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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf Rump is removed as mentally unfit
then he will be able to use an insanity defense when/if his criminal trials begin.
hlthe2b
(102,292 posts)gordianot
(15,240 posts)The problem is he may well be legally insane.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Just not going to. The GOP will stick with the one that brungem.
onenote
(42,714 posts)removed. 3. He won't try an insanity defense under any circumstances. 4. You assume he'll be charged with a criminal offense for which an insanity defense would be relevant.
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)It will be just like those trials for war crimes for W's Administration. It was so satisfying to see that nobody is above the law and we don't treat a certain tier of our culture differently than the rest.
If there was actually a potential for any prosecution and punishment, (other than political backstabbing and party-based posturing) then that would be a better incentive to walk more cautiously and avoid egregious behavior. Instead, we are seeing some big cracks in the wall about how is protected and privileged in this culture and how that works.
It seems that we are seeing a problem with even how the Constitution attempted to prevent and remedy certain problems and that might just be a product of the tides of rapid change and the ability of cockroaches to become immune to the bug spray.
I never thought I would say this, but it may be time for a serious rewrite or Constitution 2.0.
Farmer-Rick
(10,185 posts)When Traitor Trump is forced out, no one will hold him accountable either. The filthy rich put Traitor Trump in power for a bigger slice of our national wealth and they won't allow their monsters to be punished for all their crimes.
It was a laughing matter to candidates in 2008 when you asked if anyone would be held accountable for crimes in the W administration. They would kind of snicker and say, "Yeah you'd like that wouldn't you?" Well duh! What about equal justice?
Equal justice under the law is no longer a thing. Just another way capitalism has turned politics into a purchase agreement.
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)You can see people talk about expecting justice here, and well they should. However, the reality does not live up to the expectation as we have seen.
That false expectation can be nothing but a bromide that leads to hoping and wishing for something, (in the name of what we call justice) that never really comes, except occasionally and more for expendable, lower level perpetrators in the political sphere, which may have to do with games the powerful and connected play.
I think it is safe to say that as long as we do have to settle for that wishing and hoping and wanting justice rather than having it lawfully executed, the more we can assume that the cancer of corruption will take precedence in our system and how it functions. I think they go together.
Of course, I generalize here for the sake of brevity and feel it important to point that out. It is easy to generate essays on these matters these days
Farmer-Rick
(10,185 posts)The cancer of corruption.....so true.
Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)Scrooge McDuck would never consent to such a plan.
IggleDuer
(964 posts)... and later say they knew it all along, arent they, in effect committing treason?
Im looking at you Jarvanka, Fredo, and Shemp.
pecosbob
(7,541 posts)and he wouldn't be removed from office. JMO.