Trump’s Vows to Prosecute Rivals Put Rule of Law on the Ballot
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Donald Trump’s promise to seek retribution challenges long-established norms. The election could hinge in part on what kind of justice system the country believes it has now and wants in the future.

In effect, Mr. Trump’s candidacy is becoming a referendum on what kind of justice system the country believes it has now and wants to have in the future

  • mrfriki@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Sorry, not American. Can an indicted person that have been plead guilty run for office there? It makes no sense to me.

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Yes. Otherwise, a bad guy like Trump could push to have his political enemies convicted of random stuff just to put them in prison and keep them from running against him. Like Putin and Navalny, for example.

      • something_random_tho@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        Of course the author of the law assumed that Americans would never be stupid enough to put an obvious, convicted felon and fraud into the presidency, but here we are.