Jack Smith clearly didn't enjoy Mar-a-Lago judge calling him a 'private citizen,' brings up treason prosecution of Jeffe
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/jack-smith-clearly-didnt-enjoy-mar-a-lago-judge-calling-him-a-private-citizen-brings-up-treason-prosecution-of-jefferson-davis/MATT NAHAM
Aug 27th, 2024, 11:13 am
The Special Counsels Office finally filed its appellate brief Monday in its quest to undo Judge Aileen Cannons dismissal of Donald Trumps Mar-a-Lago Espionage Act indictment, and Jack Smith, buried deep within the 57-page document, took time to say he is not really the private citizen hes been fundamentally mischaracteriz[ed] as.
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According to the district court, Mr. Smith is a private citizen exercising the full power of a United States Attorney,' the brief said. But he is not a private citizen: he is a sworn officer of the Department of Justice.
That aside, the brief immediately delved into history, telling of the time in 1865 that private citizen lawyers were tasked with directing the treason prosecution of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States, after the Civil War.
There was a period in American history when private citizens prosecuted some of the most consequential cases of the day, such as the prosecution of Jefferson Davis. But that has not been the practice for more than 150 years, the brief said. And to the extent the district court used the term private citizen to refer to someone who was not already a member of the Department of Justice before receiving his commission, that definition applies equally to every member of the Department and has no relevance to the Appointments Clause or to the statutes authorizing the appointment of Special Counsel Smith.
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Think. Again.
(17,324 posts)....you would think America only recently discovered that the justice system is meant to ensure justice is served.
AverageOldGuy
(1,991 posts)Is there anywhere in the land a group of judges who are prepared to say STOP THE BULLSHIT, GO TO TRIAL?
Justice delayed is justice denied and we the people are being denied justice.
RVN VET71
(2,767 posts)The judge in this case is as corrupt as her superiors (Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch) on the Supreme Court. She is looking to feather her own nest at the expense of justice and her own reputation.
The good news: her efforts to thoroughly corrupt the system of justice will not succeed in getting her boss, Fat Donnie, back in the House. The Fat One is going down, and going down hard. Cannon may hang on to her paycheck, but her future advancement will be ended by the Harris-Walz landslide.
jaxexpat
(7,676 posts)committed in 1980, maybe even before, is there any ultimately enforceable justice in the USA? The authority of judges became compromised when "infinite appeal/delay" became the official get-out-of-jail card for everyone with a pocket deep enough to buy their collusion. They've bought the USSC, you know. The laws of the land have been distilled and clarified down to this, "poor people (by that I mean anybody without a trust fund legacy) are, officially, no-fault and fair game for abuse by the 0.001%." That segment of society whose MO has been, forever, to employ useful thieves and clever idiots as expendable surrogates who insulate them from culpability for their crimes is untouchable. The red flag of prosecution can wave in the breeze forever for all the good the DOJ or a for-profit congress does to stop actual "high crimes and misdemeanors".
ashredux
(2,698 posts)She has become just a conduit for the pro Trump backers, the ones who have tons of money, and willing to spend it.
rubbersole
(8,419 posts)live love laugh
(14,256 posts)Bigerhalf
(8 posts)there is an older song that has the line; Tax the rich, feed the poor, till there are no rich no more. That has been rattling around in my head for ever that applies here I think!
drmeow
(5,256 posts)I'd Love to Change the World
Clouds Passing
(2,072 posts)twodogsbarking
(12,228 posts)Jack be nimble,
Jack be quick,
Come on Jack
Nail this prick.
AKwannabe
(6,314 posts)liberalla
(9,951 posts)surfered
(2,791 posts)SWBTATTReg
(24,011 posts)judges? I have read in the past (DU articles etc.) of other judges who are just as bad, one was even dragged out of court too.