I do have one very serious criticism about this article, it relies much on Stephen Moore, who every serious economist knows is a blithering idiot.
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If gas prices will doom democracy then democracy was already doomed.
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I take little satisfaction in this verdict. It is decided on the most minor of technicalities. The wrong person was on trial. The right person was deSantis.
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And yet Florida logic say Health Care is not Interstate Commerce and Obamacare is unconstitutional because the Feds have no jurisdiction.
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Whenever I see DeSantis, I canāt help but thinking of this guy.
Both are fake bullies, but Claude was an actor.
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āMan Arrested By DeSantisā Election Crimes Office Has His Case Dismissedā
There!
Fongool, DeSantis, you piece of shit.
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I donāt think the officials who advised the individuals to vote did it to entice them to commit a crime. I think they legitimately thought they could vote or thought the system would simply reject the application if it was not valid. Florida republicans efforts to thwart the citizens of Floridaās will expressed in a referendum creates confusion.
This is not a performance is is political persecution and intimidation. Desantis thinks using the police powers of the state to enforce his political goals is legitimate. He is the most dangerous authoritarian in America today.
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So DeSantisā election Gestapo could take ballots to another jurisdiction to set up the pretext for voter fraud.
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I think what DeSantis is trying to do is intimidate people from voting, especially poor Black people.
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And the Jim Crow beat goes onā¦
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Is that llamaās name, āComo se llamaā?
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A person who is confined but not (yet?) convicted would likely have the right to vote.
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Even the Florida police are appalled by having to arrest these folks (sound on!)
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Yeah, the grounds for dismissal seem rooted in, as you suggest, minor technicalities. But that is generally the path a court will take. The technical merits of a case come first - jurisdiction, standing, etc - and if a court finds them wanting, it pretty much has to stop there. What the court is saying is this case shouldnāt even be before the court. So it isnāt going to look at anything else. The case is simply dismissed. Thatās how it works.
That said, this particular judge, with the way he used Shakespeare, seems to be someone who, if given the opportunity, would likely find a lot of fault with the entrapment aspects of these cases, the lack of intent to commit crimes, the obvious political stunt the whole thing has been, etc.
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If I understand the reasoning, could DeathSantis get around it by charging the county election officials as co-conspirators? (Yes, even after his people went on record saying that the state would do the verification)
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AND a countersuit for harassment, anyone (@txlawyer)? 
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Absentee ballot. Seriously.
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He wasnāt incarcerated when he voted. He is simply an ex-felon.
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Iād walk a mile for a llama.
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I vote for seizure and forfeiture. Proceeds of crime, doncha know.
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