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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKinna says it all...
Andrew Wortmann :
An FBI director that he appointed got a federal judge that he appointed to sign off on a search warrant conducted by a DOJ attorney he appointed. Now the justices he appointed wont stop the appeals court from removing the special master installed by another judge he appointed.
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Kinna says it all... (Original Post)
Pluvious
Nov 2022
OP
Can someone fill in the blanks with the names, just to make it even more clear?
Baitball Blogger
Nov 2022
#3
Nah. Lifetime tenure. Paycheck, better than you and me.... well, better than mine.
3Hotdogs
Nov 2022
#4
republianmushroom
(13,749 posts)1. I like it
dalton99a
(81,637 posts)2. It's RIGGED. Believe me
Baitball Blogger
(46,769 posts)3. Can someone fill in the blanks with the names, just to make it even more clear?
If I'm reading this right, Cannon is the only appointee who will be the big Loser.
3Hotdogs
(12,439 posts)4. Nah. Lifetime tenure. Paycheck, better than you and me.... well, better than mine.
Aini't enough votes to remove her.
Justice matters.
(6,946 posts)9. Can she be charged of Obstruction of Justice?
IOW, is she "above the law" if she deliberately committed a crime?
3Hotdogs
(12,439 posts)11. IF her decisions have no basis in law.
Even then, difficult. Judges make new law all the time
soldierant
(6,938 posts)6. Let's see -
the FBI director is Chris Wray. I think the judge's name on the warrant is something like Reinhart. I can't recall the agent, but the justices were Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barret. And, yes, the other judge s Cannon. And, yes, Cannon is the only one abusing her discretion.
Journeyman
(15,042 posts)5. ". . . the special master he requested to be installed . . ."
Takket
(21,644 posts)7. *checks dictionary to make sure "recuse" is still a word*
rubbersole
(6,737 posts)8. Ginni uses 'recuse' as a mosquito repellent.
Oh,wait...maybe that was 'repel'...
calimary
(81,527 posts)10. Love it.
From the "Be Careful What You Wish For" file.