dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agoCan Trump still run for president now that he's a convicted felon?message-squaremessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1146file-text
arrow-up1146message-squareCan Trump still run for president now that he's a convicted felon?dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square70fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.deOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·edit-21 month agoI would say just don’t break any laws then, but laws can change and people are terrible. Edit: Pretty sure you’re all downvoting a misunderstanding. I’m saying I get why it’s a thing because people would convict their opponents. Not that I was actually saying well don’t break any laws.
minus-squarePronell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up61·1 month agoSure, but a corrupt government can fabricate evidence to keep their enemies silenced. Look at Russia and their treatment of Alexei Navalny.
minus-squareNeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month ago just don’t break any laws then A very naïve idea :-(
minus-squarelolrightythen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoEspecially when you get into archaic laws that aren’t enforced or widely known.
I would say just don’t break any laws then, but laws can change and people are terrible.
Edit: Pretty sure you’re all downvoting a misunderstanding.
I’m saying I get why it’s a thing because people would convict their opponents. Not that I was actually saying well don’t break any laws.
Sure, but a corrupt government can fabricate evidence to keep their enemies silenced.
Look at Russia and their treatment of Alexei Navalny.
A very naïve idea :-(
Especially when you get into archaic laws that aren’t enforced or widely known.