I sent this to my girlfriend, then when she flipped it over I flashed my titties at her.

It’s almost like the legal system is made to be obscure and obtuse by design. Difficult to know what’s going on there as a lay person.

They are appealing temporary restraining orders, which are not legally appealeable! TROs are extreme methods of relief designed to stop something from occurring that has a huge risk of irreparable harm, and are temporary so that the court can actually take the time to weigh the issue.

Usually a TRO is issued for 2-3 weeks, the court takes that time to come to grips with what’s happening, and then can rule with a better understanding. If you could just appeal a TRO, then you could just take the action that causes the irreparable harm faster than any court can effectively rule, which is why they’re not supposed to be appealeable.

So yes, appealing a TRO is dystopian and illegal, but who can stop it? The supreme court eventually…

Thanks for always watching out for me Satan!

By and large, I would say this is not true. Ask any random folks who Pinochet and the Chicago Boys were, or ask about MKULTRA or COINTELPRO, or Operation Cóndor, and the best you’re likely to get is a blank stare.

I think a most of the more terrible things the US has done is known by highly educated folks who were given the opportunities to learn them on specialized education tracks, but not by most folks on average, which really sucks =/