So you don't care that we are headed directly onto a dictatorship
Would you call trying to overturn the results of free and fair elections an act that favours dictatorship, or democracy?
as your constitutional rights are being destroyed right in front of your eyes?
Would you call trying to subvert the constitution and disenfranchise the votes of millions in order to stay in power an act that preserves or destroys constitutional rights?
If this can be done to an ex president how easily could it be done to you on trumped up charges?
As I've never attempted to
A) Illegally overthrow an election;
B) Retain classified documents I wasn't entitled too;
C) Fraudulently value my businesses in order to secure favourable loan rates/reduce tax burdens;
D) Defame a woman I sexually assaulted;
E) Engage in a criminal enterprise
I'm not that concerned.
As someone with a little legal training, I'd be more concerned if someone who did the above WASNT prosecuted. Particularly if they were someone who had previously held a high political office.
You say that could never happen? Don't be too sure about that. All you have to do is anger someone with more political pull than you have and more money. That is all it would take.
And, I'd have the opportunity to defend myself in front of either a judge or jury. That's the thing about the legal system, it's adversarial but everyone gets their day in court (unless, say, they plead guilty before the trial starts).
Our country is neck deep in corruption and as a result I no longer trust any politician. We are being sold out all the way around.
'Corruption' in the US is mostly indirect, and most common in the forms of regulatory capture and 'Dark money' in political campaigns.
Solving the former requires re-erecting and then strengthening the Chinese walls between government and industry. That's HARD and US laws in this area really haven't been improved since the Carter administration. There's been some progress at the administrative/bureaucratic level (mostly thanks to watchdogs like the various GAOs), but given the state of US capitalism this appears to be a bug rather than a feature.
The latter probably requires major legislation through Congress that would revise the
Citizens United Supreme Court decision. Good luck with than in the present political environment.
I suggest that the problem is not the politicians themselves (although there at CERTAINLY some dirty politicians). I suggest that the problem is the people pushing various agendas and the broader party machinery, which the politicians end up having to line up behind in order to keep their seats.
