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IANAL but it's bad for citizens because it gives federal courts wider purview on what they'll prosecute for and how they punish for it; needless to say, if your
by jeangenie 15y ago
IANAL but it's bad for citizens because it gives federal courts wider purview on what they'll prosecute for and how they punish for it; needless to say, if your case is getting pushed to federal courts you're fucked, especially when you're being charged under statutes you've never heard of rather than state laws which you may or may not know.
- brazzy 15y agoNot "needless to say" at all. Why are you more fucked in a federal court than in a state court? Why would you be more likely to have never heard of a given federal statue than a given state law?