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Judges Are Clearly Terrified To Subject Donald Trump To The Rule Of Law
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this post was submitted on 22 Nov 2023
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Alt Headline: Judges would rather hand our country to fascists than to hold a fascist accountable
I don't think so. If they hold him in contempt then it becomes more likely his push for a mistrial succeeds. His goal is to push the trial time past election day, so then he can continue the argument that they can't do anything to the president and he can pardon himself federally (assuming he wins or takes over after losing).
I'd love to see him be held accountable like an average person is, but I totally agree with their position of playing it safe. You don't fuck around for fun when a want-to-be fascist dictator is in play. Either you execute him quickly or you make sure to do everything properly and give them no room to argue you cheated, because they'll try no matter what.
It's really that an appeal for mistrial goes to some other judge that might have maga up the ass. I don't agree that this is the safe play, there's a strong history of contempt being used in court as a deterrent and any skilled prosecutor would get intimately familiar with all the cases where public statements were made to intimidate witnesses and such.
Someone's learning judges love fascists, no one that ain't gets into these lines of work.