▲ 112 ▼ Hunter Biden indicted on nine tax charges, adding to gun charges in special counsel probe (apnews.com) submitted 2 years ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/news@lemmy.world 47 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (2 children) I think the right-wing talking point is that Joe assisted Hunter with what he did, thus Joe is also a criminal, blah blah blah permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 1 point 2 years ago I mean that's certainly spicy speculation, but until there's any actual evidence of it, we all have way more important things to care about. permalink fedilink source parent [+] pan_troglodytes@programming.dev -17 points 2 years ago* (2 children) the President has done some... questionable things, possibly criminal, depending on your ideological bent what his kids do though? eh permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TheActualDevil@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (2 children) How can a crime vary by ideology? Criminal implies legalities. How can your ideological point of view change whether or not a law was broken? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I mean. There's an entire Supreme Court dedicated to interpretting the USA's original "law", the Constitution. They recently reevaluated the meaning of Roe vs Wade. And each judge applies their own interpretation to laws in criminal cases, mostly bounded by prior rulings on the matter only to maintain consistency. Some times laws aren't so cut and dry. permalink fedilink source parent [–] pan_troglodytes@programming.dev -3 points 2 years ago it shouldnt but ideology beats out logic permalink fedilink source parent [–] MarmaladeMermaid@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago Genuinely curious, what illegal things has Biden done? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 1 point 2 years ago I mean that's certainly spicy speculation, but until there's any actual evidence of it, we all have way more important things to care about. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] pan_troglodytes@programming.dev -17 points 2 years ago* (2 children) the President has done some... questionable things, possibly criminal, depending on your ideological bent what his kids do though? eh permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TheActualDevil@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (2 children) How can a crime vary by ideology? Criminal implies legalities. How can your ideological point of view change whether or not a law was broken? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I mean. There's an entire Supreme Court dedicated to interpretting the USA's original "law", the Constitution. They recently reevaluated the meaning of Roe vs Wade. And each judge applies their own interpretation to laws in criminal cases, mostly bounded by prior rulings on the matter only to maintain consistency. Some times laws aren't so cut and dry. permalink fedilink source parent [–] pan_troglodytes@programming.dev -3 points 2 years ago it shouldnt but ideology beats out logic permalink fedilink source parent [–] MarmaladeMermaid@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago Genuinely curious, what illegal things has Biden done? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheActualDevil@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (2 children) How can a crime vary by ideology? Criminal implies legalities. How can your ideological point of view change whether or not a law was broken? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I mean. There's an entire Supreme Court dedicated to interpretting the USA's original "law", the Constitution. They recently reevaluated the meaning of Roe vs Wade. And each judge applies their own interpretation to laws in criminal cases, mostly bounded by prior rulings on the matter only to maintain consistency. Some times laws aren't so cut and dry. permalink fedilink source parent [–] pan_troglodytes@programming.dev -3 points 2 years ago it shouldnt but ideology beats out logic permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I mean. There's an entire Supreme Court dedicated to interpretting the USA's original "law", the Constitution. They recently reevaluated the meaning of Roe vs Wade. And each judge applies their own interpretation to laws in criminal cases, mostly bounded by prior rulings on the matter only to maintain consistency. Some times laws aren't so cut and dry. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pan_troglodytes@programming.dev -3 points 2 years ago it shouldnt but ideology beats out logic permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MarmaladeMermaid@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago Genuinely curious, what illegal things has Biden done? permalink fedilink source parent