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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

At this point, the DOJ is struggling to secure grand jury indictments, which is a little like struggling to lift a feather over your head. Most indictments are considered slam dunks because they’re entirely one-sided presentations made by prosecutors to people who are just there to pencil-whip their way through the day’s prosecutorial offerings.

But with Trump running the DOJ (and handpicking people like his former insurance lawyer, Lindsey Halligan to handle politically motivated prosecutions), the government’s fridge is now overstocked with unindicted ham sandwiches.

This is on top of literally hundreds of court rulings declaring the administration’s deportation efforts are illegal — specifically, the jailing and indefinite detainment of alleged immigration law violators who don’t pose a threat to public safety or a flight risk.

Like somebody taking over a pizza joint and then becoming totally stuck at the step of figuring out how to distribute pasta sauce on the pizza dough.

[–] velindora@lemmy.cafe 3 points 5 months ago

The solution is going to be to change how pizza is made instead of doing it right. Flee if you can.

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

The problem is the civilized world thinks the law is the statutes and precedent of hundreds of years of careful legislation and court cases presided over by thoughtful judges. But the administration thinks the law is whatever they want at any given moment. Hope that clears things up.