• kescusay@lemmy.worldEnglish
        181·
        4 days ago

        They won’t. There’s no point. The Trump SCOTUS will throw anything they do out. The only thing that Biden could do is use the powers SCOTUS granted the presidency to round them up, throw them in a gulag, and declare the election null and void. And he won’t do that.

  • clutchtwopointzero@lemmy.world
    7·
    3 days ago

    America: running for president is the get out of jail card, because all levels of government are afraid to be seen as partisan/political

  • Myxomatosis@lemmy.world
    41·
    4 days ago

    If the rule of law doesn’t apply to him then does the rule of law apply at all? It makes it all seem meaningless when you look at it.

    • Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works
      29·
      4 days ago

      This just further cements that there are multiple different levels of law depending on your money/wealth/power/influence. Any normal individual does this, with this much proof, and they would’ve seen the inside of a jail cell before the cuff-marks faded away.

      • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
        51·
        4 days ago

        Always has been, always will be.

        Clavell’s novel Noble House woke me to this. It’s about the English occupying Hong Kong and the drama between them and the Chinese, the cultures and economies.

        This Chinese dude is bitching about the fucking stupid English notion of “equal before the law, rich or poor”.

        “Why else would I strive to be rich if I’m to be treated as a peasant?!”

        Much to think on there.

        (Clavell wrote the Asia Saga books, starting with Shogun. I highly recommend them.)

  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
    172·
    4 days ago

    This isnt the last word. Smith is working out “the appropriate course for this case”, and the judge is giving him until Dec 2. We will hear from him again, before Trump takes office.

    He’s a smart guy, he may figure out a way to make these last few months interesting.