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ancianita

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10. As Americans cope with legally blonde Bondi, DU's Garland detractors must remember SCOTUS undermined the DOJ:

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 10:39 AM

Mar 2025

While much has been made of the delays in prosecuting Trump under Biden’s Attorney General Merrick Garland, the players that actually ensured Trump would not be held accountable for his assault on the nation’s democracy were the rightwing jurists on the nation’s highest court who effectively crippled Jack Smith’s prosecution through a combination of calculated delay and a ruling that undermined the rule of law.

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Public Notice: John Roberts created a monster. It's about to eat him. [View all] Dennis Donovan Mar 2025 OP

The pardoned MAGA freikorps will storm the Supreme Court Mysterian Mar 2025 #1

#ShamelessStooges (R) now going viral BoRaGard Mar 2025 #2

The Roberts Court has existed to put their finger into every legal pie. appmanga Mar 2025 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Rebl2 Mar 2025 #4

Count on it. NotHardly Mar 2025 #5

Seems to me they're already trying to make monkeys out of ALL courts, and USING what right wing judges BComplex Mar 2025 #6

Eloon's DOGE is coming for them newdeal2 Mar 2025 #7

Probably just the judges they don't like. StarryNite Mar 2025 #8

No need to. Better to have a bought and paid-for court system to rubber-stamp everything. erronis Mar 2025 #9

BINGO RVN VET71 Mar 2025 #11

BINGO! RVN VET71 Mar 2025 #13

They will keep it around. Old Crank Mar 2025 #12

Dictators need judges as rubber stamps dalton99a Mar 2025 #14

You bet DENVERPOPS Mar 2025 #16

If the SCOTUS doesn't rubber stamp everything he wants to do? Sure, he'll go after them.) ShazzieB Mar 2025 #18

Catch-22 DET Apr 2025 #20

As Americans cope with legally blonde Bondi, DU's Garland detractors must remember SCOTUS undermined the DOJ: ancianita Mar 2025 #10

"And former presidents are not immune from being held accountable by either one." Ray Bruns Mar 2025 #15

Ain't No Way One Man Alone, Hid The Bodies Bought The 'Throne'... MayReasonRule Mar 2025 #17

Everything that we're dealing with now is on McConnell Hassler Mar 2025 #19