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Trump violates all recognized democratic norms, federal judge says in biting speech on judicial independenceVideo by The Washington Post
U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman of the District of Columbia said Trumps rhetoric violates all recognized democratic norms during a speech at the annual Judge Thomas A. Flannery Lecture in Washington on Wednesday.
We are in unchartered territory, said Friedman, 75, an appointee of President Bill Clinton. We are witnessing a chief executive who criticizes virtually every judicial decision that doesnt go his way and denigrates judges who rule against him, sometimes in very personal terms. He seems to view the courts and the justice system as obstacles to be attacked and undermined, not as a coequal branch to be respected even when he disagrees with its decisions.
The White House did not immediately return a request for comment early Friday on Friedmans speech
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-violates-all-recognized-democratic-norms-federal-judge-says-in-biting-speech-on-judicial-independence/ar-BBWsJBx?li=BBnb7Kz
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(8,907 posts)it could have gone into the Latest Breaking News section as well.
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gratuitous
(82,849 posts)This is what endears Trump to his fans, his willingness to inflict grievous hurt our country and society, and destroy the credibility and integrity of the forms of government that have painstakingly evolved over the decades. It's really no way to govern, but a significant segment of our citizenry doesn't know any better, and they think Trump is draining the swamp or stickin' it to the libs or something. Trump's whole administration is dedicated to hurting people who need to be hurt in the eyes of his supporters.
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