I can't believe leopards ate MY face!

Discussion in 'Politics' started by faet, Feb 26, 2025.

  1. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    I guess, if they end up being pardoned, you've got a strong case. Can Trump pardon someone for crimes in another country? Should we wager on it?
     
    #51     Feb 27, 2025
  2. Ricter

    Ricter

    Well, the courts might argue that Trump cannot legally make such a pardon, and then it might have to go (well it would inevitably go) to the SC.
     
    #52     Feb 27, 2025
  3. Tuxan

    Tuxan

    Its a shame that the U.S. law that allows prosecution of American citizens for sex offenses committed abroad, the PROTECT Act of 2003 (18 U.S. Code § 2423) is specifically for child sexual exploitation and sex tourism. The Tates appear to have stuck to legal age victims.

    Trump might take it down just to be safe though. All those followers... they must be misunderstood guys because they are very popular...
     
    #53     Feb 27, 2025
  4. Ricter

    Ricter

    Honestly, sometimes I struggle to criticize the incel, misogynist, gamergate crowd, because this society does not have proper rites of passage for young men. That's been true for a long time of course, but the situation has gotten worse. We are a disconnected people.
     
    #54     Feb 27, 2025
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  5. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    I'm not sure the SC could tell the Romanians that Trump's pardon (assuming he tried it) mattered at all.
     
    #55     Feb 27, 2025
  6. Nine_Ender

    Nine_Ender

    While it is true that guys like TreeFrogTrader were impacted by poor parenting skills and a very weak education, you can't excuse their behavior as an adult or you normalize such behavior for them and likeminded individuals. It is shameful that the President is a convicted sex offender and has never respected woman ( except perhaps as sexual objects ). That sets a bad tone for the country and it was only natural for these idiots to scale back woman's rights. For all those who said let it be they'll never repeal Roe vs Wade ( eg Tsing Tao ), guess what they really spent taxpayers dollars to do exactly that.
     
    #56     Feb 27, 2025
  7. Ricter

    Ricter

    A fair point, but really a lot of Trump's actions are merely symbolic.
     
    #57     Feb 27, 2025
  8. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    Agreed. And for that very reason, I never understand the clutching of pearls over them.
     
    #58     Feb 27, 2025
  9. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    When I said they'll never repeal it, agreeing with the NBC article that said that? Is that what you mean?

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/su...ade-likely-not-grave-danger-no-matter-n888836

    Why Roe v. Wade is most likely not in grave danger no matter whom Trump nominates
    The Supreme Court will be reluctant to take away a constitutional privacy right, even if that right was granted with dubious reasoning.

    I got that one wrong!
     
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    #59     Feb 27, 2025
  10. Ricter

    Ricter