Government Legality Skepticism

This cluster centers on debates about whether governments adhere to or respect laws, with many commenters expressing doubt that legality constrains government actions and suggesting impunity or routine lawbreaking.

➡️ Stable 0.6x Politics & Society
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Sample Comments

playingalong Nov 5, 2024 View on HN

Shouldn't the govs and laws be immune to this?

hanniabu Aug 29, 2023 View on HN

It's the government, since when are they concerned about legality

meesterdude Jun 17, 2015 View on HN

shhh! But you're right. AFAIK, that's still well within the governments legal bounds.

corrupt_measure May 29, 2020 View on HN

The government doesn't appear to be breaking any laws though.

malware7 Sep 29, 2020 View on HN

A goverment doing what it can in the limits of law is harassment now. Wow!

diminoten Jun 17, 2013 View on HN

You can't stop the government from breaking the law, at the end of the day.

srtjstjsj Sep 11, 2020 View on HN

It's not even valid to assume the government cares about what is legal.

ASalazarMX Oct 3, 2022 View on HN

The government is not meant to use it that way, it's against its own law. Abuse is apt.

Nextgrid Sep 12, 2021 View on HN

Unless it's committed by the government of course, in which case it's business as usual.

srswtf123 Mar 7, 2021 View on HN

You most certainly are not the only person.At this point, I presume governments are breaking every law on the books. Who is going to stop them?