The presidential election this week marks a first in the history of the United States when Donald Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris while awaiting sentencing on 34 criminal charges. The president-elect has faced criminal indictments in three other cases as well.
Justice Juan Merchan is scheduled to sentence Trump on those 34 charges on Nov. 26.
In an op-ed published by the Kansas City Star on Friday, journalist Bill Dalton argued that Judge Merchan can honor “the rule of law.”
Dalton writes, “The American people did the unthinkable — they elected a convicted felon president. Judge Juan Merchan should now do what was once unthinkable — force a president-elect to take the oath of office in a jail cell.”
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Dalton continues, “That message needs to be sent because, after Inauguration Day, the rule of law will cease to exist for sitting presidents thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court’s immunity ruling. Trump proved Tuesday, aided and abetted by 72 million voters, that crime does indeed pay. He thumbed his nose at America’s once respected system of justice. He made a laughingstock of prosecutors and the judicial process. He turned what used to be a political liability for candidates into a political asset for fundraising.”
Dalton argued that Merchan “should sentence and jail Trump while he is still a private citizen, no better nor more privileged than any of the millions of people who voted for or against him.”
“Merchan should show the same courage that Vice President Mike Pence showed on January 6 when he stood for the rule of law, risking his life and destroying his political career in the process,” writes Dalton.
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Hahahah! It’ll never ever happen. He’s going to live his life free and fulfilled with everything he ever wanted and with a perfect ending of his life. Because this is real life and the worst people have the best lives.
I disagree. I am just a lowly worker bee, but I wouldn’t switch with any of the billionaires. I have lots of things they could never even dream of:
Trump strikes me as a deeply unhappy man. Bezos and Musk, too.
All their money and influence can’t buy them the feeling of being loved and respected for who they are.
I love this quote, thank you for that.
Those are all things you care about, not what they care about.
Precisely. Those fuckers only care that the number goes up. They use everyone to only achieve that goal.
What is a ‘good’ life?
I don’t know Donald Trump, of course, and I’m certainly not a supporter (of course), but I don’t think he has a good life. Nevertheless, despite his public personality and everything he represents, I wish Trump to be happier in his quiet hours than I suspect. When the crowd has gone and he is alone with himself, I don’t think Trump is happy person.
Ehhh he’s made a lot of people angry. Enough to try to assassinate him. He might not get the happy ending you imagine.
I understand where you’re coming from, though. It’s a real shame that bad people can sometimes live better lives than good people. It doesn’t seem very just.
Who? Those two props to help his campaign?