Federal judge calls into question 'legitimacy' of Donald Trumps presidency

[DonViejo]

Source: RawStory


U.S. District Judge Dan Polster called into question the “legitimacy” of Donald Trump’s presidency this week after the president suggested that a federal judge who ruled against him was illegitimate.

Speaking to Cleveland’s Anti-Defamation League on Wednesday night, Polster expressed disappointment in the president’s tweet that attacked U.S. District Court Judge James Robart as a “so-called judge” for blocking a ban on travel from seven majority-Muslim countries.

“This is serious business, because you start calling into question the legitimacy of someone, that undermines the whole system, all right?” Polster told the audience, according to Cleveland.com.

“I think to say it publicly, that’s his right,” he added. “But it calls into question, and some might even say forfeits, his or her own legitimacy. So I’ll leave it at that. It’s an important question, but that’s how I feel.” Polster noted that the country’s founders had set up a system of check and balances because “they were fearful of a president who might want to be a king or dictator.”

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/federal-judge-calls-into-question-legitimacy-of-donald-trumps-presidency/

[elleng]

1. I think to say it publicly, thats his right,

he added. “But it calls into question, and some might even say forfeits, his or her own legitimacy. So I’ll leave it at that. It’s an important question, but that’s how I feel.” Polster noted that the country’s founders had set up a system of check and balances because “they were fearful of a president who might want to be a king or dictator.”

[Cryptoad]

10. What he said ,,,,

is clear violation of His Oath of Office he took be it said public or private, (unless he had his fingers or toes crossed when h took the Oath. ) that be an impeachable offinse. !

[moreland01]

13. Put up or shut up!

Why would this Judge say that unless he planned to do something about it. Big talk. Let's see some action, Judge Polster!

[secondwind]

18. Welcome to DU!

[Hekate]

30. You need to take a Civics 101 class alongside Trump if you think judges can "do something"...

...without a case being brought before them. The 9th Circuit judges "did something" because the State of Washington sued.

[MFM008]

2. Good

Like the rest of us...

[OKNancy]

3. I hate the headline writer for rawstory

I've thought this for some time. They exaggerate and twist. Clickbait.
This article is just one example of many.

[progressoid]

11. And their website bogs down my system.

I often have more than one tab open in Firefox, but I can't have more than a couple of theirs open. Too many ads I think.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

28. I feel that way about PoliticusUSA, too.

[OKNancy]

29. agreed

and Bill Palmer report is also clickbait.
We on the left have our own versions off-the-wall sites

[Fast Walker 52]

34. they are better than many sites in that regard and this headline is reasonable

I think

[The River]

4. It Will be up to the Courts

to remove our wannabe dictator because 52% of Congress has no interest
in being a check or balance. They are complicit enablers.
If the courts don't do it by 2018, the voters will do it when both the
House and Senate have a Democratic majority.

[wordpix]

7. unless we get one more R senator

at least Collins and Murkowski are willing to join us if they hear from their constituents that they should. Any more reasonable R's?

At this point, I'm wishing we could bring back pork barrel spending.

[JudyM]

17. Whew, interesting last comment. What a sad state of affairs.

[Achilleaze]

5. The Illegitimate KGOP objects to being fingered as Illegitimate

as illegitimate putz's do as standard operating procedure.

[wordpix]

8. I like to call him the so-called president, myself

b/c I love using his own words. Sad!

[Amimnoch]

6. Personally, I call into question if he's even fully human.

I swear this feels like some badly written "B" level science fiction movie from the 70's more and more each day.

[ailsagirl]

9. Made me LOL at work

"...question if he's even fully human"

[NewJeffCT]

15. Didn't Bill Maher question

if Trump's father was really an orangutan or something like that a few years ago? Trump sued Maher over it, but it was tossed out of court.

[Fast Walker 52]

33. yes, assuming he is a real human, he is badly damaged, beyond repair I think

[Doitnow]

12. I look forward to more courageous comments like this.

[triron]

14. He was illegitimately 'elected'

bs artist is all he is.

[MontanaMama]

19. Well said.

Simple and to the point. Makes him sound small....which he is.

[ymetca]

16. What called into question the legitimacy of the judiciary

was the Citizens United ruling, and the long trend toward giving corporations the same rights as people.

That scares me more than Trump calling a particular judge a particular name.

The concept of a corporation was concocted long ago by the rich merchant class in cahoots with the royals, in order to keep their ill-gotten gains, while pushing the cleanup of their carnage onto the commons. It's as simple as that. And it's the source of most, if not all, the evils in the world right now.

Let's "incorporate" this conceptual "entity" so it gets the blame, and not us. Neat trick.

[JudyM]

20. Yes! Citizens United and bush v. Gore.

I hope Scalia is rotting in the hell he believed in.

Ironic, looking back, that I used to think Rehnquist was about as bad as things could get. These days there's not even an effort to hide disgracefully gross partisanship and corporatist conflicts of interest.

[Alice11111]

26. Yes, they smashed being PC. It was a better time of manners and civility

Much more could be accomplished when BOTH sides listened to each other respectfully. Now, bigotry, all kinds of discrimination, rudeness, sexual assault, crudeness, etc. are the acceptable norms.

[BigBearJohn]

21. Oh yes 45...great idea to piss off all the judges!

Well fucking done!! Keep on digging that hole.

[Fast Walker 52]

32. it's so amazingly self-destructive... if he wasn't such an idiot asshole

you might think he knows he's in over his head and trying to self-destruct

[Percy Cholmondeley]

22. Everybody knows

A candidate with the baggage, the lies, the stupid campaigning, the idiotic statements, the obvious ignorance, the traitorous leanings,the threatening behavior toward women, of a Landslide Donald, that candidate does not get elected in a fair election in the United States, and everybody knows it. The fact that the House Committee on Administration voted (as they were told to do) to kill the federal election watchdog commission proves beyond a doubt that we won't be seeing any fair, legitimate elections any time soon. It's going to take some prolonged strikes and other things that I can't bring myself to spell out.

[PoiBoy]

24. +10,000...

Good points and I totally agree...

Welcome to DU..!!

[IronLionZion]

23. I heard Trump was born in Russia

and his birth certificate is fake

[KewlKat]

27. many people have said that

So I'm thinking it must be true.

[ck4829]

25. K&R

[Fast Walker 52]

31. whoa, this shit is unraveling fast

I predict full Trump meltdown in 3-2-1...