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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAre laws even operative anymore?
That's a serious, non-hyperbolic question. We have a Congress that refuses to hold Trump accountable, and a Supreme Court who has declared him immune from prosecution for anything he does under the guise of official acts.
So I ask again: Are laws even operative at this point?
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Are laws even operative anymore? (Original Post)
markpkessinger
Tuesday
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Federal funding freeze and ending birthright citizenship have been stopped by the courts
HereForTheParty
Tuesday
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Meowmee
(6,560 posts)1. No imo
When you let orange psycho get away with all of his numerous crimes, including murdering millions of Americans there was obviously no law anymore or at least no law that can be applied to the worst criminals. who are now in charge.
Irish_Dem
(62,147 posts)2. Not for the GOP. There is no rule of law for them.
Just for the rest of us.
unblock
(54,394 posts)3. Of course. Try racking up 34 felonies and see if they make you president,
Laws are very much operative for ordinary people.
They're only obsolete for these with enough privilege.
Frasier Balzov
(3,715 posts)4. The law of the jungle.
HereForTheParty
(522 posts)5. Federal funding freeze and ending birthright citizenship have been stopped by the courts
and others are being challenged I'm sure.
yaesu
(8,457 posts)6. People need to become corrupt as the system to survive under fascism. I plan on doing my best to throw a wrench
into their whole massively corrupt machine.