• Fedizen@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      selective enforcement of the law is a real issue. One of the reasons Donald Trump will likely never go to jail is the failure to prosecute nixon, reagan (iran contra, iran hostage crisis meddling), and Bush/Cheney(wmd fiasco)

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      The argument here is more along the lines of, “you can’t make a law that defines something as murder only when I do it.”