On: CDC data are disappearing

[astrange]

How do you know you've gotten away with it? That takes the rest of your life. (Well, statute of limitations.)

[viraptor → astrange]

It's going to be a couple months at most. If it's not punished immediately, it's practically legal with the current gov. And the next one will have way bigger things to unfuck than some missing documents.

[latexr → viraptor]

> And the next one will have way bigger things to unfuck than some missing documents.

Assuming there is going to be a next one which isn’t wholly aligned with the current one. That’s far from a given.

[astrange → latexr]

The federal government has no control over the elections that replace it.

[thanhhaimai → astrange]

The question becomes: Is this crime pardonable? If yes, how likely the current administration will pardon those people?

[astrange → thanhhaimai]

They can't do anything about state AGs. Federalism is kind of silly but it works out here.

[alwa → astrange]

Can state AGs prosecute federal crimes, like this one?

[astrange → alwa]

No, but if it affects someone in the state there's usually something to get them on.

[johnnyanmac → alwa]

My understanding is that anyone can sue anyone in theory. Ideally, yes.

In practice, the State AG's are one of the most respectable powers to sue for a federal law being broken, which would then go to federal court. Ideally the SCOTUS would step in itself and injunction all this stuff so it doesn't get to this point, but Trump sure is working them overtime.

[zellyn → astrange]

Trump is just going to blanket pardon anyone involved.