I just feel strongly that this is what the extortionist extraordinaire has done, and is doing. Trump has wielded his masterful manipulation ability to gain street cred, like a rapper that gets shot gang banging and sells more albums. What he's done has created reasons for people to rally to his cause and vote for him, to support him because he's being attacked by evil, lawless, corrupt gangsters. It's masterful, genius, and obvious to me. Your opinion is every bit as valid as my own. We are sovereign bro.

I have been making an effort lately to not state my disagreements on some of your posts. You have heard them already. I would rather focus on matters on which we agree, which are myriad, and more substantial IMHO, than technical matters on which we don't agree. However I REQUIRE criticism, or I'll end up like these judges, utterly off the rails in lala land. So, don't hold back on me.

You could be right about the Bar and courts. But as I understand the law, it is constrained by decisions of higher courts, and when the decisions I referred to in the OP are before the SCOTUS, they will be overturned. The spirit of Aloha does not trump the Constitution. It isn't lawful to accept four guilty votes from a jury of 12 and convict. Judges that claim such things should be disbarred because they devalue the Bar itself, making a mockery of law and jurisprudence, even if judges have latitude to rule as they wish. Delusional and trolling judges will be removed from a system that requires reason to exist. The Second Amendment exists in every courtroom in America.

Thanks!