Judge rules officials should perform official task, which is their one and only task.
And this is where we are at today. Where’s Captain Obvious when you need him?
What? Is that not… What they do anyways?
Not if they were planning on being obstructionist!
In other news: judge rules firefighters must put out fires
But also rules that police do not have to serve and protect.
Yeah, that’s just marketing and branding. Could be worse though. In some countries, you never call the cops unless it’s really really bad. When they show up, they usually just take your money and ignore whatever other crimes happened before that. It’s sort of like a local mafia, but it’s partially government funded.
There are a few of them who were trying to argue that the law doesn’t say they are required to certify results. So they can say “I don’t trust these results, I refuse to certify them”. Or, alternatively, “I think these particular votes were fraudulent, so I’m not going to count them.”
But it might not have been a crime not to. Maybe there’s a precedent now. Ianaloa.
The ruling, if it stands, puts to rest the question of […]
America in a nutshell.
