64 sats \ 11 replies \ @TomK OP 3 Oct \ parent \ on: Political Culture In Germany: Where Violence Is Accelerating Politics_And_Law
I am not a lawyer, but it all starts with the great deception of the separation of powers. all three powers derive from the same institution, the state. And we can now see how these powers are merging into a single unit of power and systematically silencing dissenting voices. From my point of view, as a legal amateur, this case is an example of what is to come: more and more opinion control, canceling and censorship.
You and I are fellow libertarians, so of course I agree. 😀
I also know not everyone agrees with us.
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It's important to stress the harm that is done by weaponizing the legal system to cancel political enemies
Fully agree. That's one of the reasons I despise both the political left and right in the US.
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Weaponizing the legal system is done by the left exclusively
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Mitch McConnell would beg to disagree :)
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When?
Mitch is a politician not attorney general. Or a judge. We don’t want politics to infect the legal or criminal justice system. Unlike Garland or Jack Smith
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Maybe we have a different definition as to what weaponizing the legal system means.
But when a politician's whole self-proclaimed goal is to put conservative judges in power at the expense of other ones, using whatever dirty politician tricks possible, it does sound like politics is interfering with the criminal justice system. Maybe not directly by being judge or atterney general, but by putting the people in power that are.
Anyhow, I'm not sure why I initially interfered in this thread. I usually try to avoid politics discussions here on SN. Too polarizing. I got carried away after a political discussion with my wife an hour earlier.
There are more interesting things to discuss here on SN.
Nothing personal :)
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appointing judges is not weaponizing the legal system, it's part of the political process
your definition is incorrect
"to put conservative judges in power at the expense of other ones"
the other ones are radical left wing judges who are trying to dismantle the constitution and replace it with judicial activism
the other ones are radical left wing judges who are trying to dismantle the constitution and replace it with judicial activism
why do you assume liberal judges are better than conservative?