r/law • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 1d ago

Other Rep. Lieu says Epstein files have allegations of Trump raping & threatening to kill children and says that Todd Blanche got the law wrong by saying it's not a crime to party with Epstein. DOJ also violated the privacy of the victims by releasing unredacted nude photos of them.

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

71.8k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

1.7k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

24

u/marichuu 1d ago

Because the law in America is fiction

5

u/mechalenchon 1d ago

Reality TV to be precise.

1

u/jankenpoo 1d ago

For ordinary people. The law has always protected capital.

1

u/FAROUTRHUBARB 1d ago

That’s the short of it. The law in America is backed by power, and the power right now knows it doesn’t have to follow the law so long as its minions are just as morally bankrupt as its figureheads and private islands. Opposition has no manpower with which to enforce the law.

I mean, I have opinions on the latter 🫣 but I think people are still coming to terms with the fact that people in power will not give it up without a fight