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by rtpg 4192 days ago
This is kind of an interesting point that I feel has come up a lot in Obama's presidency in particular. Why can the executive choose not to prosecute crimes?

This comes up in another point, which is marijuana legalisation. Under federal law, that stuff is still illegal, yet we've chosen not to prosecute. I'm still not sure of how the legality of the non-prosecution works out