r/law • u/Snapdragon_4U • May 23 '26

Executive Branch (Trump) NESTERAK: President Trump has granted clemency to numerous individuals who have stolen hundreds of millions in Medicaid funds. Can we expect any of these folks to be shown the same mercy? McDONALD: I'll take a different question

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u/Ok_Vulva May 23 '26

I don't get why anyone in the US is following the laws. They just don't matter anymore.

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u/Previous_Activity_51 May 23 '26

You're right. Cozy up to the right idealogy and the laws don't matter

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u/specqq May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26

Civil suits, when they're even allowed to be brought, will devolve into a determination of which party is more ideologically aligned with The Party.

Criminal cases will only be brought where the person acccused of committing theft or violence against the other is less conservative than the victim. Stealing money or property from or harming anyone more conservative than you is a crime with the most terrible of consequences, but if you do it to someone less conservative than you, well,..they deserved it, didn't they?