Agreed. The problem was the appointment.
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MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca 2 days agoFiring the AG for not prosecuting the cases you want prosecuted, IS nakedly political.
The DOJ’s independence is one of the strongest guardrails protecting American democracy and why so many decent people have resigned rather than submit.
Look at trials in Russia (about which there are some amazing albeit depressing documentaries) to see where a coopted justice department ends up.
NABDad@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Jaysyn@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Well, your so called guardrails were never anything more than a gentleman’s agreement, that much is plainly obvious.
The simple fact is Garland’s DoJ completely failed to provide timely justice for the citizens of the USA. Full fucking stop.
MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca 1 day ago
Those same guardrails have repeatedly stopped trump this term.
Just because things didn’t happen as you wish they did does not mean they failed, full fucking stop.
Jaysyn@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Incorrect. The Judicial branch has stopped Trump.
The Executive Branch & Judicial branch are separate.
The current DoJ has done every single illegal thing Trump has requested.
MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca 1 day ago
Did you mean to respond to someone else? What words were put in your mouth?
And you might note the thousands who have resigned from the DOJ, leaving mostly incompetent goofs behind who cannot secure convictions. (Because, yup, they respected the DoJ’s independence. In other words, one of those guardrails working.)