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To make this claim you have to argue that the indictment is illegitimate. And I suppose there are a lot of people who will make that claim. Presumably the reas

To make this claim you have to argue that the indictment is illegitimate. And I suppose there are a lot of people who will make that claim. Presumably the reason Obama, Bush and Clinton won't be charged with crimes is that there isn't enough evidence that they committed any crimes for a prosecutor to seek an indictment.

leereeves 4y ago
The NY Times called the case an "untested legal theory" and said "it is not easy to point to a direct precedent for the case Mr. Bragg appears to be contemplating". IMO any case made against a DA's political opponents should rest on solid ground, not untested legal theories. It's disturbing that so many people are willing to throw away the legal system in order to prosecute someone they don't like.
- tablespoon 4y ago
  > The NY Times called the case an "untested legal theory" and said "it is not easy to point to a direct precedent for the case Mr. Bragg appears to be contemplating". > IMO any case made against a DA's political opponents should rest on solid ground, not untested legal theories. Exactly. It's an even bigger violation of the principle that "the law should apply to political leaders" to abuse the law in order to prosecute one. I'm no fan of Trump, but any case against him should be strong, not something so weird that an acrobat would have trouble jumping through all the hoops. Unfortunately, Trump broke America, including his opponents, and now they're out for blood and are willing to go as low or even lower than him to get it.
junofan 4y ago
Why? Prosecutors have discretion. Doesn’t mean the indictment is illegitimate.
- stanleydrew 4y ago
  Agreed. We haven't seen the indictment yet, so it's not really possible to opine on its legitimacy. A lot of people are jumping to conclusions without evidence.
norwalkbear 4y ago
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- stanleydrew 4y ago
  It seems like you're pretty upset about this, so maybe not the best time to discuss. But anyway my only point is that whoever is angry at Bragg about this must feel that the indictment is illegitimate, that's all.
  - norwalkbear 4y ago
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    - dang 4y ago
      Hey - can you please not break the site guidelines like this? We ban accounts that do that, regardless of their politics. If you'd be willing to review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html you'll see that we don't have much choice about this. Edit: it turns out you've been doing this a ton, unfortunately. I don't want to ban you for this in the current thread because people will just assume it was for partisan reasons, which it isn't. But if you don't start using HN in the intended spirit, we're going to end up having to.

leereeves 4y ago

The NY Times called the case an "untested legal theory" and said "it is not easy to point to a direct precedent for the case Mr. Bragg appears to be contemplating". IMO any case made against a DA's political opponents should rest on solid ground, not untested legal theories. It's disturbing that so many people are willing to throw away the legal system in order to prosecute someone they don't like.

tablespoon 4y ago
> The NY Times called the case an "untested legal theory" and said "it is not easy to point to a direct precedent for the case Mr. Bragg appears to be contemplating". > IMO any case made against a DA's political opponents should rest on solid ground, not untested legal theories. Exactly. It's an even bigger violation of the principle that "the law should apply to political leaders" to abuse the law in order to prosecute one. I'm no fan of Trump, but any case against him should be strong, not something so weird that an acrobat would have trouble jumping through all the hoops. Unfortunately, Trump broke America, including his opponents, and now they're out for blood and are willing to go as low or even lower than him to get it.

junofan 4y ago

Why? Prosecutors have discretion. Doesn’t mean the indictment is illegitimate.

stanleydrew 4y ago
Agreed. We haven't seen the indictment yet, so it's not really possible to opine on its legitimacy. A lot of people are jumping to conclusions without evidence.

norwalkbear 4y ago

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stanleydrew 4y ago
It seems like you're pretty upset about this, so maybe not the best time to discuss. But anyway my only point is that whoever is angry at Bragg about this must feel that the indictment is illegitimate, that's all.
- norwalkbear 4y ago
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  - dang 4y ago
    Hey - can you please not break the site guidelines like this? We ban accounts that do that, regardless of their politics. If you'd be willing to review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html you'll see that we don't have much choice about this. Edit: it turns out you've been doing this a ton, unfortunately. I don't want to ban you for this in the current thread because people will just assume it was for partisan reasons, which it isn't. But if you don't start using HN in the intended spirit, we're going to end up having to.