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Newsom May End DeSantis's 2024 Run With This (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2023 OP
Oh, please, please be bold Governor Newsome Deuxcents Jun 2023 #1
Team Gavin BlueKota Jun 2023 #2
Newsom is wise to turn it over to CA State AG bucolic_frolic Jun 2023 #3
Doubtful. DeSantis wasn't "found within the limits thereof," so no legal liability for him in CA. ancianita Jun 2023 #4
Not DeSantis re: """found within the limits thereof,""" THE IMMIGRANTS being ""found within the TeamProg Jun 2023 #6
Kidnapping? InstantGratification Jun 2023 #8
Yes + Yes State law + Yes Fed law.. But CA AG Rob Bonta can ONLY prsecue Calif law.. nt TeamProg Jun 2023 #9
Welcome to DU, InstantGratification! calimary Jun 2023 #10
Wrong. Read the whole single sentence: "Every person who, being out of this state,... ancianita Jun 2023 #20
K&R Thanks for posting. n/t TeamProg Jun 2023 #5
GO GAVIN GO! WA-03 Democrat Jun 2023 #7
Still love him! calimary Jun 2023 #11
BUT........... MyOwnPeace Jun 2023 #14
Nobody's perfect. calimary Jun 2023 #17
like it. republianmushroom Jun 2023 #12
Oops. There's a law for that! dchill Jun 2023 #13
This guy is a very respected attorney...here's his take PortTack Jun 2023 #15
Thanks so much! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2023 #21
Welcome! PortTack Jun 2023 #22
He told the whole story and I sure hope that DeSantis answers for all of his cruelty Rhiannon12866 Jun 2023 #23
Me too! It is just so cruel! PortTack Jun 2023 #24
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin.............. Upthevibe Jun 2023 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author NowsTheTime Jun 2023 #18
Yes malaise Jun 2023 #19

bucolic_frolic

(43,135 posts)
3. Newsom is wise to turn it over to CA State AG
Mon Jun 5, 2023, 07:18 PM
Jun 2023

This has to stop. A lot of people are involved in these operations, but someone is at the head too. Always involves TX and FL. You think Abbott and DeSantis talk about it? Ya think?

ancianita

(36,029 posts)
4. Doubtful. DeSantis wasn't "found within the limits thereof," so no legal liability for him in CA.
Mon Jun 5, 2023, 07:48 PM
Jun 2023

DeSantis is covered by FL law that allows his Division of Emergency Management and its contractor Vertol Systems Co., to "transfer" migrants if TX says it's okay. So, whatever law Newsom quotes doesn't apply to DeSantis. And California's AG will probably not prevail. New Mexico law might cover this transfer business, though it could have been a "commerce" transaction on private property, but there's no news about that.

I'm no lawyer; this is just a layman's opinion.

TeamProg

(6,118 posts)
6. Not DeSantis re: """found within the limits thereof,""" THE IMMIGRANTS being ""found within the
Mon Jun 5, 2023, 08:14 PM
Jun 2023

limits thereof," Those WHO were KIDNAPPED.

Right?


8. Kidnapping?
Mon Jun 5, 2023, 08:23 PM
Jun 2023

Not a lawyer, but if they can make an actual case for that (our wishes and dreams don't count), then a kidnapping that crosses state lines makes it a federal case and makes the FBI lead agency in the investigation.

calimary

(81,220 posts)
10. Welcome to DU, InstantGratification!
Mon Jun 5, 2023, 08:39 PM
Jun 2023

Yeah, I wondered that, too. I'm not a lawyer either but it sure sounds like a case could be made for some sort of kidnapping charge.

ancianita

(36,029 posts)
20. Wrong. Read the whole single sentence: "Every person who, being out of this state,...
Tue Jun 6, 2023, 08:56 AM
Jun 2023
abducts or takes by force or fraud [that would be DeSantis and agents] any person contrary to the law of the place where that act is committed],[that would be with the consent of Abbott IN Texas] and brings, sends, or conveys that person within the limits of this state, and is afterward found within the limits thereof,[neither DeSantis or agents were "found within the limits of this state"] is guilty of kidnapping."

What part of this only applies to the victims? This applies to DeSantis and his so-called lawful agents and actions from Florida.

Of course, the feds could see this as federally unlawful -- but they haven't acted yet because there doesn't seem, so far, to be a quoted federal law that affects governor-sanctioned actions. I'm just talking about a law against kidnapping. There might well be a federal law against "human trafficking," which is technically different.
Governors can get away with a shitton of stuff without federal accountability. This might be one of those times. Since DeSantis is a Harvard grad and lawyer, he might know something about both kidnapping and trafficking laws that we don't.

What we see as immoral might not be illegal.

MyOwnPeace

(16,925 posts)
14. BUT...........
Mon Jun 5, 2023, 09:25 PM
Jun 2023

Shouldn't we expect accountability regarding past judgments? He WAS married to Kimberly Guilfoyle, right?

OR, do we give him even MORE credit for NO LONGER being married to her?

(Well, there's some 'guy' the RWNJ's claim as 'theirs' who said something about 'casting the first stone....' )

calimary

(81,220 posts)
17. Nobody's perfect.
Tue Jun 6, 2023, 12:21 AM
Jun 2023

I'll always wonder what on earth he saw in her. But I'm glad they're no longer together. Don't know who initiated that breakup but I think we can all be glad it happened.

Upthevibe

(8,038 posts)
16. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin..............
Mon Jun 5, 2023, 10:22 PM
Jun 2023

I LOVE Governor Newsome.

I hope he's legally able to move forward with charges....

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