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"the 55+ autonomous regions in the US where only the richest get to afford their rights in a Federal appeal's court."

What are you talking about???

takes bunch of money to take a case all the way up federal courts.

Peter Thiel, verbatim: "If you're a single-digit millionaire like Hulk Hogan, you have no effective access to our legal system."

Is that true? I'd like to see some statistics. I've known many people who have 'accessed' state courts (like Hogan did, btw). It doesn't cost much to file a lawsuit. It all depends on the state, of course. Plus, there's no way that Hogan was a single-digit millionaire.

The states and territories have to be treated separately, they are all structured completely differently, have completely different checks and balances of different efficacy and have as many civil rights nuances as any separate country.

The luxury of the Federal umbrella isn't accessible to the vast majority of the population that becomes ensnared in the whims of any particular state.

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