• kescusay@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m trying to envision the kind of person this works on.

    “He didn’t break the law, just the constitution! And that’s fine, right? Means he ain’t no criminal, right?”

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      1 year ago

      I hate to say it, but the answer to who this works on, it’s lawyers.

      Technically speaking, I don’t think there are any laws that directly criminalize violations of the Constitution. The courts can shut down things that are unconstitutional, but to dole out criminal punishments requires violations of actual laws, not the Constitution itself.

      Luckily, there are several criminal laws that should apply here, including fraud, mishandling of classified data, and obstruction of justice, to name a few. Lock him up.