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Re:Chelsea Manning ordered to be released [pdf] by komali2 on Thursday March 12, 2020 @06:13PM (#22562456)
> Courts are independent (in theory)

In the last couple years the {in practice} part has made this independence completely untrue.

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Re:Chelsea Manning ordered to be released [pdf] by Angostura on Thursday March 12, 2020 @06:34PM (#22562655)
> completely untrue.

That would explain why the government never loses in court ever, ever, right?

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Re:Chelsea Manning ordered to be released [pdf] by CriticalCathed on Thursday March 12, 2020 @06:59PM (#22562909)
One could argue that its merely lost to another government faction. Ala intra-aristocratic strife.
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Re:Chelsea Manning ordered to be released [pdf] by denkmoon on Thursday March 12, 2020 @08:10PM (#22563424)
Perhaps it could even be described as one part of the government applying checks and balances against another part.
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Re:Chelsea Manning ordered to be released [pdf] by blfr on Thursday March 12, 2020 @08:07PM (#22563409)
Why, what changed in the last couple years?
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