Yep. That should have been the issue from the beginning, but the trial court and CA weren’t having it.
Habba in the administration
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Presidents are politicians. They customarily campaign. Does that mean campaigning is a core function of the presidency or an official act? Of course not. They raise money from donors frequently. Is raising money for your political party an official act? Again, that would be silly.
They were not. And it was an issue of first impression, as the SCt. noted. Going back to the discussion with crazed, the Constitution is indeterminate on this issue. Those judges wrote opinions that were reasonable, and cited the relevant law, especially when faced with arguments by Trump's team that he couldn't be tried for a crime unless he was first impeached and that he had total immunity for every act conducted while he was President, all the way up to and including the Seal Team 6 hypo, unless he was impeached. As you know, many decisions are limited by the quality of the lawyering in front of the court.
So what's your proof of Habba's nuanced and deep understanding of immunity law that is better than those judges?
Agree about the fund raising. What could be the test for a campaign speech? Biden’s last SOTU was a campaign speech, but it has official trappings.
I think you can figure out some good, relevant questions: Where was it? Who paid for it (lights, location, etc.)? What was the purpose? Was it part of the Pres.'s listed Constitutional duties? Something necessary to carrying them out?
Dbm we had William Wallace down at camp lago today. Rocky was hanging out too. I think he’s always down there now. Man I sure wish we were in that mix. I think they ran 48 out.
Yes I can figure out some questions. The point is that a campaign speech could be an official act
The issues are clear as mud.
Yep. The Tulsa King said he’s the 2nd George Washington. Fact. Mad Mel was wearing shorts. Weird but whatever. Elon is reportedly dropping 9 figures on a nice pad right down the street.
Mom used to say if she could do it over again she'd have gone into dermatology -- you can't cure them and they don't die.
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Had a case ages ago. Girl presented to derm. Derm said that spot looks funny. Did a punch biopsy. Sent it out. Month goes by no response. Calls dr’s office. Haven’t heard. Lady at the desk says sorry we haven’t called everything is fine. Derm retires. Fast forward a few years. New derm. That spot looks suspicious. Oh yeah had it examined. All good. Dr says I want to see. Gets the old scan. Positive. Stage 0 skin cancer. Was never told. Now Dr sends her out and she has full on cancer. Dies a few years later. Mid 30s
Unless they get melanoma or whatever it was that killed Jimmy Buffett
And short SOLs where you’re fighting over delayed discovery etc
Oh I am sure that's true... keep supply limited so they can charge huge prices and make long waits.
Sounds like a pathologist screwed up. Had a similar issue locally. The pathologist (of course the hospital doesn’t have one in-house…would rather spend money on more administration) wasn’t even doing his job. Just signing off. Gave several people a death sentence
Because at some point too much is too much. Sticking it to the greedy [________] means we all end up paying more, one way or the other. I'd rather see criminal sanctions in the most egregious cases. The perps are never the ones who actually pay in civil actions.
hmmmm. it's definitely a tough one. and we do pay more to an extent. increased premiums get passed on, or at least a portion does. and we don't want doctors to feel too encumbered. defensive medicine ostensibly sounds like a positive but it's not in reality. at a pedantic level there's questions of constitutionality. infringement on the rights of a jury. on and on. but there's also a practical aspect or practical aspects to caps. facts can be such that a horrific life-altering blatant f up can destroy the life of a person who with non economic caps won't recover shit. it's tantamount to an oh shit oh well. there's also a lawyerly element to caps in the sense that they can effectively render claimants unable to bring actions while insulating negligent doctors. med mal in many places used ot be affordable. go get your whore to sign an affidavit that in his medical opinion the standard was breached and let's go do some discovery. then in most places the opining dr to get past the gatekeeper has to be of the same speciality. and the costs have exploded. and under many policies unlike a car crash an insurance provider can't settle without physician consent. so the dr fights. so the expenses become ridiculous to litigate these cases. so with caps that window of settlement just closes. so more and more lawyers say can't do med mal. too expensive. too risky. too hard. and the injured get fckd over.
anyway just a little rant. lots there in caps
I had melanoma a year and half ago on my arm. They took a chunk out, along with a couple lymph nodes.
Fortunately, they got it in time before it hit the lymph nodes.
It is some serious shit. Everyone needs to get a full body scan at least once a year - 4 times a year for me, now that I've had it. I know my dermatologist licks his chops every time I come in - he always finds a piece of me to cut out.
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That's why there's such a high demand for Physicians Assistants and Nurse Practitioners - they basically do everything a doctor does, but they have to be under a doctor. I rarely see an actual doctor anymore.
Got nothing to do with Habba, but everything to do with how fvcked up the NY courts are.
Yeah you can't see the doctor anymore... or it's hard to get an appointment in a reasonable time.
And you know what - we're still charged the same amount as seeing a doctor.
This is what pisses me off. You've got multiple PAs reporting to the doctor and the practice - owned by doctors or hospitals or some group - pocket the profits. We might actuallly be able to pay PAs or NPs directly if they could just charge us a fee. Instead, we have to pay a standard rate, no matter what.
Catastrophic insurance is a lot less than the comprehensive insurance we have to have. Thanks, Obama!
Some more Habba career highlights:
****Trump first hired Habba’s small New Jersey-based firm Habba Madaio & Associate in 2021 to sue his niece Mary Trump and The New York Times for $100 million for publishing information about his tax returns. That case was ultimately dismissed, and Trump was ordered to pay $400,000 in legal fees.
*****In 2022, Habba was among a team of Trump lawyers who were hit with $50,000 each for bringing a spurious lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, among others, after a federal judge in Florida accused his attorneys of abusing the legal system as a political sideshow.
“The courts are not intended for performative litigation for purposes of fund-raising and political statements,” District Judge Donald Middlebroks wrote.
****In the case of E Jean Carroll, a federal judge scolded Habba for failing “evidence 101” after trying to read out evidence that had not been introduced and repeatedly cut her off from lines of questioning that sought to undermine Carroll’s character, landing blows against Trump’s accuser that were meant for Trump more than the jury.
After a two-week trial, a jury awarded Carroll more than $83 million in damages for his defamatory statements about her.
“I’m disappointed in my legal talent, I’ll be honest with you,” Trump said in the aftermath of that case.
******In August, Habba quietly settled with a former Bedminster golf club waitress who accused Habba of tricking her into signing an illegal non-disclosure agreement to keep quiet about allegations of sexual harassment against a supervisor.
That settlement marked the end of a nearly year-long civil lawsuit from Alice Bianco, who argued that the club “defrauded” her into accepting $15,000 on the condition that she not speak publicly about the allegations — a deal reportedly brokered by Habba.
Now, the good parts, and why Trump hired her and stays with her:
