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Does Merrick Garland have the opportunity to do the funniest thing of all time and appoint a Special Counsel to oversee the Ryan Wesley Routh case in front of Judge Cannon?
How specific does the selective prosecution standard of a similarly-situated person need to be? Does it rise to the level of how qualified immunity gets used?
So I know this is a dumb thing to ask. But if the government takes your phone, forcing you to buy a new one, do you have any recourse as to getting reimbursement for that cost? A couple hundred dollars is not a small amount and I can’t imagine that everyone who gets their phone taken is going to be charged for something.
Seems off that they can in essence tax you several hundred dollars for the ‘crime’ of having evidence of something they’re looking into on your personal phone
Oh believe me, I've seen a lot about that, and it still infuriates me every time I hear about it. I also remember hearing a story of a family who's house got wrecked to the point of having to become condemned because a criminal who was fleeing the cops hid in it. And of course, got paid nothing.
Honestly that's why I started by saying it's a dumb thing to ask. because of course the cops can wreck your stuff or take your stuff without paying you back. But there was that tiny grain of hope
Hey Ken, little late to the party here but since SCOTUS seriously nerfed the status gratuity element and Congress hasn’t been biting at the bit to strengthen anti-corruption laws legislatively (wonder why) what do you think Adam’s chances of skating on bribery charges are? Seems a bit flimsy to me even though he was obviously playing ball. It’s a single official act after all.
All this is complicated as it was ruled this year I believe that there is no federal ban on gratuities for state and local officials.
I think the campaign finance is a much stronger case. But curious if you want to weigh in. Maybe make a wager
Another reason why the government would want your phone is that if you deleted anything before they got to it, they can usually recover it. The sectors that held data aren't altered, they are just no longer associated with a file that exists. There are programs available that can recover those deleted files as long as no new data was written into the sectors.
You guys had entirely too much fun recording this episode. Afraid my laughing w wake hubs.
Thanks, to all the Seriously Troubled gang! Love them bonus 'casts. And happy "work" next week to Ken.
A couple (semi-un)serious questions:
Does Merrick Garland have the opportunity to do the funniest thing of all time and appoint a Special Counsel to oversee the Ryan Wesley Routh case in front of Judge Cannon?
How specific does the selective prosecution standard of a similarly-situated person need to be? Does it rise to the level of how qualified immunity gets used?
Ken is in trial this week, so they recorded on the weekend when he wouldn't be stressed, overworked and exhausted.
Instead of Emergency Podcast, we should probably call it a podcast of convenience.
So I know this is a dumb thing to ask. But if the government takes your phone, forcing you to buy a new one, do you have any recourse as to getting reimbursement for that cost? A couple hundred dollars is not a small amount and I can’t imagine that everyone who gets their phone taken is going to be charged for something.
Seems off that they can in essence tax you several hundred dollars for the ‘crime’ of having evidence of something they’re looking into on your personal phone
Dear friend, I hope for your sanity you never Google the abuses of civil forfeiture. Thats some ish that will make your blood boil!!!
Oh believe me, I've seen a lot about that, and it still infuriates me every time I hear about it. I also remember hearing a story of a family who's house got wrecked to the point of having to become condemned because a criminal who was fleeing the cops hid in it. And of course, got paid nothing.
Honestly that's why I started by saying it's a dumb thing to ask. because of course the cops can wreck your stuff or take your stuff without paying you back. But there was that tiny grain of hope
Great episode, very funny
Hey Ken, little late to the party here but since SCOTUS seriously nerfed the status gratuity element and Congress hasn’t been biting at the bit to strengthen anti-corruption laws legislatively (wonder why) what do you think Adam’s chances of skating on bribery charges are? Seems a bit flimsy to me even though he was obviously playing ball. It’s a single official act after all.
All this is complicated as it was ruled this year I believe that there is no federal ban on gratuities for state and local officials.
I think the campaign finance is a much stronger case. But curious if you want to weigh in. Maybe make a wager
Any commentary on the Tina Peters sentencing. Talk about someone talking herself into a harsher sentence ...
Anybody else looking forward to hearing Ken talk about the Tina Peters case?
Another reason why the government would want your phone is that if you deleted anything before they got to it, they can usually recover it. The sectors that held data aren't altered, they are just no longer associated with a file that exists. There are programs available that can recover those deleted files as long as no new data was written into the sectors.
Is 75 in a 65 and going with the flow of traffic a reasonable defense to a ticket?
Not to soliciting illegal campaign contributions.
Thanks for the not an emergency emergency podcast!