Supreme Court Throws Out Two Convictions In NJ Bridgegate Scandal | Talking Points Memo

Is it too late to indict Christie?

““But not every corrupt act by state or local officials is a federal crime. Because the scheme here did not aim to obtain money or property, Baroni and Kelly could not have violated the federal-program fraud or wire fraud laws,” wrote Kagan. She grew up in New York City and is one of four justices who grew up in New York or New Jersey
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From the AP

SYSTEM ALERT. Assimilation is not 100%. Unit @stradivarius50t3 remains wetware. Monitors apparently untrained to remain on task when encountering a sexy unit model number. Dispatch digitalization squad. Modify training program for monitor units.

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DiscoBot is a digital viral hemorrhagic fever?

I guess everyone who archived their vehicle GPS and fuel consumption data from 3 years ago, could take them to small claims court for wasted gas, or something.

Senator Leahy is working to prevent future abuses:

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It’s a kind of blindness; what cannot be felt, cannot be seen. But it is also a system and all the powerful were either raised in it or had to accept it enough to become powerful.

“When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.” ― FrĂ©dĂ©ric Bastiat

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Oh, DiscoBot. I thought @swell was describing a GOP state legislature/

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Christie’s no longer being governor is not a result of these events. He was term-limited and couldn’t run again in 2017.