RFN! This is HUGE!
This is how we maintain separation of powers in representative democracies.
You have no idea how happy this makes me

I heard an interesting factoid from Katy Tur earlier today about the 2000 ex-DoJ officials - there's even one from the Eisenhower admin!

and that was that.
People do not give up separation of powers or democracy willingly

I was in trial in federal court a few weeks ago for a week. During that time the politics of the judge, his court reporter and the Assistant AG were clearly behind Trump. The Trump appointees currently make up a quarter of the federal judges due to Mitch McTurtle. Add in a lot of other Republican appointed judges who may still support Trump it bodes ill for a contentious meeting.

I really hope that most are offended by the precedent Barr and the Trump admin is setting and stand up for our system of justice. What they are doing now is corruption of the justice system at the highest levels.

but I think we can still rely on the judiciary in most representative democracies

before they would protect Trump.

...whatever it is, it's pretty big.

Any thoughts?

Judges can be impeached - more can be forced to resign when their scandals are exposed and these under-qualified incompetents will fall like rain in a hurricane. Let MoscowMitch think he's winning.
Justice is coming!

And posts like this are why you got so many hearts last week!

WELL-deserved!!!

be associated with the Federalist society.

I hope we all live to see it.

The Republicans failed to do their constitutional responsibilities.

Things really seem to be coming to a head. I am thinking that Barr is going to announce his resignation soon and hope he can convince his peers that he really was acting principled in issuing his judgments.

<Good luck with that>

I don’t see Barr resigning soon. Or ever.

“...the group of more than 1,000 federal jurists...”

NO MERCY

Lock him up.

Delicious!

this and hammer out some tweets!

They would hate it if they had to confess what they did was wrong.

For centuries, the United States hasn't known how to work its government. Donald Trump is here to finally clue us all in on how we've been doing it wrong all these years.

so he thinks hes ok..........................

It's about the track record since he auditioned for the post. The Stone thing was the last straw.

are this concerned. Wow.

He thought his performance last week would be enough to smooth things over long enough to let the Stone matter disappear. Not anymore. He might not be able to cork this bottle with anything but a resignation at this point.

Given the form attorneys’ letter and now the judges’ meeting, it seems logical that they would hold hearings on the improper abuse of the legal system by Trump and Barr.

...even though the DoJ problem is part of the Executive branch (and falls under congressional oversight). If judges and internal DoJ types can't sort this out, they'll *have* to do something.

Disbar Barr the Barbarian.

Slitting Lady Liberty's throat in broad daylight with an audience of 327 million.

There is a lot of legal f**kery going on now with Barr and Trump that needs to be addressed:

1. Stone's sentencing guidelines being abruptly revised after Trump's tweeting, obviously (this can't have been some kind of coincidence and there was no motivation for it other than by Trump)
2. Trump and Fox News personally attacking a Jury Foreman in the Stone trial for "bias"
3. Barr prohibiting investigations of presidential candidates without his explicit approval (I don't think it's hard to imagine which ones he'll approve of and which ones he won't).

to weigh-in.

Authoritarianism, Despotism, Fascism or, perhaps Democracy; your choice.

Ism's are not my choice. I prefer Ocracy.

The other ones are just crazy, and difficult to live through.

Dem Ocracies are fine by me.

This cannot stand in a democracy. "Crisis mode" for sure.

Let's have a work stoppage. Students need to walk out.

If they don't spring these co-criminals, Stone, Flynn, etc can rat them out.

If Trump pardons them, he has to fear the Gerald Ford pardoning Nixon effect.

Trump & Barr know they can't be impeached so rather than a mere thumb on the scale of justice, they figure they can use a jackhammer to keep Stone, Flynn et all quiet.

Will be interesting to see if as a group, they call for his resignation.

And in a way, he's kinda right about that.

Esp. with MoscowMitch in his back pocket.

I had expected the typical 'roll over like a whipped puppy' reaction.

The horse is out of the barn and deep in the woods. Should have checked the latch before this.

Trying to destroy the rule of law , and our Democracy while fixing investigations, and elections from abuse of their powers, and will not stand for the corrupting of our country by them both. They both should be going to prison for this now, and 1 will go I think for sure, while the other one escapes justice again .

If I were the judge on the Stone case, I'd stay within the guidelines, but I'd use the max or close to it. Just to send message that this BS will not be tolerated!