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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I disagree completely. Obama took that route with torture and it was a mistake. If there's a clear case that Trump or someone else broke the law in a criminal way, indict them.
BTW, I think you are wrong that DOJ lawyers will push for it. They tend to stay away from politics. It's the political appointees who do that stuff.
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Give me the fed crim code and four weeks and I'll indict half of Washington. I agree with indicting what is nakedly criminal, but there are very few instances where a politician has done something that is nakedly criminal. There is always some pretext, some explanation, or some mix of politics and official business, that raises the question: "Are we criminalizing politics?"
Criminalizing politics is what strongmen do. It's the kind of shitty behavior Trump would engage in if he could. I think the wall between politicians and prosecutors should be wider than a football field, have a moat beyond it, and after that several electrified fences.
People running around claiming opponents should go to jail is the surest way I can imagine to turn this already delicate republic into a full on fucking joke. The very last thing we need is more lawyers running around accusing people of crimes.
But I fear Adder is correct. We're a nation governed, sadly, by too many lawyers, and they are hammers who only see nails. And our politics is now total war, so I think we're going to see a lot more criminalizing of politics in the future.
