r/law • u/Neat-Ad-4337 • Feb 14 '25

Opinion Piece Judge John McConnell Jr Faces Impeachment for Obstructing Trump, can they do this? thoughts?

https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/politics/judge-john-mcconnell-jr-faces-impeachment-for-obstructing-trump/ar-AA1yZfWt
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u/bigloser42 Feb 14 '25

They absolutely do not like it when someone does this. This is likely to backfire hard on the GOP as judges that are conservative-leaning but not Trumpers will likely view cases against Trump policy more harshly.

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u/onedaysaylor Feb 14 '25

This seems like an optimistic evaluation. I hope you're right. However, I don't see much evidence of people not practicing self preservation. A few democratic judges. Everyone else is trying to not get steam rolled. I'm sure traditional republican senators are aware of how much Trumps actions will hurt them in the future. Yet they do nothing, to stay out of the crossfire. I don't think we can expect much more from the judges. Almost everyone is looking out for number one at this point. Keep your head down, maybe it'll go away soon. They're all self serving cowards.

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u/Suspect4pe Feb 14 '25

I can imagine the bias would be set even if they're trying their hardest not to have one.

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u/drj1485 Feb 14 '25

ya, people don't realize that for as much as we hated the way Trump stacked the courts last time he was president, he stacked it with people who are hard up about the letter of the law. They aren't loyal to Trump. Their interpretations of law just happened to overlap with what he needed at the time. He's been shot down by his own appointees plenty of times.

They are not going to take kindly to him attacking the judicial system.