Trump Retribution Phase | COMEY INDICTED
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Indictment should be dismissed very soon, I would hope. Vindictive prosecution doesn't do the situation justice.
Trump v United States is one of the very worst decisions of all time -- but in terms of its stupidity level, it might take the trophy pulling away. The fact that the Justices thought they were preventing retributive prosecution by helping Trump regain office is just mind-boggling. As if the president is the only person who could be targeted for retribution. Of all the stupidest things this court has written, that might just take the cake. The case was being decided literally while he was on the campaign trail promising to revenge prosecute his enemies.
This is why we cannot take it easy next time we get power. These people need strong incentives not to be complete dumbasses. Something to focus the mind.
Trump v United States is one of the very worst decisions of all time -- but in terms of its stupidity level, it might take the trophy pulling away. The fact that the Justices thought they were preventing retributive prosecution by helping Trump regain office is just mind-boggling. As if the president is the only person who could be targeted for retribution. Of all the stupidest things this court has written, that might just take the cake. The case was being decided literally while he was on the campaign trail promising to revenge prosecute his enemies.
This is why we cannot take it easy next time we get power. These people need strong incentives not to be complete dumbasses. Something to focus the mind.
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Agree wholeheartedly (except for the last paragraph). Just mind boggling that the justices truly thought they would be solving the problem through that decision. And then ever since then they’ve continued to rule in favor of Trump despite how obviously he’s acting in bad faith, all because the majority has such a raging boner for that unitary executive crap.
Agree wholeheartedly (except for the last paragraph). Just mind boggling that the justices truly thought they would be solving the problem through that decision. And then ever since then they’ve continued to rule in favor of Trump despite how obviously he’s acting in bad faith, all because the majority has such a raging boner for that unitary executive crap.
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I strongly suspect that all the gop judges are on the take or have surrendered their integrity. They don't actually work as Supreme Court Justices any longer when even the slightest interest of trump/MAGA is concerned.
That's where we are.
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Aside from “principal”/“principle”, I think she/they may have meant the “separation of powers” not the “balance of power”(?)
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"No one is above the law"
Good to know when future prosecutors come after your lawless ass, Ca$h.
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Perhaps. Maybe checks and balances?
I'm not sober right now, but it seems to me that separation of powers wouldn't even make sense (which is maybe why she chose it). Separation of powers would be exactly wrong, I think. She's saying that "separation of powers" is frustrated when one branch lies to another. But what separation of powers means in con law, now more than ever, is that some decisions or judgments are put beyond the purview of other branches. Separation of powers meant Marbury. Separation of powers meant Korematsu, and continues to mean things like the judiciary can't force the military to follow anti-discrimination law. Or force the president to recognize limitations on his authority over agencies. So separation of powers would point toward non-prosecution -- i.e. executive branch officials need to be able to lie to congress if national security depends on it (or whatever other justification they might cite), so there's no crime.
Don't get me wrong -- she's in way over her head regardless. My God, what an embarrassment.
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Karma's a bitch Ka$h.
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Comey’s Son-in-Law Resigns as Federal Prosecutor Minutes After Indictment
Troy Edwards sent a one-sentence resignation letter saying he quit in order to “uphold my oath to the Constitution and the Country.”
Comey’s Son-in-Law Resigns as Federal Prosecutor Minutes After Indictment
Troy Edwards sent a one-sentence resignation letter saying he quit in order to “uphold my oath to the Constitution and the Country.”
“Former FBI Director James Comey’s son-in-law, Troy Edwards, quit his job as a federal prosecutor Thursday night just minutes after Comey was indicted by a grand jury on charges of making a false statement to Congress and obstruction of Congressional proceedings.
Edwards, who the Associated Press reported was sitting front row at the indictment, sent in a one-sentence resignation letter saying he quit in order to “uphold my oath to the Constitution and the Country.” It was addressed directly to Lindsey Halligan, the newly installed U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, who runs the office responsible for indicting Comey.
… Edwards was the deputy chief of the National Security Section, where he was responsible for handling high-profile espionage cases for the Pentagon and CIA. He was on the prosecution team that convicted Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes of orchestrating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.…”
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… "Comey placed a cloud over the entire nation, and actually, the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax made it very difficult," Trump said. "It could have caused wars."
… When asked whether Brennan should be charged as well, the president told Fox News Digital: "We’ll have to see what happens."
"It is up to the Justice Department, but I can tell you, it is a group of people that was very disappointing," the president said. "This makes Watergate look like peanuts." …”