Many of us have expressed alarm at the politicization of the criminal justice system in New York by figures such as Attorney General Letitia James and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. It now appears that New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin is angling to get into the lawfare frenzy.
The conviction of Trump on 34 felonies has either thrilled or repelled citizens. For many of us, it is a sign of the degradation of our legal system. Even the chief CNN legal analyst has acknowledged that Bragg contorted the law to bring the recent case against former President Donald Trump in an unprecedented prosecution.
Yet, the use of the legal system for political purposes is clearly popular in New York where people were literally dancing in the street outside of the courthouse after the recent verdict against Trump. Now Platkin’s office has announced that it is “reviewing” whether to pull the liquor licenses for Trump golf clubs since he is now convicted of felonies in New York. It appears that lawfare is nothing if not intoxicating for Democratic politicians.
According to an article in the Hill, the New Jersey Attorney General’s Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control is “reviewing the impact of President Trump’s conviction” on his liquor licenses for the Trump National Golf Club in Colts Neck, Lamington Farm Club, and Trump National Golf Club Philadelphia in Pine Hill.
The latest effort is based on a vague standard governing crimes of “moral turpitude” under New Jersey law:
No license of any class shall be issued to any person under the age of 18 years or to any person who has been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude. A beneficiary of a trust who is not otherwise disqualified to hold an interest in a license may qualify regardless of age so long as the trustee of the trust qualifies and the trustee shall hold the beneficiary’s interest in trust until the beneficiary is at least the age of majority.
A “crime of moral turpitude” is a familiar, though dated, standard in American law. I teach the standard in torts as one of the traditional “per se” categories for slander under the common law. It was generally used to denote conduct of immorality or serious offenses to norms of society. New Jersey defines it as including “any offense that carries the possibility of one year in jail and involves acts of baseness, vileness, or depravity in the private and social duties which a man owes to his fellowmen, or to society in general.
Even the New Jersey Alcoholic Beverage Control handbook notes that in “some instances, it may be unclear whether a conviction involves an element of moral turpitude.” Yet, Trump has a way to bringing clarity for his critics whenever they must chose between politics and principle.
For most of us, it is hard to see how falsifying business records would constitute “acts of baseness, vileness, or depravity in the private and social duties which a man owes to his fellowmen, or to society in general.” However, for Democrats, it seems that any act by Trump is by definition base, vile, and depraved.
The piling on of investigations and charges by Democratic officials has reinforced Trump’s long narrative of a weaponization of the legal system against him and his supporters. Polling shows that most citizens view some of these cases as political prosecutions and that they are having diminishing impact on voter preferences. Yet, they remain thrilling for Democratic voters who lionize prosecutors who come up with novel or unprecedented avenues to hammer Trump or hit his businesses. It does not seem to matter that removing the liquor licenses of these clubs can endanger thousands of jobs of citizens or chill other businesses in considering investments in New York or New Jersey.
In the end, the effort is hardly surprising. Lawfare is like binge drinking: the excess is the very measure of its success.
I shared this post with my friends on FaceBook this morning. They immediately removed it as a violation of their community standards. Just thought you might find that interesting. Also, when I went to find it so I could make this post, it had mysteriously vanished from my inbox and was also not in my deleted folder. Nice try Microsoft, it was still in my browser history.
So, as it turns out, Donald J. Trump is not registered as having beneficial ownership in any of the NJ golf clubs that are in question here. Also, the NJ Div Alcoholic Beverage Control reports to the office of NJ Attorney General Matthew Platkin. Which begs the question of whether Platkin is totally incompetent, or whether this was purely an exercise in political grandstanding (I don’t regard those as entirely mutually exclusive propositions)? In addition, the applications for liquor licenses in NJ are public records, which means that the ownership details were available to ANY interested party.
Trump Organization says N.J. golf club liquor license probe doesn’t apply to ex-president
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jun/11/trump-organization-says-nj-golf-club-liquor-licens/
“How many times have you heard this line, the blood of liberty uh, uh , give me a break”
———Joe Biden today
Buh buh buh trump electric boats sharks
Turley,
I don’t know if you’d say this lawfare per se.
Let suppose its Hunter Biden who had a night club in NJ. (Beautiful Crime Free downtown Newark NJ.)
Now he’s been found guilty of his gun crimes.
Would it be ‘piling on’ if NJ did the same thing? Looked into pulling his liquor license because he’s now a convicted felon?
To be fair… I’m sure there are people in NJ who didn’t like Trump prior to 2016 and were looking for anything to get him.
I’m sure this is just the excuse.
As to NJ… I’d wait until the dust settled before looking at it.
Of course if Trump walks away from the business and it goes to Don Jr. and Trump had nothing to do w the biz… the issue becomes moot.
No?
-G
Joe Bidens grandchildren were seen storming from Joes Delaware compound this weekend. Apparently they were mad because grandpa kept winning at scrabble by just “making up words.”
Has anyone seen the video of Joe and Hunter at the airport?
Watch as Joe stares blankly and holds the granddaughter such that her head is against his crotch.
He then grabs her by the head with both hands and forces her to look up so that he can kiss her on the lips.
Vile, disgusting human
Oh yes, I have seen the video in Germany. I was so disgusted, especially because both Hunter and his wife failed to stop this heinous act. A terrible family! Biden himself belongs in the dock for child abuse! I hope President Trump sends these horrible people to hell!
JD Vance Vetted For VP Slot
Questions Would Disqualify Trump
JD Vance, a rightwing senator vying to be Donald Trump’s running mate, has inadvertently revealed that as part of his vetting for the role, he was asked questions that might disqualify Trump himself.
Talking to Fox & Friends, the Republican senator for Ohio told co-host Steve Doocy that his team had been asked “for a number of things” as part of a traditional background check for the vice-president role, adding that “a number of people have been asked to submit this and that”.
Doocy interjected: “Like your taxes or something?” before raising the ante: “Your criminal background?”
Vance replied: “I don’t know everything they’ve been asked, yeah, but certainly like: ‘Have you ever committed a crime?’ ‘Have you ever lied about this?’”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/11/trump-vp-jd-vance-vetting
The guardian is suitable for wiping your ass.
Oh, the irony.
You fvcking spastic idiots are all just alike.
Would Joe Biden have met the criteria he set for his running mate???
Bwahahahahaha. Low IQ ass holes.
“Uh duh dup duh dup, I think I’ll go post something really stupid on a “right wing” website and see what happens.”
——-Spastic idiot non savant
Do those boogers taste good?
Also sick of them describing Joe as a wonderful dad. My dying ass.
While his son was in the throws of a severe crack addiction, Joe was flying him all over the globe like some kind of fvcking hood ornament.
But claims he has no idea what Hunter was up to once he got him there.
The mendacity. Joe Biden was as shitty a dad to Hunter as he is a grandfather to Navy
Its funny how the MSM that decried the Hunter prosecution as totally unjust and politically motivated, today are applauding it as a shining example of our wonderful justice system.
The hubris of these pathetic ass holes
Paul Ryan says to run “Goofy” Gavin or Moochhell.
Paul Ryan doesn’t care who; just get Buydone out now!
Ryan is a POS.
That sorry POS Hunter Biden, knowing he was guilty, put his daughter on the stand in an effort to wriggle off the hook. So disgusting how little regard he yet has for anyone but himself.
If he appeals, it indicates zero remorse, and a desire to continue to attempt to game the system. I hope the PO is certain to ask his intention.
Svelaz George The Idiot,
you would be so proud of Juan Williams.
He learned his talking point as well as you.
He just claimed on Fox that 20+ million people LIE on the ATF form each year.
LMAO
But naw, you’re an independent thinker, huh