I think you mis-understood. Any one of us can heckle a judge, representative, or the president at will on twitter. OTOH, if the judge, representative, or president is currently involved in a legislative or judicial process that could affect your future, you would be well advised to keep the conversation civil. Only people who see themselves as too big to control and too big to fail would not see good reason to keep it civil under those conditions.
I think you mis-understood. Any one of us can heckle a judge, representative, or the president at will on twitter. OTOH, if the judge, representative, or president is currently involved in a legislative or judicial process that could affect your future, you would be well advised to keep the conversation civil. Only people who see themselves as too big to control and too big to fail would not see good reason to keep it civil under those conditions.
If you have an antagonistic history with a judge which would bias their decisions, then they are recused. If a judge has a financial interest in the outcome, then they are recused, and Congress is exempt from insider trading.
But if you go to trial with a judge who's never met you and the first thing you do is refer to him as fuckface, you're gonna have a bad time. No matter how hard he/she tries to put that aside, it's there.
Really? (Score:5, Insightful)
"lawmaker claimed that it and other large corporations 'exploit loopholes"
Loopholes that said 'lawmakers' left in the tax legislation either by accident (incompetent) or by design (corrupt).
Just change the laws to close the loopholes but don't ask people to pay more than YOUR laws expect them to.
Re: Really? (Score:0, Troll)
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"Warren gets one vote, if you want her to change the laws by herself give her 100 votes."
Musk and Bezos won't do it ever, even if they find 98 other people.
It's not their job, it's the lawmakers'.
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I wanted a lobotomy, but it was cheaper to visit https://twitter.com/home [twitter.com]
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While I am not a big fan of social media, it IS for the most part, a forum where anyone at any strata of life can have a more or less equal voice.
ANYONE should be able to heckle a senator with snotty tweets.
It doesn't make anyone special...and SHOUILD NOT take anyone special to talk to or talk back to a US senator.
You fucking work for US...not the other way around Warren.
El
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I think you mis-understood. Any one of us can heckle a judge, representative, or the president at will on twitter. OTOH, if the judge, representative, or president is currently involved in a legislative or judicial process that could affect your future, you would be well advised to keep the conversation civil. Only people who see themselves as too big to control and too big to fail would not see good reason to keep it civil under those conditions.
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I think you mis-understood. Any one of us can heckle a judge, representative, or the president at will on twitter. OTOH, if the judge, representative, or president is currently involved in a legislative or judicial process that could affect your future, you would be well advised to keep the conversation civil. Only people who see themselves as too big to control and too big to fail would not see good reason to keep it civil under those conditions.
If you have an antagonistic history with a judge which would bias their decisions, then they are recused. If a judge has a financial interest in the outcome, then they are recused, and Congress is exempt from insider trading.
Re: Really? (Score:2)
But if you go to trial with a judge who's never met you and the first thing you do is refer to him as fuckface, you're gonna have a bad time. No matter how hard he/she tries to put that aside, it's there.