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> Hatch Act won't be enforced until the next administration and next DOJ. How did that last administration's dwelling on persecuting the one before it turn out
by AbstractH24 6mo ago
> Hatch Act won't be enforced until the next administration and next DOJ.
How did that last administration's dwelling on persecuting the one before it turn out?
While I don't like the current one and certainly agree that some of its actions are totally unethical, once it's over can we just move on and look forward, not back?
- Jedd 6mo agoThis sounds like something criminals would say / want.
- AbstractH24 6mo agoHow do we move forward?
- NewJazz 6mo agoProsecuting criminals.
- ceejayoz 6mo agoThat'll only work here if there are reforms to the pardon power while we're at it. Any convictions a Democratic administration manages to obtain will be pardoned the next time a Republican gets in.
- RankingMember 6mo agoThat Jan 6th participants were almost uniformly let off the hook is a stain that will continue to haunt us until pardon power is finally reigned in.
- AbstractH24 6mo agoAgreed More than prosecution we need politicians elected who are willing to reform. Even if those reforms reduce their power as well
- ceejayoz 6mo agoBoth is fine. Prosecute, and get rid of the loopholes that made it necessary to do so.
- Jedd 6mo ago"Justice must be seen to be done." Without consequences for illegal behaviour, there's no incentive for bad actors to not continue acting bad. This, in no small part, explains why we are where we are today - a misplaced attempt to 'move forward' by ignoring illegal actions.
- RankingMember 6mo agoWithout holding those who do wrong to account, positive movement will always be dogged or straight-up negated by those who do wrong without facing justice.
- ceejayoz 6mo ago> How did that last administration's dwelling on persecuting the one before it turn out? They were way too slow about it. I hope the next one is faster.
- nebulous2026 6mo agoThe only possible way this country has a future is if crime is actually punished. If the members of this current administration who committed criminal acts do not actually suffer the consequences then what is to stop the next one?