▲ 446 ▼ Trump gag order expanded to cover attorneys after court gets hundreds of threats (www.rawstory.com) submitted 2 years ago by ZeroCool@feddit.ch to c/politics@lemmy.world 26 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ModsAreCopsACAB@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) There is a difference though, putting an ex-president in jail would create such a political shitstorm that it just wouldn't be worth it. Meanwhile, put any or all of us in jail, no one would care 😂. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nutsack@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) this is exactly what was being said years ago regarding the russian collusion investigation, but every time i see someone saying it on here it gets downvoted. reddit and lemmy are fake intellectual shitholes. the toxic optimism here is worse than stupidity. putting an ex-president in jail would be complicated. the guy has state secrets and a lifetime secret service escort. im sure it could be done, but at most it wouldn't be a normal jail sentence. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Then the system inherently creates and needs different classes of people to function, meaning it cannot guarantee equality under the law and therefore is illegitimate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nutsack@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago you may be onto something here permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) this is exactly what was being said years ago regarding the russian collusion investigation, but every time i see someone saying it on here it gets downvoted. reddit and lemmy are fake intellectual shitholes. the toxic optimism here is worse than stupidity. putting an ex-president in jail would be complicated. the guy has state secrets and a lifetime secret service escort. im sure it could be done, but at most it wouldn't be a normal jail sentence. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Then the system inherently creates and needs different classes of people to function, meaning it cannot guarantee equality under the law and therefore is illegitimate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nutsack@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago you may be onto something here permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Then the system inherently creates and needs different classes of people to function, meaning it cannot guarantee equality under the law and therefore is illegitimate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nutsack@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago you may be onto something here permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago you may be onto something here permalink fedilink source parent