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Re:SEC Asks Manhattan Federal Court to Hold Elon Musk in Con... by supernovae on Monday February 25, 2019 @07:26PM (#19250893)
We don't even hold our president liable for what he says on twitter.
Re:SEC Asks Manhattan Federal Court to Hold Elon Musk in Con... by TheCoelacanth on Monday February 25, 2019 @07:39PM (#19250993)
That's because our constitution has no non-political mechanism for holding the president to the law. Unfortunately for Musk, the SEC has no such limitation.
Re:SEC Asks Manhattan Federal Court to Hold Elon Musk in Con... by what_ever on Monday February 25, 2019 @07:33PM (#19250945)
Whataboutism.
Re:SEC Asks Manhattan Federal Court to Hold Elon Musk in Con... by supernovae on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @09:50AM (#19254685)
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Re:SEC Asks Manhattan Federal Court to Hold Elon Musk in Con... by gamblor956 on Monday February 25, 2019 @07:33PM (#19250943)
Trump's twitter statements have actually been used in court to strike down several of his executive actions...
Re:SEC Asks Manhattan Federal Court to Hold Elon Musk in Con... by zaroth on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @12:18PM (#19256259)
Only in rulings that were later overturned, AFAIK.
Re:SEC Asks Manhattan Federal Court to Hold Elon Musk in Con... by gamblor956 on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @01:05PM (#19256744)
The rulings I am referring to still stand...

Several of the courts hearing DACA cases upheld the law, in at least one instance solely because of Trump's tweets established a racial motivation rather than a policy motivation for terminating the program.

The Muslim ban was heavily modified after courts repeatedly struck it down based on Trump's anti-Muslim tweets. The final version was designed to address the issues raised in the original rulings. It is limited to countries like Iran and Syria which are openly hostile to the US, and countries like Yemen and Somalia which have contributed a large portion of the membership of terrorist groups like Al Queada and ISIS. Two of the countries were added to that list Venezuela and North Korea) solely because they aren't Muslim. Persons on this list are feasibly national security concerns, which is just enough of a justification to uphold the travel ban on legal grounds.

Re:SEC Asks Manhattan Federal Court to Hold Elon Musk in Con... by Aeolun on Monday February 25, 2019 @07:45PM (#19251043)
Yeah, it’s a bit of a disgrace really. Influencing global politics and destroying the US’s reputation in the world is apparently less relevant than someone potentially influencing some stocks.

I dunno, looking on from overseas it’s a bit surreal. Trumps tweets have normalized too, so it’s no news anymore when he tweets something outrageous.

Re:SEC Asks Manhattan Federal Court to Hold Elon Musk in Con... by morpheuskafka on Monday February 25, 2019 @09:53PM (#19251644)
Trump didn't commit securities fraud on Twitter. Yes, his Tweets are outrageous and absurd, but very few if any break the law. Him blocking people on Twitter was found to be unlawful and reversed by a court--for the same reason as Musk's activities, because he has repeatedly used his "personal" account for his job.