Stupidity is a belief?
Boucher was sentenced to 30 days in prison for the attack. Federal prosecutors are appealing the sentence, saying 21 months would have been appropriate.
Freaking Medal of Merit would have been more appropriate.
I don’t think Paul’s political beliefs should be excluded. After all, this took the classic form of libertarian conflict resolution.
and then he will run for president,
phew, finally found some money, maybe
A good defense lawyer could make Paul extremely unpalatable to a jury simply by reciting some of his political beliefs. Paul is wise (if deeply hypocritical) to try and keep those beliefs out of the proceedings.
I would like the events which took place in the convenience store and the relative number of bullets in the owner’s body before and after my visit to be excluded from my trial, too.
At a minimum, Randy’s position on tort reform should be relevant.
I would have no problem with questions about his/his campaign’s involvement with Russians and their money either.
Afraid a jury of your peers wouldn’t care for your actual beliefs when not filtered through campaign lies?
His beliefs may not be all that unpalatable to a jury pulled from the Bowling Green area but if Rand wants to leave that out, there might be a little something to that.
“Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, who wouldn’t want to smack this jackass around? I ask you!”
Classic Libertarian conflict resolution. The novel Atlas slugged.
It’s right to keep politics out of this fight. After the Bowling Green Massacre, don’t want this trial to turn into the next Rodney King trial.
A hearing on the motion by Paul’s lawyers is scheduled next week before Special Judge Tyler Gill.
“In a surprise move announced during a courthouse press conference on Friday, Boucher’s attorney, Matt Baker, revealed the defense would call several witnesses, including Paul’s Guatemalan housekeeper, his Russian banker, and the small, furry creature that lives atop Paul’s head.”
Probably because he doesn’t have any.
I generally agree that politics should be left out of a civil trial, but:
- Who in the area doesn’t already know RP’s politics?
- What’s to stop Boucher from describing the debris dumping and dismissive attitude toward him and HOA rules as apparently a pattern?
Except that in this case, libertarian views on property rights in a development with a HOA, that could be quite significant in the case.
Surprise, surprise. Mr Rugged Individual Libertarian is a terrible neighbor who treats his front yard like it’s nobody else’s business and doesn’t think anyone has a right to even complain to him about it. What a selfish turd. I don’t care what a man does with his backyard, but front yards belong to the neighborhood. I bet Rand shouts when kids walk on his grass too.
Seriously, the whole point of libertarianism is that society is a fraud and nobody should care for anyone else. But in reality, America was built by groups of individuals working together, not rugged individuals crapping on everyone else and shouting “Freedumb!” any time someone complains.
“This is a classic case of the federal government interfering with the individual right to assault your a-hole neighbors.” - Libertarians probably /s
“Accordingly, the court should exclude any mention of Senator Paul’s political ideology from this trial.”
“And, we request the same exclusions for Senator Paul’s hairstyle.”