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prodigitalson

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15. Yeah, I learned not to jump for joy at good rulings from lower courts

Reply to Gimpyknee (Reply #9)

Sat Oct 11, 2025, 02:42 PM

Oct 2025

His whole, the president is above the law argument was laughed out of every federal court until it got to the insurrectionist flag court, which is the only one that counts.

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