[–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

None of that logic works.

Random people can't legally pardon anyone. That's why they can't pardon themselves.

The President can legally pardon people accused of federal crimes. It's only common sense that stops one from pardoning themselves, not the law.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    How was this guy a mayor?
    Trump has a decades long history of not paying his debts. I assumed all his lawyers would insist on payment in full first.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    it gets harder for the media to pretend that any of the also-rans are relevant to the race.

    Do you mean the Republicans? As far as I could tell, the major networks basically ignored the Democrat hopefuls

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  • [–] 53 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Primarily because if courts admit it's fallible, everyone convicted in part on bite evidence would need to be retried. Which would be a crazy amount of work. And people are lazy. Epically courts.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    They did nothing when the decision was leaked.
    Nothing when it was official.
    Nothing in the years since.
    Why?

    So they could use it as campaign chip in this election.
    Fuck off.

    Both parties use their constituency as pawns, rather than employers. It's why we all need to support Represent Us and the Forward Party who are trying to make our representatives actually represent us.

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