrophically bad vibes-based decisions