In short, the federal judiciary has failed the country in allowing a renegade ex-president to nullify federal law by means of a more or less open policy of endless delay by means of frivolous motions, appeals and more. As the old adage has it, justice delayed is justice denied. This hasn’t simply been during his criminal prosecutions, which I will discuss in a moment. It stretched over the time of his presidency as well. We know that during his presidency President Trump filled the federal judiciary with a slew of right-wing judges, many of them out-and-out corrupt. He also corrupted the Supreme Court with his unprecedented three appointments in a single term. But here I’m not even talking about right-wing Republican judges who often appear partial to Donald Trump’s ideological aims and frequently his narrower electoral ones as well. We know for instance that Judge Aileen Cannon, a corrupt and transparently partisan Trump appointee, has more or less single-handedly sabotaged the classified documents prosecution. Set that all aside. What I’m talking about are the fair-minded judges who allow a mix of institutional courtesy, established practice and inertia to allow Trump to make a mockery of the criminal justice system

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    8 months ago

    if USA decides Trump is a criminal before November 2024, let him decay in jail.

    Otherwise, Biden, with absolute immunity, should kill Trump for democracy’s sake.

    After this, Biden has to declare to be culprit of murder and argue he has to be accountable for this crime so USA doesn’t fall into fascism. This would end the madness of presidential absolute immunity.

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      8 months ago

      Biden would go down as one of the most important presidents that way. But probably he’s just going to remain Not Trump, which is the next best realistic thing I guess.