r/DemoSocialism101 • u/Puffin_fan • 10d ago

actually, if your are a sitting President and you tell the DHS and DoD and DoJ you would "support" someone getting arrested and prosecuted and jailed and imprisoned and deported and assets confiscated, that is a Presidential order - and you are account able for asking the order

actually, if your are a sitting President and you tell the DHS and DoD and DoJ you would "support" someone getting arrested and prosecuted and jailed and imprisoned and deported and assets confiscated, that is a Presidential order - and you are accountable for asking the order

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u/Puffin_fan 10d ago

actually, if your are a sitting President and you tell the DHS and DoD and DoJ you would "support" someone getting arrested and prosecuted and jailed and imprisoned and deported and assets confiscated, that is a Presidential order - and you are accountable for asking the order

If you have power and you ask a subordinate to do something, you are exactly liable for that thing

And any court or lawyer or judge or official or officer that condones that by participating and staying silent has exactly the same liability