agracer said:
will25u said:
interpretation for us non-legal types?
I saw this on Twitter, and seems to be spot on:
"It is FUNDAMENTAL tenet of law that you can NOT infer malicious conduct from lawful conduct. NOTHING in the Access Hollywood tape provided a reasonable inference of non-consensual conduct since the ONLY reference is to "they LET you do it." Completely repugnant to due process."
The judge in the case let the Access Hollywood tape in, and the plaintiffs claimed that this showed a pattern of behavior that Trump treats all women bad and forces himself on them.
But, the reality is that the tape was just a discussion between two guys doing locker room talk, and Trump indicated in the tape that he only does things that women let them do.
I know that it is impossible for some people to believe that Trump might exaggerate, just a little bit, how incredibly irresistible that hot women find him.
It's a sham trial, in my opinion. Anything bringing up 30 year old accusations of assault needs to be documented with pretty solid proof. What was presented was not anything close to pretty solid proof.
The dissenters say that the Access Hollywood tape should never have been admitted as evidence. The majority say that it was fine to let the tape in. But, the dissent gives Team Trump a pretty clear path to do down with SCOTUS.
Nothing surprising here.