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We should have litigated it then. Nixon should have died in prison. It would have been a good precedent to set

• bethekidyouwant 7mo ago
  Life in prison for Watergate?
  • ceejayoz 7mo ago
    Yes. If we put 3x caught pot dealers in for life, a corrupt President can certainly rot alongside them. The more powerful you are, the more significant the penalties for abuse of that power should be, because the damage you can do is correspondingly large.
    • bethekidyouwant 7mo ago
      Don’t think the three strikes law you are referring to (3x nonviolent = life in prison) exists anymore. As it was generally regarded as a cruel mistake. Likewise with hanging politicians for lying…
  • Terr_ 7mo ago
    1. It's good to hold people in certain positions of power to higher standards, especially when... 2. They commit an additional concurrent offense of abusing those powers and public trust for crime.
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