Hehe
Narrator: Team Trump has not advanced any claim of declassification.
DeSantis is going to pay these people a lot of money.
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I love everything that Chief Salazar has to say here. And am completely conflicted by the visual of the video that screams neo-nazi extremist manifesto.
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When I first saw it with the volume off, I assumed he was MA law enforcement, because their stuff would make even Nazis blush.
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Not seeing that,
DeSantis rapidly replacing Trump as the bete noire of all who are virtuous - appearing on the cover of this weekâs New York Times Sunday Magazine.
DeSantis is not ready for prime time. His shit will play with Trumpâs base, but that only gets you a fraction of a fraction of the electorate. Heâs not bright, heâs just a thug and will flame out when he tries to take his campaign national.
Major announcement from Tish James coming this morning. 
QAnon says that Democrats are paedophiles.
Meanwhile, DemocratsâŚ
Great. Now do the statute of limitations for everything else.
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Statute of limitations is overall a good thing and an important principle of justice. I get that there are exceptions, such as the aforementioned child sexual abuse, but allowing the government to hold something over your head indefinitely doesnât exactly square with enlightenment ideals.
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The UK has statutes of limitations only for offenses akin to misdemeanors. I see no value in having a limitation on felonies, such that you can wriggle off the hook even after an investigation has been opened if you can run out the clock.
Regardless of the above difference of opinions, if itâs right and proper to remove the limitation on chid sexual arise, there is very little logic in keeping it for adult sexual abuse, especially as many of the same impediments for children coming forward to report such crimes apply to adults, too.
From the article:
The bill eliminates time constraints for survivors to file civil claims related to sex abuse crimes against minors, including forced labor, sex trafficking, sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children.
Previously, minors who survived such abuse were able to file federal claims until they reached the age of 28 or until a decade after the violation or injury was discovered.
No federal statute of limitations was in place for criminal claims regarding child sex abuse.
Well, here in the U.S. the right to criminal due process of law is a pretty big one. You have a right to know the charges brought against you, you have the right to know who your accusers are, you have the right to a fair and impartial trial, you have the right to legal counsel, you have the right to not be forced to testify against yourself, you have the right to not face double jeopardy, you have the right to not be subject to cruel or unsual punishment, you have the right for your trial to be public, you have the right to present evidence in your own defense, and you have the right to all of this without âunnecessary delayâ. That last part is actually quite important in supporting many of the former.
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As an example:
âLimey, one of our employees says they witness you steal that iPhone 3 in 2008.â
âWhat, I paid for thatâ
âYou have your receipt?â
âHuh? No, I threw that out six iPhone generations agoâ
âGee, thatâs too bad. We may come after you now, or we may wait another 10 yearsâŚjust keep that in mind as you live the rest of your life. Thoughts and prayersâ
You donât see where thatâs uncool?
The problem isnât that criminal cases drag out too long once initiated, itâs that the statute limit can prohibit the initiation of a criminal case if too much time has passed. In this regard, âunnecessary delayâ is a very relative term, and not one that is easily codified into set time periods.
I get that it shouldnât be absolute. But see my example above. You think thatâs ok? And that itâs OK for them to accuse you after every generation of iPhone you buy? Just to fuck with you and make your life miserable?
In your hypothetical, I would be able to prove purchase without the paper receipt - Apple will have records. If someone accused me of it every year, Iâd get them fired and/or sue them for harassment. Also, Iâd laminate the fucking receipt after year one.
Ignoring that your remedy only works is thereâs some sort of prohibition against itâŚitâs almost like there should be some sort ofâŚstatuteâŚthat says âif you think I wronged you, make your case and letâs get it settled fairly. Otherwise, STFUâ. Which is exactly what the statute of limitations is. Again, I understand that there isnât a defined time for every offense and there are exceptions. And like anything else, there is the opportunity for abuse. But all of those other elements of due process arenât babies you want to throw out with that bathwater. Even if itâs Trump-contaminated bathwater.
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Well, itâs actually a crime to file false accusations maliciously, so there is that. Failing that, a civil suit for libel/slander is a remedy even if thereâs not a legal prohibition against it.
Not when itâs the government doing the filing.
I think we agree that removing the statute of limitations for sexual abuse of children is a good thing. As I said above, the next logical step is to do the same for adults. Then we can work down the list to see at what point we disagree, but I think weâd get a reasonable way down the list before we get to âiPhone theftâ.