• cactusupyourbutt@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    as someone watching from afar, can you elaborate on the missing guidelines?

    seemed to me like there were plenty of tthose that just got tossed aside and ignored/not enforced

    • MudSkipperKisser@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      You’re right, he gets away with absolutely everything and has seemed to be above the law, I’m hoping he’ll finally see justice through any of the current lawsuits he faces. I guess better wording is that there are guidelines and practices in place for regular people for the various crimes he’s arguably committed, the question has been what to do when a president is the one guilty. That’s a new question for us and many argue it’s not as straightforward as “charge him and throw him in jail”. People think prosecuting a president sets a dangerous precedent politicizing the judicial system, which by definition should be impartial.

      Outside of any legal questions we’ve just never had someone with absolutely zero decorum. It’s uncharted territory.

      I personally feel incredibly helpless and am so sad and scared watching everything unfolding around us.

      I’m not sure if that answers much but it’s all I’ve got at 4 am!

    • Sanctus@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Its because we did have guidelines in place. They have just been slowly erroded since Reagan. Citizens United was one of the last straws. Now all thats left is blatant power struggles and dark corporate money. We’re in the End Game now.