Federal judges' association calls emergency meeting after DOJ intervenes in case of Trump ally Roger

[BadGimp]

Source: USAToday.com

WASHINGTON – A national association of federal judges has called an emergency meeting Tuesday to address growing concerns about the intervention of Justice Department officials and President Donald Trump in politically sensitive cases, the group’s president said Monday.

Philadelphia U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe, who heads the independent Federal Judges Association, said the group “could not wait” until its spring conference to weigh in on a deepening crisis that has enveloped the Justice Department and Attorney General William Barr.

“There are plenty of issues that we are concerned about,” Rufe told USA TODAY. “We’ll talk all of this through.”

Rufe, nominated to the bench by President George W. Bush, said the group of more than 1,000 federal jurists called for the meeting last week after Trump criticized prosecutors' initial sentencing recommendation for his friend Roger Stone and the Department of Justice overruled them.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/02/17/roger-stone-sentence-judges-worried-political-interference/4788155002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories

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This seems significant to me...

[pandr32]

1. Let's hope something comes out of this

[bucolic_frolic]

2. You gotta be doing something pretty unseemly

to get a respected conservative judicial association like this to make headlines, and to do it pronto.

I hope this is as heavyweight as it sounds.

[bluestarone]

3. Barr should be impeached. BUT

At the very least he should be recused from ANYTHING to do with tRUMP!! Also Mcturtle should be removed from the senate!

[yaesu]

4. by turning the JD upside down tRumps fixer can impact many cases, not just tRump related, have

far reaching implications, decisions that can effect all future court cases, the lawless nation where trust in the legal system collapses.

[Dennis Donovan]

5. It's pretty huge:

Link to tweet

Harry Litman ✔@harrylitman

This is mind-blowing. I’ve never heard of anything like it. We are in full on crisis mode.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/02/17/roger-stone-sentence-judges-worried-political-interference/4788155002/
Federal judges' association calls emergency meeting after DOJ intervenes in case of Trump ally...
An association of federal judges has called an emergency meeting after Attorney General William Barr intervened in the case of Trump ally Roger Stone.

[Toorich]

6. ...I am thinking....

..... that soon we may see another sternly worded letter.

[Boulevardier]

7. Good for them! They recognize the clear threat Trump and Barr pose...

...to the rule of law. Too bad only a single Republican senator and not one GOP member of the House could bring themselves to acknowledge as much.

[alittlelark]

8. "The judiciary will Hold"

[Dennis Donovan]

9. Kick

[Mike 03]

10. Kick for visibility

[underpants]

11. Kick

Because I duped you.