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Zalatix

(8,994 posts)
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 11:52 PM Sep 2012

What if 80,000 people unjustly deprived of the right to vote in Texas, rushed the ballot box anyway? [View all]

Is there enough space left in Texas's jails to hold them? If they all demand a speedy, jury trial, are there enough judges to handle that?

What would it take to completely overwhelm the system with civil disobedience such that there's just not enough police thugs and judge-thugs available to lock them all up?

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