return2ozma@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoTrump turns the White House lawn into a Tesla showroomwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square109fedilinkarrow-up1733arrow-down110cross-posted to: fuckcars@lemmy.worldfuck_cars@lemmy.mlnews@lemmy.world
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minus-squareJasminIstMuede@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·5 months agoAre there laws in the US about such conflicts of interest or was is basically tradition until this point not to do shit like this?
minus-squareRailcar8095@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·5 months agoLaws are as good as the ability and will to enforce them.
minus-squareJasminIstMuede@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 months agoGood point… I guess I’m still curious if there could be a way he gets taken to court for this, but probably now.
minus-squareJasminIstMuede@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoMaybe there is a language barrier, but I didn’t understand if a legal framework is implied by “ethical restraints”. Can one be taken to court for violating an ethical restraint?
Are there laws in the US about such conflicts of interest or was is basically tradition until this point not to do shit like this?
Laws are as good as the ability and will to enforce them.
Good point… I guess I’m still curious if there could be a way he gets taken to court for this, but probably now.
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Maybe there is a language barrier, but I didn’t understand if a legal framework is implied by “ethical restraints”. Can one be taken to court for violating an ethical restraint?