“The public’s confidence in the integrity of our judicial system demands a sentencing hearing that is entirely focused on the verdict of the jury and the weighing of aggravating and mitigating factors free from distraction or distortion. The members of this jury served diligently on this case, and their verdict must be respected and addressed in a manner that is not diluted by the enormity of the upcoming presidential election. Likewise, if one is necessary, the Defendant has the right to a sentencing hearing that respects and protects his constitutional rights,” the judge wrote.
The public’s confidence in the integrity of our judicial system has already eroded to dangerous levels. Continuing to allow these delays is only making it worse. We all know Trump’s modus operandi is to file appeal after appeal and tie things up in court indefinitely, and by letting him continue to do that, they’re letting him make a mockery of the court.
Of course that pales in comparison to the mockery he’s making of the federal court, or the federal government as a whole.
Hey I’ll be brutally honest: I have precisely zero trust in the integrity of the court system in vast swaths of the country, both at the state and federal level, and the current USSC is nakedly, undeniably partisan and completely fucked.
It got this way because one whole side of our political establishment worked for literal decades to slowly corrupt and undermine the system, and the other side pretended it wasn’t happening. And now we’re here. I’ll be shocked if Biden does anything about it in the months he has left, so unless Harris gets in office and either immediately packs the court, (or, invites the Tribunal of Six somewhere special, goes “🔫 fuck you, official act”, and then appoints six new justices and railroads their confirmation), I don’t see this changing without political violence.
The public’s confidence in the integrity of our judicial system has already eroded to dangerous levels. Continuing to allow these delays is only making it worse. We all know Trump’s modus operandi is to file appeal after appeal and tie things up in court indefinitely, and by letting him continue to do that, they’re letting him make a mockery of the court.
Of course that pales in comparison to the mockery he’s making of the federal court, or the federal government as a whole.
Hey I’ll be brutally honest: I have precisely zero trust in the integrity of the court system in vast swaths of the country, both at the state and federal level, and the current USSC is nakedly, undeniably partisan and completely fucked.
It got this way because one whole side of our political establishment worked for literal decades to slowly corrupt and undermine the system, and the other side pretended it wasn’t happening. And now we’re here. I’ll be shocked if Biden does anything about it in the months he has left, so unless Harris gets in office and either immediately packs the court, (or, invites the Tribunal of Six somewhere special, goes “🔫 fuck you, official act”, and then appoints six new justices and railroads their confirmation), I don’t see this changing without political violence.