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bloopernova | 10 months ago

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ericras|10 months ago

No one is above the law.

TheOtherHobbes|10 months ago

No one poor is above the law.

As autocracy expands, so does the definition of "poor".

"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect." - Wilhoit's Law

bananapub|10 months ago

I'm sorry, have you been in a coma the last 8 - 50 years?

MyOutfitIsVague|10 months ago

How many lawsuits were dropped and people pardoned at the discretion of the sitting president? Wasn't he the target of many legitimate lawsuits that were dropped? Didn't he pardon a bunch of people, including convicted fraudsters who grifted millions of dollars, relatively recently?

Somebody in particular is above the law, as are all his cronies.

pesus|10 months ago

Except the ones the Supreme Court says are.

timeon|10 months ago

How about president with felonies?

cosmicgadget|10 months ago

Strictly true but practically false. SCOTUS decided in Trump v. United States that core Article II actions by the president are completely above the law. Official actions are presumed to be immune from criminal liability. Non-official acts are not immune but get a free trip up to SCOTUS for adjudication before any trial can start. The one exception is if Congress impeaches.

baby_souffle|10 months ago

> No one is above the law.

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