[-] airbreather@lemmy.world 76 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

The 8th amendment has a clause that disallows "excessive bail". In Stack v. Boyle, the Supreme Court found this to mean "that a defendant's bail cannot be set higher than an amount that is reasonably likely to ensure the defendant's presence at the trial." So it follows that IN THEORY, bail is SUPPOSED to be set at an amount that is consistent with the defendant's financial resources (including, it would also follow, increasing the amount for more wealthy people to ensure that it has the same proportionate effect on the defendant's decision-making process).

Of course, that rule is just a bunch of meaningless words if nobody enforces it... and guess what, the main way to enforce this is by bringing a suit against the government alleging that they violated the rule. So IN PRACTICE (speculation warning here, I'm just some guy), I would imagine that they just set bail schedules at a level where anyone who can afford to pay won't be able to win an "excessive bail" lawsuit, and anyone who can't afford to pay it will also probably not be able to afford the cost of that lawsuit.

And something tells me that we aren't likely to see a wealthy person suing the government for not setting bail high enough for them.

[-] airbreather@lemmy.world 71 points 1 month ago

New Zealand was not Kung Fu fighting

[-] airbreather@lemmy.world 65 points 2 months ago

Once the lifetime appointees have been dealt with in whatever way, the Court will have nine members, each appointed one after the other with two years in between, with the next-most-senior member's term expiring every two years to keep the number stable at nine.

[-] airbreather@lemmy.world 23 points 6 months ago
[-] airbreather@lemmy.world 47 points 7 months ago

I'm good until I run out, I guess.

[-] airbreather@lemmy.world 35 points 8 months ago

From the article:

Brussel competes in the 100-to-104 age category, as categories are determined by birth year.

[-] airbreather@lemmy.world 24 points 8 months ago

Its going from 7 to 77, not 57

"from 2 7°C to 77°C" is either "from 27°C to 77°C" with an extremely problematic line break position, or something unintelligible.

[-] airbreather@lemmy.world 243 points 9 months ago

Why are they encrypting their communications? Do they have something to hide?

If they've got nothing to hide, then they've got nothing to fear.

Or so I've heard, anyway, right?

[-] airbreather@lemmy.world 79 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

365. Next year is a leap year.

[-] airbreather@lemmy.world 25 points 9 months ago

Indeed, there was a time when they would just fix things without calling them "recalls".

Then, the government claimed that it was illegal for the company to update things like this — even over-the-air — without also calling them "recalls" and going through this exercise.

https://www.newsweek.com/tesla-faces-114m-fines-if-it-doesnt-tell-us-why-it-failed-issue-safety-recall-1638620

[-] airbreather@lemmy.world 37 points 11 months ago

I can't remember the exact number but it's between 1000 and 900.

Is it 911?

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