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They aren't - and as much as I'd like to avoid being political, this is just an example of the White House using the department of justice as a vehicle to carry

They aren't - and as much as I'd like to avoid being political, this is just an example of the White House using the department of justice as a vehicle to carry out its agenda. It's purely politically motivated - another example of an attempt of legislation from the bench.

gotoeleven 6y ago
That dastardly agenda of equality before the law
- ntsplnkv2 6y ago
  If that were the intended goal that would be great, but it isn't. > The Trump administration had urged the court to rule against gay and transgender workers, and it has barred most transgender people from serving in the military. The Department of Health and Human Services issued a regulation on Friday that undid protections for transgender patients against discrimination by doctors, hospitals and health insurance companies. Luckily the Supreme Court saw the absurdity of that argument and overwhelmingly ruled against it. Huh, funny, against discrimination here, where it is politically advantageous, but for discrimination there, when it is politically advantageous. Just call a spade a spade.
- TeaDrunk 6y ago
  I don't genuinely know if it's equality before the law. The justice department appears to apply law in a non-equal fashion (during a recent congressional questioning, the chief of the justice department explained that he was more lenient on allies of the current administration due to their advanced age and their chances of dying from covid in jail, while there are plenty of other people older for which the justice department is not arguing leniency). A tried and true hat of investigation- interviewing someone with truths you know they will deny and then arresting them for lying- was determined by the justice department to be fundamentally unfair to an ally of the current administration, while the same strategy is currently being used to pursue cases related to parties who are not allies of the administration.

gotoeleven 6y ago

That dastardly agenda of equality before the law

ntsplnkv2 6y ago
If that were the intended goal that would be great, but it isn't. > The Trump administration had urged the court to rule against gay and transgender workers, and it has barred most transgender people from serving in the military. The Department of Health and Human Services issued a regulation on Friday that undid protections for transgender patients against discrimination by doctors, hospitals and health insurance companies. Luckily the Supreme Court saw the absurdity of that argument and overwhelmingly ruled against it. Huh, funny, against discrimination here, where it is politically advantageous, but for discrimination there, when it is politically advantageous. Just call a spade a spade.
TeaDrunk 6y ago
I don't genuinely know if it's equality before the law. The justice department appears to apply law in a non-equal fashion (during a recent congressional questioning, the chief of the justice department explained that he was more lenient on allies of the current administration due to their advanced age and their chances of dying from covid in jail, while there are plenty of other people older for which the justice department is not arguing leniency). A tried and true hat of investigation- interviewing someone with truths you know they will deny and then arresting them for lying- was determined by the justice department to be fundamentally unfair to an ally of the current administration, while the same strategy is currently being used to pursue cases related to parties who are not allies of the administration.