If our laws cannot be enforced, why do we have them?

[fightforfreedom]

When it comes to Trump, our entire justice system is on trial, not just Trump. What is happening now will decide the future of our justice system, our country.

[Lunabell]

1. Laws are only for plebes.

The rich and powerful have their own set of laws.

[inthewind21]

2. That

Is the 64 million dollar question. And it's not they CANNOT be enforced, it's they are SELECTIVELY enforced.

[Duppers]

23. Absolutely!

[Irish_Dem]

26. The wealthy/powerful are largely exempt from rules and laws.

The criminal justice system has no will to pursue justice against the wealthy.

[brooklynite]

3. What laws are not being enforced?

Or is this another rant that AG Garland isn't moving fast enough?

[Hoyt]

6. Having trouble with that too. trump has had two impeachment investigations, the select committee,

several state officials are looking at him, etc.

[fightforfreedom]

7. Obstruction of justice, abuse of power, emollients clause, etc, etc, etc, were not enforced.

We will see if destroying Whitehouse documents is another law that will not be enforced. That is a slam dunk indictment. That will tell me a lot about our justice system.

When it comes to Garland investigating the coup attempt. That's in it's early stages. I do not believe it's moving too slowly.

[Emile]

10. Failure to prosecute stealing and destroying White House documents opens the door

for future Presidents to do the same.

[fightforfreedom]

13. You got that right.

[Hoyt]

14. I'm waiting for something actually damning coming out of those documents. So far, I haven't

seen anthing in writing that ties him to anything involving Jan 6.

The Committe has had the National Archive documents for a week or so. Plenty of time to find something incriminating, assuming it exists.

I think we run the risk of this becoming like Hilliary Clinton's email. A lot of nothing, but a great meme for opponents.

We need to prepare to beat trump at the polls, assuming he actually runs in earnest, which I doubt.

[Emile]

15. I watched him orchestrating the insurrection on live TV! He said go to the capital

and fight like hell! You didn't see that?

[Hoyt]

17. I saw that, it won't be enough to get him. If he was standing in front of Capitol telling the rubes

to storm the Capitol and take out Pence, that would be enough. But he wasn't and didn't.

How did you move the goal post from documents to his stupid speech?

[Emile]

18. I know you want him behind bars just as much as myself. Hell

everyone on DU are on that same page. Many of us are just losing our patience on why it's taking so damn long. Hopefully in the coming months when the 1/6 committee goes live with their hearings then things will start moving rapidly.

[Hoyt]

20. It's time for an interim report. If they don't have anything now, we need to figure

out how to gracefully get out of this before midterms. If we do have something -- for example, a trump sharpie drawing where trump directs the Ohio rube militia to enter the west side of capitol and proud rubes to enter from the south -- then it's time to prosecute or get another AG.

We are wasting too much time on this. Heck, we had the whole country watching when the committee started back in the summer showing films, had police officers describing the attack, etc., but the committee took a darn vacation or something.

[Zeitghost]

27. "We all know what he really meant"

Is not a successful prosecution strategy. The DOJ will not prosecute a common drug dealer without an ironclad case. They aren't going after a former President without mountains of irrefutable evidence.

[Emile]

28. At this point I would be happy if they got him on the emolument clause,

or the stealing and destruction of White House documents. Those two things shouldn't be hard to prove.

[Zeitghost]

29. Proving is one thing

Convicting is another. Especially with Trump and 74+ million Trump voting potential jurors.

[Emile]

30. Would the trial be in Washington DC?

[LizBeth]

4. The little guy. It controls and is there for the little guy.

[Chainfire]

5. Laws are to protect the rich from the poor.

It has noting to do with justice.

[Irish_Dem]

25. It is the way the rich control the poor.

[onecaliberal]

8. Laws are for thee, not those who make them and pay for them.

[brooklynite]

21. So Garland (and by extension Biden) are "selling out" the little guy?

[JanMichael]

22. If nothing happens to Trump (and his cabal) then yes. If something does then no.

[RockRaven]

9. It's like Red says in Shawshank, it's so young men can wear a suit and have a job and stamp

their forms...

[secondwind]

11. Well said....

[sarisataka]

12. If due process isn't as fast

As we want it to be or ends in a result we "know" is wrong should we drop it?

[milestogo]

16. To give us the appearance of Democracy.

[Irish_Dem]

24. The laws are for you and me, the riff raff.

Not for the white male elite.