• Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 months ago

    I’m opposed to the idea that being charged with a crime should disqualify someone from office. Simply put, it incentivises putting people in jail for political reasons.

    No, Trump should be disqualified for treason and insurrection. Of course, that’s not happening either.

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      That’s why we have a trial by jury of peers.

      An executive branch can issue a pardon, legislative branch can create a law making the crime no longer being a crime and impeach judges.

      If those things are not enough, then we have a much more serious problem.

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        Yes, we do have a more serious problem. Numerous federal judges have been appointed by a treasonous insurrectionist who committed election fraud to take office. The jury of peers will be less effective if there is an obviously biased judge like Cannon.

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          Judges can’t put you in jail if DA doesn’t bring charges and a jury won’t convict.

          Canon is trying to do the reverse, using anything she has at her disposal for the trial to not happen as she knows that this case is pretty much an open shut case.

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      5 months ago

      If being a felon bars you from owning a gun, why should a felon be allowed to command all the guns in the US military?

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        To play devil’s advocate: You could argue that in this case, the entire nation holds a vote over reinstating the right to own the ultimate gun.

        The problem with that is, spin doctoring has gotten too good for this jury and you don’t even need the majority to win.