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kentuck

(113,121 posts)
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 03:53 PM Nov 18

Does it bother you that Trump is immune from the law?

Were you under the impression all these years that no one was above the law?

But, nobody understands the court system better than Trump. The "appeals" process was created just for him. He knows he will never spend a day in jail, no matter if he shoots someone in the middle of 5th Avenue.

I suppose it has destroyed an illusion that we all had about our Justice System? We never imagined that the law would be so weak and fragile when challenged by someone with money and power.

It is a new reality and it is depressing.

But we cannot give up on our Constitution. We must defend it and what it stands for.

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no_hypocrisy

(49,852 posts)
1. If we want Justice, we'll just have to wait for Trump to die.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 03:54 PM
Nov 18

Let him try to bargain with the Grim Reaper.

Irish_Dem

(62,583 posts)
3. We found out we lived in a fantasy world.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 04:21 PM
Nov 18

A world that did not exist except on paper and in our imaginations.

We all assumed the judiciary would hold, but they folded like lawn chairs quite quickly.

City Lights

(25,499 posts)
4. Yes, very much so!
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 04:22 PM
Nov 18

In addition to federal law, it angers me that the state of New York seems to have let him off the hook for decades.

lees1975

(6,214 posts)
6. Yes, and that doesn't bode well for fighting crime for the next four years. It will run rampant when the attorney
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 04:26 PM
Nov 18

general is a sex abuser.

CoopersDad

(3,020 posts)
7. It's a recipe for revolution or collapse.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 04:29 PM
Nov 18

I'm curious about whether a coup might take place, to be honest.

But what clearly is not going to happen: We are not going to incrementally restore the rights and equitable treatment that we previously enjoyed.

It was never perfect, but I don't know when it has been so heavily weighted to reward crime and protect criminals, as long as they have the wealth to cover the costs.

B.See

(4,257 posts)
10. like I've often quoted...
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 04:44 PM
Nov 18

"membership" has its privileges.

(as that old commercial went. funny... can remember the line, but not the product)

Kid Berwyn

(18,960 posts)
12. Bothers me a lot.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 05:19 PM
Nov 18

And I wholeheartedly agree with all you said: it is my duty to defend, protect and uphold the Constitution.

Any one who is not interested in doing that is un-American and should be deported to Putin’s Russia.

republianmushroom

(18,628 posts)
14. Yup, you nailed it. Well said.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 05:52 PM
Nov 18

A traitor tries to over throw our elected govt. and the Supreme Count gives him impunity.
45 months and counting

 

TheKentuckian

(26,314 posts)
16. Yeah, I don't play the binds us and protects them bullshit
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 07:05 PM
Nov 18

so to me there is no rule of law, the ship had sailed and I will likely invalidate any convictions unless it is my whim to punish some Chumper or should be committed type should I be called to serve on a jury and strongly encourage the same until the system just breaks down and the lies exposed.

 

Blue_Tires

(57,596 posts)
17. Yes, it pisses me off to no end
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 07:15 PM
Nov 18

And it makes my blood pressure rise just to think about it, so that's why I have to cut off all news for as long as he's still around 😔

For three years I've been screaming to my friends and relatives that nobody is above the law, and justice will catch up to him sooner or later... Now I feel like a fuckin' mark. 👎

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