• ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I agree with your points, but Trump’s violations endanger people’s lives in a way no one else has. He bad mouths them and he has 100,000 crazies ready to harm those people and their families, and millions of others who would support the action. It can’t and shouldn’t simply be treated like everyone else. That flies in the face of equal treatment under the law, but only because there’s no one else in the U.S. who has been in a similar situation.

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      1 year ago

      You may be right. But if the judge said he “shouldn’t simply be treated like everyone else” then that would basically guarantee that his rulings would be overturned on appeal. Our SCOTUS is waiting for the judge to slip up like that.

      In our legal system, the only way to hold Trump accountable is to treat him like everyone else. That’s why everyone is playing it by the books.

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        1 year ago

        @ZoopZeZoop is right, but also a little bit wrong. Trump’s violations endanger people’s lives in a way few others have, but there is precedent.

        Specifically, they need to be treating Trump like the mafia boss that he is.