They're having trouble getting jurors in one of the trials against Elon Musk because "so many people hate him so much" https://www.law360.com/articles/2443845/-hate-for-musk-quickly-narrows-jury-pool-in-twitter-deal-trial

[viss@mastodon.social]

@taylorlorenz i do not have an adequate amount of tiny violin or popcorn gifs for this

[telepyleia@infosec.exchange]

@taylorlorenz trial by peers, so maybe they should ask billionaires to judge him?

[futuristicrobert@infosec.exchange]

@taylorlorenz maybe if he goes back to South Africa he'll get a fair trial.

[lashman@mastodon.social]

@taylorlorenz heartwarming

[ramenjunkie@retro.pizza]

@taylorlorenz Maybe there should be a clause on trials that if a person is so shitty that a jury can't be formed, it just becomes and automatic loss against the hated person.

"Guilty of being a supreme asshole your honor."

[maryaustinbooks@mstdn.social]

@RamenJunkie @taylorlorenz
Maybe they could make a jury of his babymamas, ex wives and adult kids. I'd pay money to see that.

[paco@infosec.exchange]

@taylorlorenz It is good that they can’t find 12 of his “peers” for a jury. One is bad enough. We don’t need a bakers dozen.

[chacheneguer@neopaquita.es]

@taylorlorenz @sagilca

It's easy. Just look for satisfied Tesla car buyers... 🤭

[chuckmcmanis@chaos.social]

@taylorlorenz crocodile tears.

[flipper@mastodonapp.uk]

@taylorlorenz I would totally be disqualified.

[illuminatus@mstdn.social]

@taylorlorenz This is the energy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUlj48Rvp1c

[netraven@hear-me.social]

@taylorlorenz why should it be considered bias if he's so hateable? that seems like a loophole. Nope, you can only have jurors that don't hate him? Maybe they're on Mars.

[robo105@mastodon.social]

@taylorlorenz Well, he is an ubermensch so when it comes to hate he will defeat us all

[tlariv@mastodon.cloud]

@taylorlorenz
I love that that quote is from his own attorney.

[nickrauchen@c.im]

@taylorlorenz

Isn't that in effect the largest ever "jury of his peers"?

[baubaus@mastodon.social]

@taylorlorenz Did he also eliminated the crazies who still considers him a genius, or he looked for them as the only jurors allowed ?

[dolino@mastodon.social]

@taylorlorenz Elon is untouchable for now

[zenheathen@beige.party]

@taylorlorenz Maybe he hates himself, so they'd be a jury of his peers

[medeavanamonde@beige.party]

@taylorlorenz @mastodonmigration

[jwcph@helvede.net]

@taylorlorenz OK, but... I don't see how they're obliged to find people who have no opinion of his antics, anymore than they'd be obliged to find a jury of people with no opinion on murder for such a trial?

I mean sure, jurors should not know the suspect or victim personally, but this guy very deliberately injected himself in everyone's lives & also keeps breaking the law - and then all those chickens come home to roost & suddenly that's the legal system's problem? Isn't it kinda what you get?