m-p{3}@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.world · edit-211 months agoFederal appeals court rules Trump doesn't have broad immunity from prosecutionwww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1456arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1449arrow-down1external-linkFederal appeals court rules Trump doesn't have broad immunity from prosecutionwww.npr.orgm-p{3}@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.world · edit-211 months agomessage-square85fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBlackbeard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up70·11 months ago What the hell is the argument for immunity? It’s the well-established “throw shit at wall, hope it sticks” principle of legal argumentation.
minus-squareALQ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·11 months agoI started typing a joke comment about how the “term of art” was “kitchen sink defense,” but then I remembered that it actually is a bit of a term of art. I trolled myself and am not sure how to feel about this.
It’s the well-established “throw shit at wall, hope it sticks” principle of legal argumentation.
I started typing a joke comment about how the “term of art” was “kitchen sink defense,” but then I remembered that it actually is a bit of a term of art.
I trolled myself and am not sure how to feel about this.