Anonymous ID: ffd740 March 14, 2024, 4:36 a.m. No.20565534   🗄️.is đź”—kun

In Fischer v. USA, SCOTUS will decide whether DOJ lawfully applied a section of U.S. Code known prosaically as 1512(c)(2).

It was added in the wake of the Enron scandal in 2002 and prohibits tampering with evidence or obstructing an official proceeding. The statute was written because executives at the corrupt energy company had ordered employees to shred incriminating documents. Conviction carries a prison sentence of up to 20 years.

Previous case law shows a precedent of applying 1512(c) only to judicial proceedings. There is another section of federal law — namely 1505 — that applies to obstruction of proceedings before other bodies, such as Congress, but it carries a sentence of not more than five years — four times lighter than 1512(c).

In what appears to be massive judicial collusion, judges in J6 cases ignored precedent and repeatedly referenced one another’s cases to justify the use of 1512(c)(2) against J6ers.

Fischer v. USA involves two people convicted of violating 1512(c)(2), but they argue the very obvious fact that the certification of a federal election is not a judicial proceeding. They believe that 1512(c) was applied so that exorbitant sentences could be handed down.

The case was originally before U.S. District Court Judge Trevor McFadden, in D.C., who said 1512(c)(2) does not apply to the certification of the electoral college count. DOJ is challenging his ruling.

The outcome will affect some 330 J6 defendants, including Trump, who is charged with two counts of 1512(c)(2) violations.

Many are optimistic because of another case decided on March 1 in the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C.

In United States vs. Brock, Circuit Judge Patricia Millett ruled that, indeed, Electoral College certification is not a judicial proceeding. But she went a step further than that, also ruling that many J6 defendants had improperly harsh sentencing enhancements imposed on them, extending their prison time exponentially.

The J6er in this case was Larry Brock, a 1989 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, an A-10 Warthog pilot, and retired Air Force lieutenant colonel with 29 years of service. He was originally sentenced to two years in a federal penitentiary — a high-security facility usually reserved for violent criminals involved in drug trafficking, organized crime, terrorism, or treason.

SCOTUS’ decision in the Fischer case is due by the end of this term, in late June or early July.

 

https://thenewamerican.com/us/supreme-court-to-hear-case-that-could-release-j6ers/

Anonymous ID: ffd740 March 14, 2024, 4:42 a.m. No.20565544   🗄️.is đź”—kun

The Florida House on Wednesday, March 6, gave final approval to a wide-ranging bill that would ban cultured, or lab-grown, meat and local regulation of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations.

The Republican-controlled House voted 86-27 to approve SB 1084, with the bill finally ready to go to Governor Ron DeSantis. SB 1084 would make several modifications related to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS).

Democrats fixated on parts of SB 1084 that would ban the sale and manufacture of cultivated meat, which DeSantis has condemned as “fake meat,” and prevent local governments from regulating EV vehicle charging stations.

Rep. Lindsay Cross (D-St. Petersburg) claimed that both bans were meant to “stop innovation, put barriers on the free market and to lock [Florida] into existing frameworks.”

Meanwhile, Rep. Christine Hunschofsky (D-Parkland) insisted that the “food fight” section of SB 1084 “sends a bad message” to researchers and investors about lab-grown meat.

Hunschofsky added that the move could discourage manufacturers from working in Florida because “they don’t know what day of the week that the Legislature will be OK with them being in the state of Florida.”

House bill sponsor Danny Alvarez (R-Hillsborough County) said that there are still questions about the safety of lab-grown meat. He explained that selling cultivated meat needs to wait, adding that research over time could help confirm that “it is viable for consumption.”

He noted that the bill is being passed because they “know that Florida agriculture can hold us down and provide plenty of safe, quality beef and agricultural products.” Alvarez also said lab-grown meat is being banned in Florida to help protect consumers.

The measure, which passed the Senate early in March, would allow research into cultivated meat. Production involves a process of taking cultured cells from animals and growing them in controlled settings to produce food.

A potential research ban was removed from earlier versions of the bill due to worries that such a ban could affect the space industry, which is also considering the development of lab-grown meats for long-term space journeys.

Rep. Dean Black (R-Jacksonville) clarified that while it’s fine to develop “Moon meat” for astronauts, cattlemen like himself won’t support it.

“They can make it on the Moon and export it to Mars, and it’s fine to have Martian meat as well,” Black said, adding that he supported SB 1084 because you shouldn’t be able to buy lab-grown meat in Florida, or anywhere in the United States.

Under SB 1084, selling or manufacturing lab-grown meat will be considered a second-degree misdemeanor. Additionally, the bill would put oversight of EV charging stations under the FDACS, which regulates pumps at gas stations. Florida has at least 3,230 public charging stations in 44 of the 67 counties.

According to a staff analysis of the bill, electric cars made up at least three percent of cars sold in Florida from July 2020 to July 2021.

 

https://basedunderground.com/2024/03/13/florida-bill-banning-lab-grown-meat-awaits-gov-desantis-signature/