• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    Knowing it would be appealed, no matter the ruling, the lower court found it was an insurrection. The next court had to take that as a factual finding. They could not argue or retry that question. It is now a legal fact.

    Brilliant move! That judge took one for the team, called a coward and a traitor. And you see what we have here today. (insert wasted.meme)

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        That’s not how American courts work?

        Nope. The court of appeals can find fault with the methods, procedure, precedent etc but not the facts.

        (Also, that’s not how question marks work.)

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          But here’s the thing: they could easily say the method that led to the finding is wrong. It’s not a fact.

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            If it’s decided by the lower court it is held as fact. It may not in your opinion be correct but it is verifiably a fact at this point.