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douglas9

(4,358 posts)
Sat Aug 14, 2021, 01:42 PM Aug 2021

"Nobody Is Above the Law"--Except the Biggest Corporate and Goverment Criminals

Law schools should have courses on the expanding immunities of government and corporate officials from criminal prosecution and punishment. Guest lecturers, speaking from their experience, could be Donald J. Trump, George W. Bush (criminal destruction of Iraq), Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Texas Governor Greg Abbott, the Sackler Family of opioid infamy, and the top officials at Boeing, led by its CEO Dennis Muilenburg, for the 346 homicides in their deadly 737 MAX aircraft.

They should all be charged in varying degrees with manslaughter. Note how the definition fits the facts on the ground:

“Reckless homicide is a crime in which the perpetrators were aware that their act (or failure to act when there is a legal duty to act) creates significant risk of death or grievous bodily harm in the victim, but ignores the risk and continues to act (or fail to act), and a human death results.”

Trump violated willfully and repeatedly so many laws, including obstruction of justice, that it would take a large well-staffed special prosecutor’s office to handle his offenses. (Biden’s Attorney General, Merrick Garland, has decided to immunize Trump by doing nothing). (See, Letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, June 17, 2021).


https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/08/14/nobody-above-law-except-biggest-corporate-and-goverment-criminals

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"Nobody Is Above the Law"--Except the Biggest Corporate and Goverment Criminals (Original Post) douglas9 Aug 2021 OP
Most likely Timewas Aug 2021 #1
Every day the DoJ fails to arrest Trump imperils us all Nululu Aug 2021 #2
Any wonder more and more folk just ignore laws? pfitz59 Aug 2021 #3

Timewas

(2,193 posts)
1. Most likely
Sat Aug 14, 2021, 02:11 PM
Aug 2021

Not gonna happen, too many have already gotten away with it...BUT US is hero of the world for our "Rule of Law"

pfitz59

(10,377 posts)
3. Any wonder more and more folk just ignore laws?
Mon Aug 16, 2021, 12:47 AM
Aug 2021

Why obey the rules when those at the top are not held accountable?

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