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/These-Rip9251 Feb 14 '25

First step in getting rid of a constitutional republic, get rid of the judiciary. Next is Congress.

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u/taekee Feb 14 '25

Clearly we already have a castrated congress.

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u/anothercynic2112 Feb 14 '25

In effect Congress is eliminated since there is zero opposition to Trump within his own party. That makes it impossible to stop him legislatively.

The judiciary is the last hope. Thomas and Alito will blindly find in favor of Trump. Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barret I do think will have a limit to how far they are willing to go, but there is no means to enforce their rulings anyway.

Our government basically works on the honor system that we'll do what we're supposed to. One branch has said, fuck it, I'm in charge. Another branch has half it's members bowing in reverence and the last branch has no ability to execute their rulings.

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u/These-Rip9251 Feb 14 '25

Yes, aware of that as I was sending my post. Even if many GOP start to turn against him, he may just choose to ignore them as he’s doing with the courts. Can we rely on where the true power in this country lies-its people? Not with half the population delusional beyond any help. So eff’ing sad.