Comment Re:We are not far behind (Score 1) 115
While we can recognize evil of Putin's regime when it engages in totalitarian crackdowns on free speech, the sad truth is that we are not far behind. For example, Biden's justice department manufacturing novel legal theories to imprison non-violent political protesters while ignoring similar cases elsewhere.
Ignoring that prosecutors have broad authority to decide what to charge someone with based on the actions of the person, if the conservative textualist, such as Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, stick to their "the text is what counts and not inferring intent" championed by Scalia they should uphold the use of the law in these cases.