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hvb2 | 5 days ago

No? The law is just the law. But until someone actually gets a judge to rule that what they did is illegal...

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lovich|5 days ago

Do you actually look at the current US landscape and think “the law is just the law” for the rich and poor alike?

Getting a judge to rule on something is also part of that “the law is just the law” and it’s obvious that judges are more willing to rule on cases for the poor and powerless than the rich and connected.

hvb2|4 days ago

The point I was trying to make was that whether or not something is illegal is typically decided by a judge.

Most of the things corporations do aren't as clear cut as a traffic violation. So in those cases, you only know if something is illegal when it's made it through the courts

rvnx|5 days ago

Buying a 30M USD mansion to the daughter of the judge is going to fix that.

brnt|5 days ago

In a banana republic.