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kentuck

(111,098 posts)
Sun Jun 3, 2018, 06:34 PM Jun 2018

An attack upon the very idea of justice.

An attack upon our Constitution and our rule of law.

It is something only a criminal mind could conjure up. The average person would never think that the laws would not apply to them. They might think of ways to get around the law but they rarely think that the law is irrelevant.

But we have a gang, a mob perhaps, in the White House that seems to believe exactly that. The President can pardon whomever he wants, anytime he wants, and he can dismiss any Federal investigation anytime he wants. He may even be able to pardon himself?

The idea that justice applies to us all has been sacrosanct with law-abiding Americans all of their lives. It is shocking to hear anyone suggest that the law does not apply to them. We may argue that there are some people that are too big to prosecute or too powerful to prosecute but it is another argument entirely to suggest that the law is irrelevant and that some people are above the law.

The bedrock, sacrosanct principle of justice is under attack.

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An attack upon the very idea of justice. (Original Post) kentuck Jun 2018 OP
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jun 2018 #1
Shutting the door on half a millenium of Justice, not just since 1776. no_hypocrisy Jun 2018 #2
And like Jon Yoo did for Bush II matt819 Jun 2018 #3
In reality the Executive is arguing that he is a Sovereign Citizen malaise Jun 2018 #4
It's unbelievable that he has been allowed to stay in office this long... kentuck Jun 2018 #7
Yep malaise Jun 2018 #8
Trump is by far the best investment Putin ever made empedocles Jun 2018 #5
Yes, attacked saidsimplesimon Jun 2018 #6

matt819

(10,749 posts)
3. And like Jon Yoo did for Bush II
Sun Jun 3, 2018, 06:45 PM
Jun 2018

Lawyerscsme up with the rational for breaking the law and committing multiple offenses. Ducking cowards don’t have the integrity to say you can’t do that. They are as feckless and immoral and vile as the boffoon in chief.

malaise

(269,022 posts)
4. In reality the Executive is arguing that he is a Sovereign Citizen
Sun Jun 3, 2018, 06:46 PM
Jun 2018

and the laws and Constitution of the US do not apply to him.
It's amazing to watch. I'd like to hear from the RWs in the Supreme Court.

kentuck

(111,098 posts)
7. It's unbelievable that he has been allowed to stay in office this long...
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 09:39 AM
Jun 2018

No one is protecting our Constitution.

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
5. Trump is by far the best investment Putin ever made
Sun Jun 3, 2018, 06:46 PM
Jun 2018

Putin probably can't believe the returns he is getting on his various Trump sponsorships.

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
6. Yes, attacked
Sun Jun 3, 2018, 06:49 PM
Jun 2018

by foreign interests, like Russia, and from within by reality show groupies, and bigoted, violent, ugly Americans in every town.

My pappy would say that you had to cut off the head of the snake. The fang end.

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