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Though it has been happening a little more with the current administration, which in fact did try to indict someone over (throwing) a sandwich (grand jury decli
by micromacrofoot 2mo ago
Though it has been happening a little more with the current administration, which in fact did try to indict someone over (throwing) a sandwich (grand jury declined to do so)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/us/politics/trump-sandwich-assault-indictment-justice-department.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/us/politics/trump-sandwic...
- mindslight 2mo agoAdministration implies bureaucracy - separation of powers, the rule of law, formal procedures, dispassionately executing a job, etc. What we have at the moment is a regime.
- micromacrofoot 2mo agoDebatable since they really wanted to prosecute the guy and still failed to. We're not completely bereft of the separations yet.
- mindslight 2mo agoBut those labels are generally directed at the executive branch (the $President administration). Their failure was due to checks in the judicial branch. So we have a regime in the executive, but still have a somewhat functioning judiciary (despite the related push to further rot it from the top down).