Call me crazy, but maybe presidents who get themselves indicted shouldn't have their criminal trials presided over by judges they themselves appointed.
It's like corruption and conflics of interest are no longer crimes in America.
It's like a bunch of crimes are now unenforceable against the ruling class... by now, I mean visibly, unashamedly; they are effectively immune to the justice system.
If there is no justice, there is no government, certainly no democracy.
@rbreich I don't know the workings of the legal system, but it does seem crazy that given the circumstances she isn't required or forced to recuse herself
@rbreich This could be avoided by having a "separation of powers", where judges weren't party politicians appointed by party politicians but were instead independent of government. You could then appoint judges for being good at being judges rather than for party loyalty.
@rbreich Call me crazy but perhaps making judicial appointments a political thing is bad idea in the first place and delivers a system which is ripe for abuse.
@rbreich In the netherlands, you can "challenge" a judge if you think they are not impartial. A case like this would be impossible in the Netherlands. But judges aren’t been chosen by politicians directly by the way. #trump
@rbreich Probably normal for the USA. A country that is internationally famous for its class justice. Something D.J. Trump himself coincidentally is an excellent example of.
@rbreich The big issue deals with the FEAR MANGORING that being told by Trump. Every crime boss has followers who will jump and carry out his threats. The ones who are really dangerous are the quiet ones. This time, we have a DOJ and a military that follows their oaths in the Constitution. If it takes big fences on the constitutional process of certification, then only the ones who try other means will try to disrupt. Just remember that our franchise, our votes count. VOTE!
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It seems like all of the words I've read and examples I've been given about conflict of interest, often imposed harshly to civil service employees and banking employees, don't matter a hoot to the the upper level government employees -- where I'd think they would most apply.
The behavior of our esteemed judges are showing either how hollow our "society of laws" or how hollow they are. Our image in the world is severely tarnished.