The Trump Organization is trying to determine the sweep of Tuesday’s ruling that Donald Trump is liable for fraud and what it means for the future of the former president’s namesake business, his attorneys say.

At a pre-trial hearing Wednesday, Trump attorneys said they didn’t know to which part of the company the ruling applied and were starting to work out what may need to be dissolved to comply with the judge’s surprise decision.

Officials from New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office also said they needed more time to go through the order.

The fraud case “changed significantly since yesterday,” New York Judge Arthur Engoron said in court Wednesday, referring to his stunning ruling where he found Trump and his adult sons liable for fraud and canceled the Trump Organization’s business certification.

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      An indirect election is one thing, but the EC isn’t democratic. Not even close.

      And voter “apathy” (more like resignation) is mostly a problem because, with very few center-left exceptions, the major parties only cater to the rich and others with right wing policy positions.

      To have nobody who represents you faithfully in Congress or the white House is de facto disenfranchisement, not apathy or laziness.

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        In the most recent election, as it was an election, trump nearly won. That’s apathy, not resignation.

        None of the candidates in the republican side can get support over trump. Again, apathy. I’m no saying they are good candidates, but a bucket of vomit would be better than a narcissist who steers the country towards civil war and fascism, only caring about his own enrichment.

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          There are myriad possible reasons for people not voting, including but not limited to

          1. Voter suppression makes it extremely difficult to impossible for many, especially in the states and districts that Trump won. Voter suppression that the Dems keep promising to do something about.

          2. The disenfranchisement through lack of faithful representation I mentioned

          3. Having no energy left after working grueling hours on election day

          4. Going to college in a state that only allows permanent residents to vote and being unable to return to your hometown for election day

          But you just automatically assume that it’s the only one that’s completely unquantifiable and absolves yourself and your favourite politicians from all responsibility.

          That’s very convenient, don’t you think?

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            Not at all, but while all of those reasons can and should be addressed, the vast majority of people not voting are choosing not to for other reasons. It’s not inability it’s lack of will. The reason one side is trying to stifle the voice of the other by gerrymandering and making registration difficult is because votes matter. Yet many people choose not to vote as they think their vote doesn’t make a difference. It’s apathy more than barriers.

            Too tired to vote is not a real reason. There is postal voting in many states. Despite postal voting in some states, and states without the type of problems you cite, voter turnout is still low. It’s a big problem.

            You’re complaining about disenfranchised voters while downvoring comments you don’t agree with. I assume the irony is lost on you.

            I don’t care about Internet points. The whole system on Lemmy is to make posts more visible. You’re choosing to stifle conversation.

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              It’s not inability it’s lack of will.

              Oh yeah? How are you measuring the will of people to be so certain?

              many people choose not to vote as they think their vote doesn’t make a difference. It’s apathy more than barriers.

              Again, where’s your proof? All the other things are objectively measurable, but you assume that it’s the intangible one because that’s convenient to you.

              Too tired to vote is not a real reason.

              It definitely is. YOU try working the equivalent of two full time jobs and take care of a family on top of that, still unable to make ends meet. See how much energy you have left for literally ANYTHING else.

              There is postal voting in many states.

              But not all. Most of the ones with the most restrictions on it were amongst the states Trump won. Yet another case of measurable voter.

              voter turnout is still low.

              Because of the many measurable reasons I’ve mentioned and to a much smaller extent the theoretical one you want to blame it all on for convenience.

              It’s a big problem.

              Yep. One that can be tackled by addressing the many tangible reasons rather than just yelling at people for unproven assumptions.

              You’re complaining about disenfranchised voters while downvoring comments you don’t agree with. I assume the irony is lost on you.

              Yeah, I’m downvoting misinformation and assumptions based on nothing concrete. That’s not disenfranchisement or censorship or whatever else you imagine it to be. Nothing ironic about that.

              You’re choosing to stifle conversation.

              No, I’m choosing to express my opposition to misinformation using the tools available to me. If I was to downvote someone claiming Trump won in 2020, would you complain about that too? What about someone claiming that vaccines give you covid?

              Not all utterances are of equal value. Your downplaying of proven problems in favor of your gut feeling based on party strategist propaganda is misinformation and thus of little value if not downright harmful.

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                No, you’re following a narrative, not data. If people were having problems voting to the extent you are claiming, then we’d have similar voting levels to historical levels in the states with similar rules. We don’t. It’s dropped.

                We’d also have a large decrease in voters in the states that are restrictive or gerrymandered. We don’t. It’s a measurable reduction and skews to certain populations.

                You’re claiming facts, while providing no data. Then saying mine is from my gut while the data backs it up.

                Heck, you can even stop comparing us states and start looking at the difference between countries. You can even look at the difference in elections that have a president on the ticket and the ones that don’t. Which of your reasons so you think causes that discrepancy?

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                  If people were having problems voting to the extent you are claiming, then we’d have similar voting levels to historical levels in the states with similar rules. We don’t. It’s dropped.

                  So you’re saying that the fact that, in a country with ever-increasing and evermore effective voter suppression, voter participation dropping is proof positive that it has nothing to do with it? What kind of backwards ass logic is that?

                  We’d also have a large decrease in voters in the states that are restrictive or gerrymandered. We don’t.

                  Absolute populations are increasing while voter participation as a percentage is decreasing.

                  It’s a measurable reduction and skews to certain populations.

                  Yeah, disenfranchised populations. Still doesn’t prove your apathy hypothesis

                  You’re claiming facts, while providing no data.

                  You want data? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/28/state-voting-rights-election-laws-police-suppression

                  https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/voter-suppression-barriers-college-students/

                  Then saying mine is from my gut while the data backs it up.

                  What data? Not only have you provided exactly as much data as I did before this comment, but you’ve also invented causal relationships for which there’s no proof at all.

                  Heck, you can even stop comparing us states and start looking at the difference between countries.

                  You mean other countries that work fewer hours, have a higher minimum wage, have plenty of polling places in every district and just generally makes it much easier to vote than in the US? Gee, must be because voters are less apathetic there!

                  You can even look at the difference in elections that have a president on the ticket and the ones that don’t. Which of your reasons so you think causes that discrepancy?

                  People are conditioned by the media to believe that presidential elections are the most important ones, so employers and educational institutions are more likely to give employees and students leeway to vote than for “midterm” elections.

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                    The difference between claiming data and not is that I’m agreeing that your points have merit. You’re ignoring mine.

                    I have provided examples. You haven’t disproved them, you’ve disregarded the .

                    Neither of yoir links show my opinion as false. They reinforce your assertion, which I agree with but they don’t quantify it.

                    No I mean every country worldwide. Those with more or less holiday pay. Those with more or less voting restrictions.

                    Lol, so people vote more when they think it’s important. The corraly is that they vote less when they think it is less important. Also called apathy. Which state do you think has the least gerrymandering and voter suppression?