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- The Senate Impeachment Trial of President Trump gets under way today. You can find coverage in many places, but here is a link to C-Span.
- Eviction cases are down for the first time in 10 years. [RJ]
- What else is going on out there today?
I saw several judicial candidates at the MLK Parade yesterday. Do events like that really help? It would be exhausting to be a candidate and do an endless schedule of stuff like that.
Saw that William Kephart had an entry. I am not well-connected politically, but knowing what I know about Las Vegas, I assume he has a good shot of getting re-elected, in spite of his history. How many Las Vegans will have read or even be aware of that Pro Publica piece by election day? Almost none, I would assume. Plus, he is well connected, has a good PR firm behind him and is good at raising money. It seems like he cruises to victory. Am I missing something?
You're missing plenty. He misses a lot of court, he's not bright, his constitutional violation that caused an innocent man to miss decades of his life got a lot more publicity that the Pro Publica piece, and in general he is not well respected as a judge.
And he is not a nice man. Pain in the ass to work for
Question: does Herndon then get a pass related to the same case/same violations because he cried and said he was sorry? I am not saying either party is correct (and, personally, I would have stepped down) but it does seem Herndon is not getting as much grief.
I have to be honest that I respect Herndon for publicly acknowledging his wrong like that.
Herndon was not lead counsel on the case and he came in very late. He should have spoke up earlier about Kephart's withholding of exculpatory evidence, but the vast majority of blame belongs to Kephart.
I think his challenger is out of the PD's office. I assume that his role in sending an innocent man to prison will be front and center. He's been fair to me the few times I've appeared in front of him, but this is disqualifying.
10:53–actually 8:44 is NOT "missing plenty."
8:44 makes the point that judicial elections are decided generally by how well known a judge or challenger is to the general public, their connections, endorsements, financial support, etc. 8:44 makes the point that those factors, and how they are perceived and received by the general public, is how these races are decided, and that they are not decided by what sections of the legal community may think.
But 10:53 seems to think that what a handful of lawyers thinks decides these races and then references factors such as some lawyers not respecting the judge, him not being too bright or capable, etc. Even if that's true it really doesn't matter unless these lawyers dislike him to the point that they will funnel large amounts of cash to one of his opponents.
And 10:53 also references that the issues of purported wrong doing have been heavily printed and circulated. But, in actuality, they have not too often appeared in the RJ or the news broadcasts, but have primarily been included in special interest internet cites of limited viewership.
So, I vote that 8:44 is correct. The average voter, when struggling to get through like 60 judicial races among all the other races on the ballot, will remember the judges name, his signage and the like, and that will have a lot more impact than a handful of lawyers think he is of limited intellect and integrity.
BTW, I am not defending the judge, and am not specifically addressing or denying anything 10:53 says about the judge. I am just saying that those things don't decide judicial races. They are decided by factors such as emphasized by 8:44.
Parades are a waste of time. Do you know of anyone who changed their vote because of someone walking in a parade? I sure as shit don't.
I love a parade. The tramping of feet. I love every beat I hear of a drum.
Evictions
The drop is an anomaly. Landlord and tenants are relearning how to work the system.
Another factor, more easily obtained record sealing might mean that the actual filings by outside sources are miscounted, because once sealed the landlord's complaint drops off the register of actions and won't show on any of the landlord databases.
I didn't think completed evictions could be sealed, only filings to evict that were denied or resolved/dismissed prior to hearing? If that's the case, then that means that the eviction stats they're reporting are for eviction filings not actual eviction orders obtained, which is bad reporting.
1:39- That is incorrect. Completed evictions can be sealed.
Completed evictions can be sealed, but it should be rare. https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-040.html#NRS040Sec2545
Can't use HRC saying "everyone hates him" to prop up Bernie. You Obammy voters gonna lose. #MAGA2.0
I Love Trump!! Possibly the greatest President (even over Lincoln, Washington) because he steered the country back toward its initial path after the heinous steering by Obama and other liberals. My argument over Lincoln would be that in 2016 we were in an ideological civil war more dangerous than the named Civil War to the country as a whole from a moral perspective. I know this irritates liberals but remember, Trump supporters can ignore his personal failing because his actions benefit the country. To all my liberal friends, nothing I can say will change your mind. But, if you are independent and sitting on the fence, please watch the impeachment hearings and decide who can pass the laugh test on their arguments. Then decide.
>Trump supporters can ignore his personal failing because his actions benefit the country.
Except for his "personal" failings of abusing the power of the presidency and being a national security threat to the country, sure, go ahead and ignore those lol
To all my friends, watch the impeachment proceedings and decide who actually wants to present evidence and who wants to hide all the evidence. Then decide.
This has to be a troll. "more dangerous than the named Civil War"? Lol.
Everyone knows that if evidence wasn't presented to a grand jury you are forbidden from introducing it at trial. It's just science.
2:20 back, nope not trolling, the Civil War could have left two "countries" but this "civil war" could, in my opinion, not have. Thus, 2016 was a much more dangerous time for ideology and not necessarily tangible, immediate dangers of the Civil War. If we, once again, in my opinion, religious, moral people had not elected Trump the absolutely insane AOC, etc. would have gained a foothold that might have never been taken back. As you know, countries come and go. Our short little history could very well be a failed experiment in democracy and representative republicanism because it may be it always leads to an overkill of liberalism. In law school, I read a great book called "Thinking Like a Lawyer" that in a round about way addresses the balance that must occur in politics (and law esp public policy) and we were really going to the left. I love balance but I love it more when it tilts right haha.
We already are in CW2. Its just not gone hot yet. Doxing, banning speech, talk of gulags for losers, suspension of reality on issues of gender, etc..
The only question is can we avoid bloodshed by peaceful separation.
My bet is on no.
#MAGA2.0
Dear Justice Court:
Not filing and returning documents until 5 calendar days after submitted is not acceptable. It is 2020.
An impeachment proceeding formally begins with a resolution adopted by the full House of Representatives, which typically includes a referral to a House committee. The type of impeachment resolution determines the committee to which it is referred.
Porter & Malouf P.A.