Posted on 02/19/2024 5:41:25 PM PST by george76
Oscar Wilde wrote that “moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.” Justice Arthur Engoron took that line to heart with his absurd imposition of $455 million in fines and interest against Donald Trump and his corporation.
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Engoron then combined that unprecedented application with an equally extraordinary penalty, which is greater than the gross national product of some countries.
He disgorged hundreds of millions in a case where not one dollar was lost by anyone. Indeed, the “victims” wanted to get more business from Trump and are now being prevented from doing so by Engoron.
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Nothing succeeds like excess for judges like Engoron. By imposing this astronomical figure, he can make it difficult or impossible for a defendant to appeal, absent declaring bankruptcy or selling off assets at distress prices.
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The combination of the draconian fine and the threshold deposit for appeal has produced a shudder throughout the New York business community. The city is already experiencing an exodus of businesses and individuals from the top tax brackets. Rising crime, taxes, and eat-the-rich politics have made New York a hostile environment for businesses. At a time with rising costs from undocumented migrants, even Mayor Eric Adams is alarmed about the loss of his high earners.
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politicians like Hochul and Adams can offer is that you have nothing to fear from confiscatory actions unless you are Trump in New York.
Which is precisely why this decision should be overturned.
What is clear is that this case would never have been brought, let alone result in this massive fine, except for politics.
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This should shock the conscience of anyone concerned about the integrity and fairness of the New York legal system. Confiscatory fines and required deposits leave not just defendants but the entire system bankrupt.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Bill of Attainder much?
We tried to work within the system. We tried hard.
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”
[Remarks on the first anniversary of the Alliance for Progress, 13 March 1962]”
― John F. Kennedy
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The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind. It is immoral because it seeks to humiliate the opponent rather than win his understanding; it seeks to annihilate rather than to convert. Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love. It destroys community and makes brotherhood impossible. It leaves society in monologue rather than dialogue. Violence ends by destroying itself. It creates bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers.”—Martin Luther King, Jr.
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“I think there are plenty of good people in America, but there are also plenty of bad people in America and the bad ones are the ones who seem to have all the power and be in these positions to block things that you and I need. Because this is the situation, you and I have to preserve the right to do what is necessary to bring an end to that situation, and it doesn’t mean that I advocate violence, but at the same time I am not against using violence in self-defense. I don’t even call it violence when it’s self- defense, I call it intelligence.”—Malcolm X
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Existing businessmen have nothing to worry about as long as they get their mind right and continue to make the proper donations to the proper campaigns.
I don't even understand how this got to trial in the first place. I realize there's some twisted NY statute involved, but how did it get this far in rational minds escapes me. Hunter, Joe, Hillary, Schumer, Pelosi...how are these people not behind bars? Our legal system is so broken...
We are not a nation of laws.
We are a nation of cowardly, vindictive, childish, greedy Democrat lawyers.
The state of New York ranks second in the country, behind Texas, for the most Fortune 500 company headquarters. The 51 companies there cumulatively brought in $1.6 trillion in revenue for the 2021 fiscal year. New York City’s Madison Avenue is dotted with financial companies like JPMorgan Chase and Blackrock.
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I predict that one of the above Fortune 500 companies announces its moving to Texas or Florida in 2024.
Amazing how truth ascends time and place.
Yes, he is being a bit of a Captan Obvious, but Turley has somehow managed to speak the truth while still being accepted in elite circles.
It’s great to have people like him and Elon Musk saying these things - even if we have known it all along.
This is how popular opinion can change for the better..
Rather than saying “too little too late”, I’m just going to say “better late than never” or even “bless you for speaking the truth”
>We are a nation of cowardly, vindictive, childish, greedy Democrat lawyers.
...& their (R)N(C) enablers (IE: most of ‘em) [SEE: Uniparty that hasn’t said a PEEP since FISA fraud, weaponization of (Fed) lawfare, spying on opposition via 5 Eyes, etc.]
Can buyers of expensive properties now threaten fraud if they see an inflated price beyond what the tax assessors price is?????
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