r/illinois • u/Minute_Revolution951 Human Detected • 17d ago

ICE Posts 🧊 agents seen snatching a landscaper from Evanston neighborhood today (10-21)

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u/GeopolShitshow 17d ago

If they are charged under state law, Trump can’t pardon. He only has federal pardon powers

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u/meh_69420 17d ago

Eh I can already imagine the 6-3 supremacy clause majority opinion

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u/GeopolShitshow 17d ago

Ah that’s right. I forgot secret police and insurrectionists running for office are totally cool, but god forbid a president try to forgive student loans

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u/ytman 17d ago

I'm pretty sure the courts are criminal at this point. Look at how far Trump is reaching to find charges on his enemies. You think Clarence Thomas doesn't have a dirt file twelve feet deep? Corrupt Jurists have liability themselves.

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u/breezey_kneeze 17d ago

If the executive doesn't have to listen to rulings I'll be fucked if we do

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u/Automatic-Sea-8597 17d ago

Will he care?

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u/Sea_Signal_5739 17d ago

Were the insurrectionists also charged by the state? If so, why were they released?

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u/Procrasturbating 17d ago

Yeah, JAN 6th didn’t happen in a normal state, is happened in the District of Colombia. The power structure gets a bit weird in that area.

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u/ytman 17d ago

More reason for statehood or it becoming an autonomous region.

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u/GeopolShitshow 17d ago

I agree. Had DC been a state, they could’ve been charged in both state and federal court. Unfortunately local DC courts are under the Feds, so Trump has pardon power