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Conservative Judge Resigns Rather Than Stay Silent On Trump’s Constitutional Assault
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if you actually read the article he's becoming an activist against Trump. Something he is not allowed to do while holding the position
He would make more of an impact staying where he was.
While I believe everyone should do what they feel is best, I have to agree with you
no the article specifically shows it would not:
More importantly, Wolf’s making clear this resignation isn’t symbolic retreat—it’s tactical:
Nobody reads the article, dork!
Thanks for your diligence… apparently folks don’t even read the comments anymore either lol
In this case as the top of thread commenter, I stand corrected and glad I read down here if not the article itself.
The point being made here is why the fuck is everyone who is in a position to do fucking anything to stop the fascists following the rules so punctiliously, when the fascists demonstrably do not give a flying fuck about the rules?
Bc that's the point. If you stoop to their level then you are no better than them. The law means something to this man. He will fight how he chooses to to maintain that law
Trump and his ilk are undermining the law to cleanse the US of those they deem undesirable. This guy could undermine the law to save those people.
There's a bit of a difference between those two types of people.
Additionally, If the law is so easily discarded by those in power, then maybe the law isn't worth defending at all. His activism would have been more effective as a sitting judge. To me he seems like a conservative judge who wishes conservatism still had a mask to hide behind.
because what he is doing is more effective:
More importantly, Wolf’s making clear this resignation isn’t symbolic retreat—it’s tactical:
so now he holds the same power as a citizen!
what power would that be?
That's doomerism friend. He has the power to use his knowledge of the legal system and his status as a famous judge
it's not doomerism, it's the truth.
who do those things influence?
not the legal system, because now he has to work within the legal system and not on-top-of the legal system.
as far as being a "famous judge" does that mean Judge Judy has more power than him since she's more famous?
boy just pasting this on all the arm chair no it alls who can't be bothered to read the article:
More importantly, Wolf’s making clear this resignation isn’t symbolic retreat—it’s tactical:
who has more power in the justice department; a lawyer or a judge?
did you read it. trump does not pick his successor. It was picked in 2013 and he knows who it is. This is cake and eat it to.
wrong!
the judge has more power because they can set precedent.
So. He knows his replacement is good and can do that job for him and is younger and can stay at the post longer. I just don't know how to explain this. You are wrong. What he is doing is the smartest thing to do.
Trump and his goons have no problem doing things they're not allowed to do. Accepting foreign gifts, stealing the power of the purse, trampling over the bill of rights, kidnapping and selling citizens to foreign prisons like cattle. We can't beat those dickheads if we play by the rules. If whiny fascists say "you can't do that" the answer should always be "come and stop me."