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minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up413arrow-down1·edit-212 days agoInteresting. When a rich man is sentenced to prison, and then actually has to go to prison, it’s called a “legal loophole”.
minus-squareMiles O'Brien@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up159·12 days agoMy first thought was “So we call ‘following the law’ a loophole now?” If the law meant a fucking thing, he would have been in prison decades ago.
minus-squarezephorah@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up36arrow-down1·12 days agoWHY did it take this long to get around to it? So bizarre.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up31arrow-down1·12 days agoIn a word: Garland. In two words: Merrick Garland In three words: fucking Merrick Garland In four words: fucking Merrick “Slowclown” Garland In five words: establishment hack as attorney general.
minus-squarewinterayars@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up17·12 days ago'The voters are going to reject him and then we don’t have to go through all this messy business if prosecution." It’s the moral elevation of inaction for its own sake above action for any reason.
Interesting.
When a rich man is sentenced to prison, and then actually has to go to prison, it’s called a “legal loophole”.
My first thought was “So we call ‘following the law’ a loophole now?”
If the law meant a fucking thing, he would have been in prison decades ago.
WHY did it take this long to get around to it? So bizarre.
In a word: Garland.
In two words: Merrick Garland
In three words: fucking Merrick Garland
In four words: fucking Merrick “Slowclown” Garland
In five words: establishment hack as attorney general.
'The voters are going to reject him and then we don’t have to go through all this messy business if prosecution."
It’s the moral elevation of inaction for its own sake above action for any reason.