• Kirp123@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    As they tried to explain to him last time, the Norwegian government has nothing to do with the Nobels. The Nobel Prizes are a private institution started by Alfred Nobel and they have their own people deciding who gets it.

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      1 day ago

      the committee is selected by parliament so it’s not like they have nothing to do with it.

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        6 hours ago

        Besides, surely the Norwegian president can just sign an executive order forcing them to- what? What do you mean, other places don’t normally run like that?

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          6 hours ago

          oh you just reminded me of the a$ap rocky assault case from 2019 during trump I, wherein he personally called up the then-minister for state of sweden and threatened sanctions if the guy wasn’t released while at the same time offering to post bail. the minister had to explain to him that not only does sweden, like most democracies, not have a bail system, it is explicitly illegal for statesmen to attempt to influence the courts.