• Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    19 hours ago

    But the Trump-Vance administration admitted last month that there was no warrant, claiming it didn’t need one to arrest the Columbia pro-Palestine and anti-war protest leader because “it was likely he would escape before they could obtain a warrant.”

    That is not how warrants work, that’s not how anything works.

    Lawyei involved in this should be disbarred. If you make arguments that blatantly ignore US law then you have no business being a lawyer. If you lie for your client in court, disbar that shit.

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      17 hours ago

      Agreed - if the powers that be aren’t going to hold the president to account at least we need to insist they hold his minions to account.

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        17 hours ago

        The problem is, unless it’s state charges Trump has control of the people who could hold them to account. And he could just pardon them even if they were convicted of something.

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          16 hours ago

          Well Trump can’t do much if they are disbarred and can’t be a lawyer anymore. Keep disbarring them and take away their livelihood amd it would give pause to those still under his power and most likely keep the lawyers from lying in court.

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            16 hours ago

            True, non-criminal punishments such as disbarring would be doable. But they still won’t do even that.