I grew up in a small town. We had some cattle and worked them but I was no "cowyboy" with the horses. Some of my small town folks on the facebook enjoyed critiquing his horse riding display. Kind of funny. Glad he keeps on giving.
Update on Menendez. The District Judge ruled last week that the most serious allegations lacked merit as a matter of law and couldn't be retried. He also ruled that certain evidence was inadmissible. Based on these rulings, the DOJ has dropped all charges.
If the charges lacked merit as a matter of law, then I don't see how that would make a difference. The Texas jury's verdict would get set aside.
Yes, but if the allegations lacked merit as a matter of law, the case is going to be taken away from the jury and judgment rendered for the defendant. That would have been true, even if the jury had found him guilty.
Perhaps, but I think some judges don't like to toss cases without a trial and want to give plaintiffs or prosecutors the opportunity to put on their case, even if they're skeptical. Having said that, why not grant a directed verdict after the prosecution rests? Did the defendants not ask for one? If the case was that meritless and they didn't ask for one, that's some sloppy lawyering. Maybe they wanted to bill Menendez and his buddy for a few more days by putting on their case. lol
It sounds like you are better versed in this case than me. Did the trial judge change? Did any controlling law change while it was pending? (I have seen both these things happen)
Sometimes, a judge will deny a borderline motion for directed verdict because a defense verdict is harder to get around on appeal. In the event of a plaintiff/guilty jury verdict (or a mistrial), then and only then will the judge put his neck on the line by throwing out the claims/charges.
For what it's worth, I think Menendez's conduct was sleazy as hell, and should be illegal. But I don't think it was illegal under McDonnell v. US, which sets the bar ridiculously high for public corruption charges.
Only one other candidate has formally announced, and he's a no-name who runs for governor every year. I don't think he's ever managed to get 0.1% of the vote. I have heard rumblings that party leaders are trying to push him out, but nothing public has come out to the best of my knowledge.
Monmouth University polling suggests the purported Dem lead in generic House ballot has collapsed from a 15-point lead to 2. In one month.
On top of Party money (or lack of it), is that the Koch Brothers plan to spend $400 million on GOP races
The Monmouth University Poll was conducted by telephone from January 28 to 30, 2018 with 806 adults in the United States. The results in this release have a margin of error of +/- 3.5 percent. https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/reports/MonmouthPoll_US_013118/
So this was before the SOTU. After the Democrat **** show those idiots put on it has to be even worse.
Seems so. It does include Tuesday (30th) within the 3 days, which I am going to guess means it was all concluded prior to the nighttime speech
