Why I Am Resigning

[Delldude]

And that “targeting” was nothing other than using certain key words to send up flags indicating that further investigation was needed (because a new law and dramatically increased the number of orgs requesting 301c3 tax exempt status ). It applied to both liberal and conservative orgs and the ONLY org denied was a liberal one.

The new law was from previous abuses by Lois Lerner's IRS under Obama.

No claim of ONLY one was denied in your article.

2017 article?

 

[berg80]

Obama didn’t target conservative groups

Still pushing that lie?

It's already been proven Obama was not aware of what the IRS was doing. Namely, scrutinizing both liberal and conservative groups for tax evasion.

 

[Delldude]

It's already been proven Obama was not aware of what the IRS was doing. Namely, scrutinizing both liberal and conservative groups for tax evasion.

Never heard of 'plausible deniability'?

 

[berg80]

At least this one did the right thing as far as resigning from the federal bench before openly becoming an anti-Trump resistance activists

As opposed to trump appointees who are nominated for seats in the judiciary because of the expectation they will be openly pro-trump activists.

 

[berg80]

88 years old? ****** did spend his life on the bench.

He's 78.

 

[Dekster]

In 1985, President Ronald Reagan appointed me as a federal judge. I was 38 years old. At the time, I looked forward to serving for the rest of my life. However, I resigned Friday, relinquishing that lifetime appointment and giving up the opportunity for public service that I have loved.

My reason is simple: I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom. President Donald Trump is using the law for partisan purposes, targeting his adversaries while sparing his friends and donors from investigation, prosecution, and possible punishment. This is contrary to everything that I have stood for in my more than 50 years in the Department of Justice and on the bench. The White House’s assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out. Silence, for me, is now intolerable.

When I accepted the nomination to serve on the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, I took pride in becoming part of a federal judiciary that works to make our country’s ideal of equal justice under law a reality. A judiciary that helps protect our democracy. That has the authority and responsibility to hold elected officials to the limits of the power delegated to them by the people. That strives to ensure that the rights of minority groups, no matter how they are viewed by others, are not violated. That can serve as a check on corruption to prevent public officials from unlawfully enriching themselves. Becoming a federal judge was an ideal opportunity to extend a noble tradition that I had been educated by experience to treasure.

Why I Am Resigning

A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.

www.aol.com

Another man of integrity and vast experience to be ridiculed and dismissed for having the audacity to say out loud what we all have known for months if not years.

What Nixon did episodically and covertly, knowing it was illegal or improper, Trump now does routinely and overtly. Prosecutorial decisions during this administration are a prime example. Because even a prosecution that ends in an acquittal can have devastating consequences for the defendant, as a matter of fairness Justice Department guidelines instruct prosecutors not to seek an indictment unless they believe there is sufficient admissible evidence to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

Trump has utterly ignored this principle.

I hope he doesn't think speaking out will persuade trump devotees to acknowledge the truth of what he's saying. There isn't a chance of that.

I wonder how long it will be before he is indicted?

At 78, the guy was probably at the end of the road anyway. He just wanted to make a fuss about it.

 

[Seymour Flops]

As opposed to trump appointees who are nominated for seats in the judiciary because of the expectation they will be openly pro-trump activists.

Yep.

Shoe's on the other foot, sauce for the goose, turnabout is fair play, one thing leads to another, etc.

You didn't learn those basic principles growing up?

 

[Lockback]

Senility claims another one.

You literally took the words out of my mouth.

 

[Delldude]

As opposed to trump appointees who are nominated for seats in the judiciary because of the expectation they will be openly pro-trump activists.

At least the Dem court wouldn't be ideologically driven...

 

[berg80]

Yep.

Shoe's on the other foot, sauce for the goose, turnabout is fair play, one thing leads to another, etc.

You didn't learn those basic principles growing up?

I've lost track of how many times you folks have ineffectually tried to justify corrupt behavior by the trump regime with fatuous equivalences.

 

[berg80]

You literally took the words out of my mouth.

Or out of your ass.

 

[Captain Creeper]

In 1985, President Ronald Reagan appointed me as a federal judge. I was 38 years old. At the time, I looked forward to serving for the rest of my life. However, I resigned Friday, relinquishing that lifetime appointment and giving up the opportunity for public service that I have loved.

My reason is simple: I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom. President Donald Trump is using the law for partisan purposes, targeting his adversaries while sparing his friends and donors from investigation, prosecution, and possible punishment. This is contrary to everything that I have stood for in my more than 50 years in the Department of Justice and on the bench. The White House’s assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out. Silence, for me, is now intolerable.

When I accepted the nomination to serve on the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, I took pride in becoming part of a federal judiciary that works to make our country’s ideal of equal justice under law a reality. A judiciary that helps protect our democracy. That has the authority and responsibility to hold elected officials to the limits of the power delegated to them by the people. That strives to ensure that the rights of minority groups, no matter how they are viewed by others, are not violated. That can serve as a check on corruption to prevent public officials from unlawfully enriching themselves. Becoming a federal judge was an ideal opportunity to extend a noble tradition that I had been educated by experience to treasure.

Why I Am Resigning

A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.

www.aol.com

Another man of integrity and vast experience to be ridiculed and dismissed for having the audacity to say out loud what we all have known for months if not years.

What Nixon did episodically and covertly, knowing it was illegal or improper, Trump now does routinely and overtly. Prosecutorial decisions during this administration are a prime example. Because even a prosecution that ends in an acquittal can have devastating consequences for the defendant, as a matter of fairness Justice Department guidelines instruct prosecutors not to seek an indictment unless they believe there is sufficient admissible evidence to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

Trump has utterly ignored this principle.

I hope he doesn't think speaking out will persuade trump devotees to acknowledge the truth of what he's saying. There isn't a chance of that.

I wonder how long it will be before he is indicted?

Jesus Christ, dude. Put on your diaper and go cry yourself to sleep, moron.

 

[Lockback]

Or out of your ass.

My ass is smarter than your head.

 

[Lesh]

My ass is smarter than your head.

So you’re a smartass??

 

[Lockback]

So you’re a smartass??

Sure.
Works for me.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

He's 78.

Way past retirement time

 

[Lesh]

Sure.
Works for me.

Definition of a smartass

An annoying person who (wrongly) believes he knows everything

Dunning-Kruger

 

[Woodznutz]

In 1985, President Ronald Reagan appointed me as a federal judge. I was 38 years old. At the time, I looked forward to serving for the rest of my life. However, I resigned Friday, relinquishing that lifetime appointment and giving up the opportunity for public service that I have loved.

My reason is simple: I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom. President Donald Trump is using the law for partisan purposes, targeting his adversaries while sparing his friends and donors from investigation, prosecution, and possible punishment. This is contrary to everything that I have stood for in my more than 50 years in the Department of Justice and on the bench. The White House’s assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out. Silence, for me, is now intolerable.

When I accepted the nomination to serve on the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, I took pride in becoming part of a federal judiciary that works to make our country’s ideal of equal justice under law a reality. A judiciary that helps protect our democracy. That has the authority and responsibility to hold elected officials to the limits of the power delegated to them by the people. That strives to ensure that the rights of minority groups, no matter how they are viewed by others, are not violated. That can serve as a check on corruption to prevent public officials from unlawfully enriching themselves. Becoming a federal judge was an ideal opportunity to extend a noble tradition that I had been educated by experience to treasure.

Why I Am Resigning

A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.

www.aol.com

Another man of integrity and vast experience to be ridiculed and dismissed for having the audacity to say out loud what we all have known for months if not years.

What Nixon did episodically and covertly, knowing it was illegal or improper, Trump now does routinely and overtly. Prosecutorial decisions during this administration are a prime example. Because even a prosecution that ends in an acquittal can have devastating consequences for the defendant, as a matter of fairness Justice Department guidelines instruct prosecutors not to seek an indictment unless they believe there is sufficient admissible evidence to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

Trump has utterly ignored this principle.

I hope he doesn't think speaking out will persuade trump devotees to acknowledge the truth of what he's saying. There isn't a chance of that.

I wonder how long it will be before he is indicted?

If judges really wanted to save America they would speak out to the state and federal lawmakers and demand true justice when setting punishments. This would mean expanding and expedited the death penalty and longer sentences for all crimes.

 

[Lockback]

Definition of a smartass

An annoying person who (wrongly) believes he knows everything

Dunning-Kreuger

Is this you with the beard in the skirt?

 

[Seymour Flops]

I've lost track of how many times you folks have ineffectually tried to justify corrupt behavior by the trump regime with fatuous equivalences.

I never bothered to even try to track how many times you folks have ineffectually whined about Trump doing the same thing that your side does.

It has been a non-stop and ongoing process ever since 2016.