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Re:Trump announces 100% tariffs on movies ‘produced in forei... by mschuster91 on Monday May 05, 2025 @10:27AM (#43895535)
> The constitution prohibits ex post facto prosecution.

A lot of what the 47th and people in his administration did are already punishable by law - alone the Signal affair or other violations of the Public Records Act.

It would not be a ex post facto prosecution, it would simply be a prosecution by a court of law that is reasonably free from corruption.

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Re:Trump announces 100% tariffs on movies ‘produced in forei... by Spooky23 on Monday May 05, 2025 @10:46AM (#43895695)
The United States has courts. I don’t think we have a law that allows you to create another jurisdiction above that of the US Courts. That’s a change in the law.

It’s all fantasy anyway.

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Re:Trump announces 100% tariffs on movies ‘produced in forei... by mschuster91 on Monday May 05, 2025 @11:29AM (#43896139)
> I don’t think we have a law that allows you to create another jurisdiction above that of the US Courts. That’s a change in the law.

Well, whoever succeeds Trump will have to go for drastic measures to restore global trust in the US. No way around that, the system is fundamentally broken and needs a complete and utter overhaul. If the Democrats have an ounce of interest in self-preservation, they have no alternative than to bring down all the hammers they can on the MAGA part of the GOP.

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Re:Trump announces 100% tariffs on movies ‘produced in forei... by ujkhsjkdhf234 on Monday May 05, 2025 @04:12PM (#43898973)
Courts don't have balls to do anything. They could introduce sanctions or deputize anyway to arrest people in the Trump for violating court orders and refuse to do so.
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