• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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    2 years ago

    Remember- presidents cannot pardon state-level crimes. Even if he were elected, if he were found guilty here, he couldn’t pardon himself.

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      2 years ago

      Sure, but who is going to hold him accountable? The justice department can’t do anything when the supreme court is willing to fold on constitutional law in favor of personal interest and partisan loyalism – checks and balances only work when they’re impartial and that’s just not the case right now. I definitely wouldn’t be holding my breath waiting for any Trump conviction to have any actual impact.

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        2 years ago

        Brian Kemp has been nose deep in Trump’s orange grundle for years, the only delay he would have in pardoning Trump is because of all the orgasms he’d have while drawing up the paperwork.

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            2 years ago

            TIL. And there are eight other states where this is true. Done with the internet today. Don’t want to learn too much.