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by spaceheretostay
2617 days ago
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A common feature of our modern society is that bad actors will take illegal actions and rarely/never face repercussions. This emboldens them to further do more illegal things. Meanwhile, the courts take months or years to reach decisions (especially regarding technology) and in the passing time the practice becomes normalized [1] or already the damage is done. Perhaps in that time new technological paradigms create fuzzier muddier waters and the same crimes "can" continue "legally" while the courts decide, yet again. It is a flaw in our current system. It is most obvious at the federal level, where the President and many Republicans routinely break laws in obvious manners, while the courts fight it out for years. [1] Some of our laws are based on what is 'normal'. So after some years of a practice taking place clearly illegally, it can become to be seen as 'normal' by society and therefore legalized de facto. For example "cruel and unusual punishment" does not outlaw the death penalty because it already exists and is sufficiently common to not count as unusual. |
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From a story about warrantless access to location data to... this comment.
First, warrantless access to XYZ is an issue with the criminal justice system, and I know you'll find people of all different political persuasions acting to keep that system in place and make prosecution as efficient as possible. It benefits them materially.
Second, the "Federal" government is overwhelmingly staffed by Democrats. In case you did not know, the Federal government is not just members of Congress. It includes the many departments of the Executive branch, and Trump can't just fire everyone and only hire Republicans. Scroll down here and look at what parties government workers donate to: https://www.fedsmith.com/2016/12/21/tallying-political-donat...
What level of involvement do you think those people have? Do you think the President or all of the Republican Senators are doing their jobs for them? What would it take to convince you that a Federal government is gonna do Federal government shit regardless of whether a D or R is in office?