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There needs to be democratic checks and balances against such a judiciary. Impeachment of undemocratic judges needs to be on the table.



You're arguing that the conviction is unsound, or that the sentence I outside that permitted by the French legal code?


I mean clearly the French legal code needs to be changed if this is a valid sentence seems to be the general consensus.


Consensus among Americans on this site, which counts for very little.


I'd bet if you put it to a vote in France you'd find very little appetite to ban her either.


stop applying american ideas to the french system. europe has many checks and balances at several levels, and embezzling Union funds for your campaign does in fact make you not eligible to run for office for some time. it’s not even permanent.




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