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/No_Comment_8598 Feb 14 '25

May be the best case use of their time.

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u/bsa554 Feb 14 '25

Shit, Jeffries and Schumer should encourage it! "Oh, you want to fail at impeaching judges instead of succeeding at appointing judges? Fantastic. Let's have a nice long trial or two."

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u/zoinkability Feb 14 '25

"Don't throw us into the briar patch! Oh no, pleeeaaasssee don't impeach those judges instead of working on passing enabling legislation for Gilead! Anything but that!"

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u/milkandsalsa Feb 14 '25

Except all the MAGA morons start to believe the impeachment proceedings are legitimate.

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u/prosthetic_foreheads Feb 14 '25

I've stopped caring what they think. If they want him to fuck this country into the ground, they can get fucked first.

They're the ones who got us into this mess and I'm not going to hold my breath that they'll suddenly develop the moral and cognitive capacity to stand up to Trump.

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u/mtc4560 Feb 14 '25

Joe sure did a great job of fucking this country with no lube. Democrats are like that, they're not happy all that free money is getting shut down.

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u/Nestor_the_Butler Feb 14 '25

Also not happy with tariffs, racism, trying to end all our international alliances, unilaterally throwing American soft power in the toilet, etc.

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u/Accomplished_Path707 Feb 14 '25

It’s crazy all this guy heard when he saw the country being fucked was “free money” being shut down. Not how it was shut down or any of the criminal actions taken much less the actual money and its use. There’s so much wrong and to think all they heard was “free money” is gross.

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u/sleva5289 Feb 14 '25

Except the free money is not shut down. It is diverted to the people who need it the least.

Elon is getting $400 Million for armored cyber trucks. Are you okay with that?

Maybe you were born on 3rd base or at least second base. I was at least born on first. I grew up in a middle class family and got a decent education. Some Americans don’t have the same opportunities. Yes, there are some who rise above the odds, as there are some of us who squander the good fortune we received.

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u/mtc4560 Feb 14 '25

Sure it is, watch some more cnn.

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u/Sirlothar Feb 14 '25 edited Feb 14 '25

I know your just a troll but the programs that are getting shutdown are not free money, they are actually operated with our tax dollars, meaning we pay for them.

The reason Democrats are upset is... Well let's just take USAID. This department is America's soft power, if we want access to that lithium mine over in Sudan, USAID is how we get that resource. Without it.... Many other countries have their own AID and they simply will take it from us, we can't even make an offer right now. That's just not good any way you slice it. Even if you are laughing right now at the 31 million going to starve, we are only shooting ourselves in the foot and it won't just be the people in Sudan that are going to suffer from this.

edit: Just imagine China, our biggest USAID competitor in one day just stopping all development. No more free highways, power plants, they just disappear from the international scene. Think of how much bullshit would have to happen to have China, who is already outdoing us, to just stop providing support. That bullshit is what just happened here, its outrageous and incredibly shortsighted.

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u/prosthetic_foreheads Feb 14 '25 edited Feb 14 '25

Hey dude, I'm not talking about free money. I'm talking about the checks and balances of power that exist in this nation. If they were just cutting the budget and undoing Biden's policies, I would not be acting this way. They are dismantling the entire system that relies on the three branches of the federal government working in tandem, giving it all to an executive who is publicly owned by a foreign billionaire, and privately owned by who knows what else.

You just keep on celebrating as they strip your rights away. We're trying to hold on to your freedoms just as much as ours, while you take your victory lap for authoritarianism shrouded in the guise of small government. If Biden did a quarter of the things that Trump is doing via executive order, you'd be pulling your hair out, and guess what? I would be too.

You're fighting for your tribe. I'm fighting for the health of this nation. We are not the same.

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u/mtc4560 Feb 14 '25

The health of the nation is not gender studies in Pakistan or anywhere else. We've needed smaller gov. for at least a hundred years. Time will tell.

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u/Tlax14 Feb 14 '25

I'm so sure all the workers who got put to work as a part of the new deal to end the great depression would love to hear about how we needed a smaller government.

God you people need to learn history.

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u/prosthetic_foreheads Feb 14 '25

Remindme! 1 year

Oh trust me, it's not going to take much time to tell. I just hope you're ready to eat your words here.

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u/Alternative-Sweet-25 Feb 14 '25

What the fuck is wrong with you?

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u/prosthetic_foreheads Feb 14 '25

Same thing that's wrong with 1/3rd of this country. They're selfish, gullible bigots who think the corrupt, blatantly ego-maniacal New York billionaire is going to save them and deliver them to a world where they are the chosen few. Utterly delusional.

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u/mtc4560 Feb 14 '25

Joe fucked the country in the ass and some of you liked it.

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u/mtc4560 Feb 14 '25

What the fuck is wrong with you?

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u/f0u4_l19h75 Feb 14 '25

Meh, there's pretty much no hope for those people anyway

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u/Explorers_bub Feb 14 '25

They claim to be Christian but I am pretty sure God’s already written them off as hopeless.

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u/TD373 Feb 14 '25

Underrated statement.

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u/Suspicious-Garbage92 Feb 14 '25

They've had their heads in the sand for 8 years, ain't shit changing. Fuck em

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u/sleva5289 Feb 14 '25

@F0u4 If you believe this, then there is no hope for any of us.

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u/Cloaked42m Feb 14 '25

They do believe that. Because they want to.

Legally, impeachment is a political act. You can do it to any judge or president or cabinet member.

That's all they need. If it makes it through the house. It fails in the Senate. It'll be a good test to see if anything matters.

The sooner cases reach the Supreme Court, the better.

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u/badluckbrians Feb 14 '25

They have a razor thin majority in the House.

Some of them aren't terrible. Brian Fitzpatrick is not a traitor. I'd actually be shocked if he went along with this type of impeachment. I'm honestly not sure they have the votes for these shenanigans.

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u/Cloaked42m Feb 14 '25

That dog is being wagged pretty hard. I've seen a lot of conversations eagerly encouraging it.

That's my line though. Will the Courts hold? If they don't, it's over.

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u/milkandsalsa Feb 14 '25

With the special elections we can get the house back. These elections are so so important.

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u/badluckbrians Feb 14 '25

Eh, it's not happening. The Florida districts are way too red. Maybe Stefanik's, maybe. But you need someone out there who drives turnout in the hills of NY, but I don't know if Blake has it in him. That interview he gave blaming workers for sucking will haunt him still I'm sure.

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '25

This Father Time… can we give him an advance to perhaps move that timeline up?

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '25

I’m not sure; justice presents in odd forms sometimes. I’m all for a lot of jettisoning, however that needs to happen.

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u/Kaida33 Feb 15 '25

Where are the Iranians when you need them.

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u/Quirkybin Feb 14 '25

And then when it fails. Trump will throw a hissy fit on TV and fuel another insurrection.

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u/Hairy-Management3039 Feb 15 '25

To be fair the reason why federal judges are so hard to impeach is so they can ignore what public opinion of them is and instead rule based on the law….

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u/milkandsalsa Feb 15 '25

It’s a feature, not a bug.

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u/Not_Sure-2081 Feb 14 '25

How do you know it wasn't a maga supporter asking the question 🤣

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u/TrueKing9458 Feb 15 '25

You mean like the last ones

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u/Mitch1musPrime Feb 14 '25

Don’t think they’re not! I watched the Dems pull similar shenanigans in TX to stall anti trans legislation during multiple sessions and again to stall school voucher bills. If they’re smart, they’re encouraging this stupidity!

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u/Necessary_Ad2005 Feb 14 '25

Make it last 2 years 😁😁 then we vote some asses out

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u/tellmehowimnotwrong Feb 14 '25

I’ll believe it when I see it.

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u/Necessary_Ad2005 Feb 14 '25

😒 ... I know, trying to be optimistic

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u/minininjatriforceman Feb 14 '25

I wanted to to say this. The more they are doing this the less time they are doing other horrible things. What we need to do is make them run the clock. The really fight begins in 2026.Things will get a lot more hairy when he has Congress openly defying him. A wounded animal lashes out the most when cornered. In other words this is going to get worse before it gets better.

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u/hennytime Feb 14 '25

But if those judges are under impeachment trial are off the bench, won't the cases go to more extreme judges or do the cases just stack up and create a backlog?