Video by Ben Luhmann

  • Madison420@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    That doesn’t make it lawful that just means the injunction was overbroad, doing shit like this at the highest level of the agency implies it’s policy and practice to infringe rights.

    Ie this seems like a bad thing but is a good thing if the justice system functioned as intended.

    • Mirshe@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      Steven Miller literally just told these people, a week ago, that “literally no law can hold you to account in what you see as the commission of your duties.”

      They see themselves, arguably rightly, as completely immune from the rule of law.

      • Madison420@lemmy.world
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        1 hour ago

        So did Nazi officers and a significant portion were executed in the field and some hanged after trial. Authoritarianism is generally speaking a temporary state and the leadership usually doesn’t fair too well nor do their secret police.