BREAKING: DC Circuit Court of Appeals UPHOLDS MOST of Judge Chutkan's limited gag order against Trump. The only differen

[riversedge]

I am convinced that only jail will keep his mouth quiet.

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BREAKING: DC Circuit Court of Appeals UPHOLDS MOST of Judge Chutkan’s limited gag order against Trump. The only difference I can see is that Trump is allowed to speak about Jack Smith. He can’t attack his family, foreseeable witnesses, counsel and their family or court staff.

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[Kid Berwyn]

1. Holding the crazy NAZI responsible.

It's good to live in a democracy.

[riversedge]

2. Keep in mind: Judge Chutkan was confired by Senate 95-0.......

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[gratuitous]

3. A 69-page opinion?! Day-um

I hope there are appropriate sanctions in the order to encourage the defendant to respect and obey the court's authority.

[UTUSN]

4. "speak about SMITH" - uh, "speak" meaning personal (non-issue) attacks/character assassination?

[agingdem]

11. do really think the guy who prosecutes war criminals at The Hague

gives a damn about Trump's playground bully insults??..me neither...

[UTUSN]

18. At the level of outlandish defamation?

[riversedge]

5. Chutkan: "But Mr. Trump is also an indicted criminal defendant, and he must stand trial in a courtroom under the same

"But Mr. Trump is also an indicted criminal defendant, and he must stand trial in a courtroom under the same procedures that govern all criminal defendants. That is what the rule of law means.” Judge Chutkan

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[Rob H.]

6. "(T)here is a strong public interest in what he has to say."

Honestly, I wish he'd keep his big flappin' face anus shut but it seems as if the more he talks, the deeper the hole he digs for himself so it's hard not to be at least a little torn.

[albacore]

7. What difference will it make? The Mango Menace has ignored laws and courts all his life. nt

[bucolic_frolic]

8. Trump should have to use Jack Smith's job title. "Special Counsel" investigating Trump

Trump flair for personalizing everyone is part of his terror campaign.

[avebury]

9. I would love to see Judge Chutkan on the Supreme Court

one day. She could run rings around the righties on the court.

[ancianita]

21. Me, too. And Jack Smith as the next Attorney General.

[GreenWave]

10. We need a graph

Great news for Dems vs. GQP act like insane idiots. Do they overlap and do media run with the stupid? Today was a good jobs report so expect lunacy.

[Ocelot II]

12. You can skip Xitter and go right to the order, here:

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24204191/trumpgagcadcopn120823.pdf

[oldsoftie]

13. No, jail wouldnt do it either. Only a stopped pulse will shut his mouth

And if they give him house arrest, which I think is the most likely outcome of a guilty verdict, he'll STILL keep yelling on social media

[lastlib]

14. In jail, with no phone, his only audience.....

...will be the steel bars and the other poor inmates who have to listen to his blather--which might be cruel & unusual punishment for them.

[oldsoftie]

25. Maybe, but he wont go to a real jail regardless of how many convictions he gets.

I'm hoping beyond hope that I have to eat crow on that prediction.
But with him getting secret service protection, I just dont see him going to an actual jail. And there's no procedure that I know of to take it away from him.

[Justice matters.]

27. Well, it would only require a team of three SS agents on rotation for...

8 hours (3 x 8 hours = 24 hours) to sit on a chair outside his cell.

It would save money for the taxpayers too.

[oldsoftie]

28. Cruel & unusual punishment. For the AGENTS.

The govt just isnt going to put SS agents inside a prison.
Maybe wall off part of Mar A Lardo & keep him there; then agents could be in reasonable conditions. But I doubt they'll even go THAT far.
Maybe his 100,000th cheeseburger will get him on the 9th hole of Doral.

[Alpeduez21]

15. Follow the gag order limits or what?

Another stern talking warning to his attorneys?

[dalton99a]

16. Throw his ass in jail already.

[bluestarone]

17. Will this get appealed to SC?

[Takket]

19. Jack Smith reading that the gag order is upheld, except drumpf can attack Smith himself......

[ancianita]

20. FINALLY. The Appeals Court moved on this like death warmed over.

[Ms. Toad]

22. It has been just over a month.

That's practically the speed of light for appeals.

Typically, each side wins gave two weeks to brief the matter, then the will be a hearing, then the court will take a month or so to rule.

[ancianita]

23. I hear you. Understood. Doesn't mean that it's acceptable in this unprecedented event of a criminal running for office

on an election timetable.

IMHO, the relativity of their this court's usual process timetable still denies due process to the larger public -- the lawyers can respond sooner than two weeks, and the court can write its decision in less than one month.

This snails pace works to the advantage of the defendant over the People of the United States -- Whose collective interest in a speedy trial process outweighs his interest to delay that process -- one man -- with the goal of wiping it all from history with a possible electoral win.

They know it. We know it. This appeals court process should be on a clock, and Congress should pass a law to shorten this so-called due process to protect the public's justice interest.

[sop]

24. In the history of the United States only one candidate has ever yelled to a crowd "Hit him! I'll pay for it!"

and been elected president. Trump relishes running his mouth and inciting others to violence. The only thing that'll stop him is being thrown in jail by the judge.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

26. This makes me smile