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ArcticStones's avatar

I wonder what would have happened if Attorney General Josh Kaul, instead of going to the courts, simply had Elon Musk arrested and detained? With so much at stake, and Musk clearly in violation of the spirit and letter of the law – in state after state – it surprises me that AG Kaul didn’t choose to play hardball. It’s high time somebody did!

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DM's avatar

I haven't read any good analysis of exactly how they came to this conclusion, but it was a unanimous decision. I don't see how this is different from walking into a bar with $20 or $100 bills to entice people to vote.

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ArcticStones's avatar

Yes. Moreover, it wasn’t just Musk’s two million-dollar giveaways. His Wisconsin canvassers have been widely reported to offer young people $100 to vote in this election!

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DiesIrae's avatar

That $100 offer wasn't challenged here. The court unanimously refused to pre-enforce the law, for technical reasons (it's hard to do this, and in many ways that's as it should be). Also, what Musk did last night was gross but not illegal, as he offered $1 million to petition signers rather than to voters. I think it is more likely to backfire than to help his cause.

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Marcus Graly's avatar

I do hope that whenever the Democrats next win the White House they denaturalize Musk under that 1952 law Rubio is using. There's certainly a better case that his presence in the country has "serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States" than with some student who co-wrote an op-ed for their campus paper.

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YouHaveToVoteForOneOfUS's avatar

Musk is the reason the word “expropriation” exists.

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Marcus Graly's avatar

Wee little problem with the 5th amendment on that one.

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Paleo's avatar

It would have backfired in the election tomorrow.

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Morgan Whitacre's avatar

I certainly agree with this.

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