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Re:Judge Refuses to Allow Sale of Infowars to The Onion by jazzyjackson on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @03:19PM (#42392441)
Well supposedly federal govt can't intervene in state cases but the conviction against trump is at the state level, so why isn't he being sentenced? Because power isn't about rules.
Re:Judge Refuses to Allow Sale of Infowars to The Onion by johnnyanmac on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @04:25PM (#42393163)
As others said above, the president has certain immunities to prevent constitutional crises. But that's only for the president, and it's not part of his pardoning powers (which wouldn't work here anyway).
Re:Judge Refuses to Allow Sale of Infowars to The Onion by jazzyjackson on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @06:13PM (#42394124)
So why isn't he going to jail for felony falsification of business records (forget the classified records case, he's not meant to be immune from that but here we are)

My point is that power is not about what the law says, it's about what people can get away with through their relations with other people.

Re:Judge Refuses to Allow Sale of Infowars to The Onion by johnnyanmac on Thursday December 12, 2024 @12:18AM (#42396442)
Trump or Jones?

I agree but the cases are very different. There's not much worth comparing them. It's different kinds of corruption.

Re:Judge Refuses to Allow Sale of Infowars to The Onion by freejazz on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @05:56PM (#42393979)
His conviction wasn't overturned, they are just delaying his sentencing because he's now going to be the president again. He's not doing it by any power of the federal gov't.
Re:Judge Refuses to Allow Sale of Infowars to The Onion by jazzyjackson on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @06:11PM (#42394103)
Exactly, there's no rule (certainly no federal rule) that says a guy can't go to jail just because he was elected president. So why isn't he? Because he has power that is not assigned to him by any law. He is a bully with a cult of personality that makes people fear him and/or act as his sycophants.