So what's the reason for not exercising that power? I have to think this is the GOP going full-GOP (i.e. they are not serious people.)
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More like your edit. If the substance of the subpoena was their decisions, the answer is a resounding "no." A judge can't be called on the Congressional carpet to justify his/her decision. The independence of the judiciary is woven into the Constitution. Who could enforce such a subpoena, when any judge can issue a stay of it? BTW, the immigration judges, just like "labor judges," etc., would be better named "administrative hearing officers"...
Judges Scorned by GOP Refuse to Appear at Hearing on Impeachment
Two federal trial court judges who’ve drawn conservative ire for their decisions against the Trump administration declined to testify at a Senate hearing next week.news.bloomberglaw.com
Earle, can these individuals be subpoenaed for a Senate hearing? I know that an ordinary person can, but a sitting judge? And if they can, I can't help but wonder why one wasn't issued to either or both of these people.
EDIT: Or is this a pointless GOP stunt?
Why is it becoming toxic? Could it possibly be because people in power disregard the orders of a judge?
Rather than judges being toxic, I think the GOP is trying "cancel" judges.
Trust me, it ain’t just one side. Many SCOTUS decisions have not only been questioned around here, but accusations toward them have been launched like a round from a sniper rifle.
As far as I can tell, the mainstream press is ignoring this, but local coverage is still there.
BREAKING: Bexar County, TX Judge Rosie Speedlin-Gonzalez ARRESTED for allegedly unlawfully having an attorney HANDCUFFED and locking him in a jury box
Rosie was celebrated as the first openly gay judge to be elected in Bexar County
SPEEDLIN-GONZALEZ?! Come on, this can't be real..........
Yep..........it's real.
Rosie was celebrated as the first openly gay judge to be elected in Bexar County
SPEEDLIN-GONZALEZ?! Come on, this can't be real..........
Yep..........it's real.
That sounds like a person on a power trip and should never be allowed to judge anyone every agin.
Rules of Engagement: The Last Temptation of the Least Dangerous Branch
This month, the U.S. Judicial Conference issued new ethics guidelines, a publication that rarely attracts attention beyond a small circle of legal nerds. These guidelines, however, are not just the…
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Agreed. Their rulings speak far more loudly than any SM post.Rules of Engagement: The Last Temptation of the Least Dangerous Branch
This month, the U.S. Judicial Conference issued new ethics guidelines, a publication that rarely attracts attention beyond a small circle of legal nerds. These guidelines, however, are not just the…
These judges are using their offices to amplify their personal outrage over policies. The result is that they are erasing the distinction between our courts and our politics.
OH DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH!!!
If there was any such REAL distinction between courts and politics, we wouldn't have people losing their collective intestinal contents whenever the "other" side was the one appointing the judges. And don't even pretend this started with "well, it's just Trump," Joe Biden and Ted Kennedy took out after Robert Bork nearly 40 years ago - not because of anything he'd done but because "he might rule on a case in a way we don't like." (And no, it didn't start with them, either, they created the modern-day version of the circus for TV).
There is no distinction, there never has been for the most part. Vincent Bugliosi pointed out that what's bizarre is that two of the most despised groups of people in society (career-wise) are lawyers and politicians, but one of the most respected is JUDGES, who largely get to be prominent based upon being both a lawyer and a politician. As he put it, a $25 robe miraculously transforms these people into possessing characteristics they never had previously at least in the eyes of the public.
All a judge really is is an instrument by which a politician can assure his ideology and political plans can continue to be implemented long after he (or she) is dead. The higher you go, the more obvious this is.
Let's put it like this: go find me a list - from the last 25 years - of conservative judges appointed by Democrats or liberal judges appointed by Republicans. AT ANY LEVEL. Most of them that are make it either because they successfully hid who they were and survived the vetting or because they underwent one of those radical "Paul on the road to Damascus" personality alterations after they arrived on the court.
Now - I'm NOT saying every judge is a shameless ideologue who will just rule however in favor of their buddy in the extreme. Most judges who haven't consumed the elixir of social media mob rule have their feet on the ground enough to realize that having a bunch of your opinions overturned by your betters isn't good for your future. I'm just saying most of them are there - the appointed ones - simply because the person appointed them agrees with what they think that person will rule.
OH DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH!!!
If there was any such REAL distinction between courts and politics, we wouldn't have people losing their collective intestinal contents whenever the "other" side was the one appointing the judges. And don't even pretend this started with "well, it's just Trump," Joe Biden and Ted Kennedy took out after Robert Bork nearly 40 years ago - not because of anything he'd done but because "he might rule on a case in a way we don't like." (And no, it didn't start with them, either, they created the modern-day version of the circus for TV).
There is no distinction, there never has been for the most part. Vincent Bugliosi pointed out that what's bizarre is that two of the most despised groups of people in society (career-wise) are lawyers and politicians, but one of the most respected is JUDGES, who largely get to be prominent based upon being both a lawyer and a politician. As he put it, a $25 robe miraculously transforms these people into possessing characteristics they never had previously at least in the eyes of the public.
All a judge really is is an instrument by which a politician can assure his ideology and political plans can continue to be implemented long after he (or she) is dead. The higher you go, the more obvious this is.
Let's put it like this: go find me a list - from the last 25 years - of conservative judges appointed by Democrats or liberal judges appointed by Republicans. AT ANY LEVEL. Most of them that are make it either because they successfully hid who they were and survived the vetting or because they underwent one of those radical "Paul on the road to Damascus" personality alterations after they arrived on the court.
Now - I'm NOT saying every judge is a shameless ideologue who will just rule however in favor of their buddy in the extreme. Most judges who haven't consumed the elixir of social media mob rule have their feet on the ground enough to realize that having a bunch of your opinions overturned by your betters isn't good for your future. I'm just saying most of them are there - the appointed ones - simply because the person appointed them agrees with what they think that person will rule.
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