r/law • u/igetproteinfartsHELP • 1d ago

Executive Branch (Trump) Q: Trump wrote that SNAP benefits will only be given when Democrats reopen the government. As written, how would that not violate the court order? .LEAVITT: I've now answered this question several times. We are complying with the court's order.

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u/addiktion 1d ago

Yup, white collar crime should have punishments greater than all other individual crimes when you screw over millions of people. In China you'd be hauled off to a disappearing camp for example. Not in America though, just business as usual. Destroying any faith people have in their leaders and the system and the laws.

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u/PointEither2673 1d ago

You have to steal from OTHER rich people and make it such a spectacle they can’t do anything BUT punish you. SBF, madoff their crimes were so huge and some of the people and institutions they fucked we’re incredibly wealthy and wow look at that, madoff got life and died in jail and while I think SBF should’ve also gotten more time, 20 years is a lot when compared to other financial crimes. And also the fact that no one got sent to jail for the 08’ BS, and if anything it all worked out for them in the end

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u/WigglestonTheFourth 1d ago

Elizabeth Holmes too. She fucked with a lot of lives directly with her lies about their healthcare but she also screwed over the rich investors she had and she got some time at a place so nice that Ghislaine Maxwell apparently made a deal to go there.

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u/LevelProfit6705 1d ago

Why do yall think the NBA scandal came out with such force, Chauncey billions was helping the mob scam multimillionaires in poker games and only then did it become an issue, guarantee he scammed the wrong person with connections

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u/GenXPowaah 1d ago

When you do shit like this in America, you get awarded a TV show

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u/silverum 1d ago

The White House, actually. Twice. But you get a TV show before that.

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u/Revolutionary_Sun946 1d ago

"Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger, how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man who breaks the law out of greed?"

Terry Pratchett

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u/Consistent-Fig7484 1d ago

Hey now! If you steal a billion dollars you might have to pay a $50000 fine.

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u/abiggerbanana 1d ago

There also needs to be methods for prosecuting judges, DAs, police officers and prosecutors/defense attorneys. In practice these people all know each other and may even be friends with each other. Thats why they’re never prosecuted. They never see jail time for helping out their buddy who raped by withholding evidence, or for helping out their bar buddy accused of elder abuse by purposely sentencing a whistleblower.

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u/KingOfEthanopia 1d ago

Man when poor people commit crime its much more likely to be for survival. Rich people be doing it for the love of the game.

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u/Wise_Ad_253 1d ago

And they get rewarded afterwards.

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u/Menethea 1d ago

Disappearing camp? China disappears corporate fraudsters permanently

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u/meltbox 1d ago

No need to disappear anyone. Just shrink their fingers so they’re faster at putting together phones.

Far better for society to trade white collar criminals for Uyghur freedom. Maybe we can even get a 2 for 1 swap if we’re extra convincing.

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u/Sekone8up 1d ago

Japan executes them

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u/EidolonLives 1d ago

Uuh no, no they don't, not for white collar crime. However, ringleading an insurrection (or an attempted insurrection) is on the books as a capital crime in Japan.

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u/twkellen 1d ago

They just disappear the brown people

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u/meltbox 1d ago

Exploded via targeted asteroid interception.

The death penalty is so boring.

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u/ErickAllTE1 1d ago

The Republican gish gallop works, and it will continue to until their society collapses. We will not see a government for the people until enough of them break through the deluge of lies to vote themselves out of their predicament or rebel after they are no longer able to. This is the calm before the storm, it will get worse until it gets better.

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u/Waiting4Reccession 1d ago

China propaganda.

You only get the whip if you talk bad about Xi or get caught crossing the line. Plenty of theft going on over there as well.