# Judicial protection (concerning Trump) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [March 19, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judicial-protection-concerning-trump/999052 "2024-03-19T19:42:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judicial-protection-concerning-trump/999052/21 "2024-03-20T17:16:17Z")
> [@dolphinboy](#): > > I understand mob mentality, but I would like to believe that they would have stopped short of killing or seriously injuring either the VP or any member of congress. It wouldn’t have changed anything if they had, and the perpetrators would be facing the death penalty if they were caught, which is likely considering a lot of people were filming their activities. These people don’t seem to think ahead. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judicial-protection-concerning-trump/999052/22 "2024-03-20T17:19:31Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Well, we ‘vaccinated’ 500 or so by sending them to prison. That’s a start. I wasn’t trying to be flip; I’m being entirely serious; I’m figuring it’s less a cult where they do what he says because he says it, and more that it only works so long as he pretty much tells them what they want to hear — as evidenced by what’s happened when he’s advised them to get vaccinated, and they’ve _then_ said, whoa, hey, go back to playing the greatest hits. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judicial-protection-concerning-trump/999052/23 "2024-03-20T17:35:39Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > These people don’t seem to think ahead. Of if they did, they thought they’d be successful and be heros of the revolution. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judicial-protection-concerning-trump/999052/24 "2024-03-20T17:43:06Z")
> [@dolphinboy](#): > > Of course, I assume Trump, being a decent human being, would have called it off if it ever got close to that point. Citation needed. 🙂 Or, wait, Assumes facts not in evidence. I think if there are credible threats, the authorities will act, but I don’t know that they would act in advance. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judicial-protection-concerning-trump/999052/25 "2024-03-20T20:09:52Z")
OK. I’ve worked for two sprinkler system companies and owned another. The Capitol grounds must have a sprinkler system. Now these are probably the ones, like golf courses and parks that need impact sprinklers inserted individually for watering times. But I suggest changing that out. Oh, it will take a lot of plumbing changes. I haven’t quite worked it out. So, if a mob gets angry and violent, and won’t leave. Water them. I bet it would stop half of them. The rest can be mopped up (pun intended) by the National Guard. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judicial-protection-concerning-trump/999052/26 "2024-03-20T20:13:13Z")
Seems a lot simpler just to break out the truck-mounted water cannons. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judicial-protection-concerning-trump/999052/27 "2024-03-20T20:22:58Z")
Yeah, but it would be funnier if the people that try to overthrow the government just went home like a rain ruined their picnic. Those that stay should get… - And that’s jail for you - And jail for you - and jail for you - and jail for you … ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judicial-protection-concerning-trump/999052/28 "2024-03-20T20:26:57Z")
Instead, they get elected government officials calling them freedom fighters, heroes, patriots etc. Makes me wonder if perhaps the wrong group was sentenced. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judicial-protection-concerning-trump/999052/29 "2024-03-20T20:42:55Z")
Justice climbs the ladder very slowly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judicial-protection-concerning-trump/999052.md?page=1)