• Prove_your_argument@piefed.social
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    You will cooperate with the state, for the good of the state and your own survival. You will confess to the crimes of which you have been accused. You will be released and returned to society a productive citizen if you cooperate. Resistance will be punished. Cooperation will be rewarded.

    the play by play of this administration, summed up from babylon 5’s script.

  • rwrwefwef@sh.itjust.works
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    The Trump administration has quietly instructed federal prosecutors in Miami to avoid pursuing criminal investigations

    Why even is this even a thing? Wasn’t there supposed to be separation of powers between executive and judiciary?

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      Prosecutors are part of the executive branch. The judiciary covers judges and court staff.

      There is also supposed to be a separation within the executive branch, but the Supreme Court has ruled that unconstitutional under the unified executive theory.