You can see how the headline is based on speculation⤵️
Also, the prosecution has presented such evidence—but only when necessary.
If you click on the citation backing up the claim that "so far" no evidence has been presented, you see that the article linked was published on March 12, more than 5 weeks ago. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/s……
The editors must have missed that.
A lot has happened in 5 weeks.
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She was 16. She led her walkout more than 4 years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus, and before MLK, Jr. embraced nonviolence as the way to equality.
After she and her classmates turned the rural town of Farmville upside down, she called in the NAACP.
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The NAACP took their case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Barbara and her classmates became plaintiffs in Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark case that ended segregation in America.
Their case was combined with cases from other states.
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There's also "harmless error." On appeal you have to show error, plus you have to show that the error might have actually changed the outcome. law.cornell.edu/wex/harmless_e…
Errors are common.
Errors that were not "harmless" are rare.
Actually, now that I poke around, that 20% is high. I haven't done appeals for about 6 years now.
I think the number is more like 10-15%, but again, that includes "wins" on something small that doesn't change the outcome.
Last night, @HC_Richardson ended her thought-provoking letter by asking this:
"Last month, six in ten Republicans in a Reuters/Ipsos poll said they believed the election was stolen. Where do Republican lawmakers think this is going to end?"
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Heather Cox Richardson is the author of⤵️, so the question comes from someone with a deep knowledge of party history.
It seems to me that the GOP leaders have no long-term plan, and no long-range ideas or visions.
They have a short-term plan: Win at any cost and hold power.
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Scholar @jasonintrator defines fascism as a set of tactics for seizing and maintaining power."
The fascist wants power. They do what it takes to achieve that power.
It comes from cynicism: They think everyone is out for power.
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I just gave a talk on what we learn from the History of the Second Amendment to Lift Every Voice Oregon and The Youth Leadership Academy to end gun violence.
I will have an audio recording to post. Meanwhile . . .
The talk is too long for a Twitter thread (35 minutes plus questions!) but I can put a few takeaways here.
What do we learn from studying the history of the Second Amendment?
First, there have always been gun control laws . . .
. . . there were gun control laws in the U.S. before the ratification of the Second Amendment and immediately after. The idea that the Second Amendment was intended to allow unfettered access to guns is therefore nonsensical.