▲ 801 ▼ In an effort to "not show bias" Trump's sentencing is delayed till after the election. (www.nytimes.com) submitted 2 years ago by Lightor@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 129 comments fedilink hide all child comments It wouldn't be fair to have your felony conviction negatively impact your opportunities. This is how justice works right?
[–] OutsizedWalrus@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (3 children) He can’t do that. These are state crimes. He has no authority to pardon non-federal crimes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] neclimdul@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago True. But that is based in logic and the assumption that laws follow strict "rules" and well... permalink fedilink source parent [–] paddirn@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago He can’t pardon them, but he can probably just ignore whatever punishment is given and he’ll say he has presidential immunity (regardless of whether it fits, that’s the idea he’ll have). Then, if he becomes a sitting president, nobody will actually do anything to enforce the judgement against him and it’ll just be ignored, making presidential immunity to even state crimes a practical reality, even if it’s not a legal reality. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SmilingSolaris@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Buddy. Pal. He tried a violent overthrow of the US government. If he wins, that's GG. He just will until/unless the military coup him. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] neclimdul@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago True. But that is based in logic and the assumption that laws follow strict "rules" and well... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago He can’t pardon them, but he can probably just ignore whatever punishment is given and he’ll say he has presidential immunity (regardless of whether it fits, that’s the idea he’ll have). Then, if he becomes a sitting president, nobody will actually do anything to enforce the judgement against him and it’ll just be ignored, making presidential immunity to even state crimes a practical reality, even if it’s not a legal reality. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SmilingSolaris@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Buddy. Pal. He tried a violent overthrow of the US government. If he wins, that's GG. He just will until/unless the military coup him. permalink fedilink source parent