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    Trump reportedly is joking about pulling the US military out of NATO, and no allies are laughing

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    4 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said:

    Here's the thing: There's spending money to be able to defend yourself, and there's spending enough money to be able to project your imperial power over the world. Most other countries don't need to spend that kind of money. Now, some countries in Europe should probably start beefing up their militaries at this point to counter Russian ambition, but some others probably don't need to.

     

    I do think Germany is legit freeloading on not just the US but NATO as a whole. The US could definitely afford to spend less than we do but it's still obnoxious to see Germans lecturing us about our spending priorities being out of whack and how their system is so much better when part of the way they afford their system is by letting other countries pay to defend them.

     

    And to whatever extent Canada can be argued to be freeloading...I mean, you just have to look at a map to understand why that's simply not as a big of a deal as Germany doing it.

    SCOTUS to hear challenge to double-jeopardy law that allows states to charge someone for a crime they've been cleared of (or pardoned for) federally. Gee, what a coincidence.

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    8 minutes ago, TwinIon said:

    Setting all Trump nonsense aside, it kinda seems like this should be the case. I understand there is a real distinction between the State and Federal governments, but you probably shouldn't be able to be tied for the same crime twice, especially if you're convicted by the feds in the first place. 

     

    But what if you're never convicted because the president preemptively pardons you?

    SCOTUS to hear challenge to double-jeopardy law that allows states to charge someone for a crime they've been cleared of (or pardoned for) federally. Gee, what a coincidence.

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    1 minute ago, SFLUFAN said:

    I already assumed that the Fifth Amendment did prohibit such a practice from the outset.  I'm genuinely surprised that there was precedent to allow it to happen.

     

    Dual sovereigns. It's not considered double jeopardy because it's not the same government prosecuting you a second time. 

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