Donald Trump left the White House having appointed more than 200 judges to the federal bench, including nearly as many powerful federal appeals court judges in four years as President Barack Obama appointed in eight.
Trump, the nation’s 45th president, worked closely with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Senate Republicans to reshape the federal judiciary – particularly the appeals courts – for decades to come. Federal judges have lifetime tenure and typically remain on the bench long after the presidents who nominated them have left office. (Pewresearch)
Experts contend that to the extent strongmen have tried to take over governments as Donald Trump tried to do in his single term is to stack the judiciary with inexperienced lackeys.
Aileen Cannon, running protection for Trump in Florida, is one of those inexperienced lackeys that literally owe being on the federal bench to Donald Trump and is working assiduously to protect him with the office she holds.
Not only is she inexperienced, she is unqualified but for Trump’s standard, which is slavish loyalty.
This Hispanic 41-year-old was born in Colombia to a Cuban refugee mother.
With her fealty to the Republican party and blatant disregard for the United States Constitution, Cannon align with other Cuban-Americans who have wormed their way into American politics. See Raphael Cruz, Marco Rubio et. al.
Federal Judge Aileen Cannon also appointed Senior District Judge Raymond Dearie as a third party (special master) to review records seized by the FBI for materials that could be privileged and kept from federal investigators.
In one of the most shocking things a judge could say, Eileen Cannon said she is giving Donald Trump special consideration because he is the former president. It runs against every grain of the United States Constitution.…no person, regardless of who they are, has special privileges.
“The court does not find it appropriate to accept the government’s conclusions on these important and disputed issues without further review by a neutral third party in an expedited and orderly fashion,” Cannon wrote Thursday.
What the Trump-appointed judge did was smear the Department of Justice as untruthful and untrustworthy, so much so that it makes rational sense to have an independent third party(special master) acting as referee.
That is something one would expect to hear from Donald Trump or one of his lawyers, not from a federal judge.
The DOJ can appeal the ruling, but there are no guarantees that the outcome will be better. 6 of the 11 judges in the 11th circuit were placed in position by Donald Trump.
The Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court recently chastised people who criticized the Recent Dobbs decision that unraveled Roe Versus Wade, the 49-year decision that gave a woman the right to an abortion.
John Roberts famously said that judges call balls and strikes on the supreme court. He argued that judges are not republicans or democrats, a statement that, to this writer, strains his credibility. Either Roberts believes making those statements protects the court’s integrity, or he believes fundamentally that members of the court’s fraternity are superior to the rest of us.
Roberts said he’s concerned criticism of the Supreme Court over controversial decisions has veered into attacks on its legitimacy as an institution.
But why would he be surprised that people would genuinely and appropriately question the relevance and legitimacy of a government agency that has removed rights two generations of Americans have taken for granted?
How can the Supreme Court claim legitimacy when it is in the business of taking away the rights of American citizens?
“People can say what they want, but “simply because people disagree with an opinion is not a basis for questioning the legitimacy of the court.”
I call [cap] lie. People can question the court’s legitimacy when three judges on the court lied to the Senate panel that they would not interfere with Roe and settled precedent.
The three liars, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amey Coney-Barrett were all placed on the court by a criminal president Donald Trump.
What does John Roberts truly feel about the three charlatans on his court, and what are his thoughts regarding Eileen Cannon’s blatantly political decision?
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Mike Beckles is a former Police Detective, businessman, freelance writer, black achiever honoree, and creator of the blog mikebeckles.com.