The mental image is worth far, far more stars than you have been award, my dear sir/madam/salutation-of-indeterminate-gender. Please, DO take one of mine.

Well, if teh google is correct,

Also kinda wondering if the most recent events might encourage a few folks to say that they would vote for a veto override even if they didn’t originally vote for the legislation.

Well, it can definitely be both. Dropsy is the old-fashioned name for edema, which is swelling caused by fluid retention. You know when you see the grandmas with the ankles and calves swollen out over their shoes looking like elephant legs? Dropsy.

Except in order to prevent organizations from only turning in registrations if the voter chooses the “correct” party affiliation, organizations are required to turn in all forms. If this bill becomes law, it creates a no-win situation: throw away forms and face possible fines, or turn in forms and face possible fines.

Although I still kinda hope that Tormund will make monster babies with Brienne. I like the idea of them repopulating the kingdoms after whatever bloodbath Cersei’s going to wreak. 

Christ on a damn cracker, for all the legitimate criticisms that can be leveled at HRC, a failure to have a platform isn’t one of them. For god’s sake, the woman is a policy wonk to the Nth degree. Her campaign site had lord only knows how many white papers detailing her policies.

The AG has that authority up to a point, but there are things outside of his control, and this sort of contempt citation would be one of them. Congress has the legal authority to hold someone in contempt. That contempt citation can be appealed for a federal court, which is what happened in the Holder case. Holder got…

“Don’t move, they can’t see you if you don’t move.” So basically they’re a cross between the Jurassic Park version of a raptor and the Jurassic Park version of the T-Rex?

You make it sound as though the process is nothing more than an accuser making a statement and it’s automatically taken at face value. That’s not the case. No, the accused isn’t allowed to confront the accuser directly - and the accuser also isn’t allowed to confront the accuser directly. But the accused can provide a…

Just an FYI. Autism doesn’t mean underdeveloped communication or sensory processing faculties. ASD impacts the nervous system and is a broad range of conditions most frequently characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech and nonverbal communication.

It depends on how the law itself is written in a particular state. If they mandate a specific speech, then there’s a limit to what sort of additional commentary they could add.

The problem is that in order to place a measure directly on the calendar, a majority of the Senate has to pass a motion to place the measure directly on the calendar. Republicans haven’t exactly fallen all over themselves to go against the turtle man. 

After this round of “shall doesn’t mean must, it means maybe maybe not,” there’s something I would definitely love to see. I’d love to see someone start dumping all that redacted info from the Mueller report as well as all of the tapes and records taken from Cohen’s office on the public. Wikileaks his ass. And when he…

But it also establishes a precedent that someone being investigated can demand that whatever agency or group is investigating them comply with conditions that aren’t actually listed anywhere in the law.

“My guess is that they’ll argue some form of severance between being President for all State matters and being a private person for all personal financial matters, thus Congressional overreach. ??”

Candidates haven’t traditionally released their financial records, but that’s not going to give the Trump camp a valid case. Allegations have been made that he’s giving one set of numbers to the tax collector and a different set of numbers to the bankers. If he is, then he’s defrauding at least one of them (and…

That is a Fashion Statement. 

Just for the record, if you’re ever in need of a lawyer, I’d avoid Gerry197. His grasp of the law is a little fuzzy. 

There’s a few other circumstances where it can be. A mechanic’s lien comes to mind. It’s rare for a DA to charge it as auto theft, but that’s usually a matter of prosecutorial discretion, not a matter of law.