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Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) has been combating to guard American democracy for years. Raskin spoke out after Trump’s name for the impeachment of federal judges that rule in opposition to him.
Raskin stated in an announcement:
Donald Trump is shedding and shedding badly every single day in court docket. He’s shedding in entrance of Bush judges and Biden judges, Obama judges and Reagan judges. Trump’s even shedding in entrance of judges who he himself named to the bench in his first time period.
Drowning in these humiliating authorized defeats however refusing to just accept that we’re nonetheless a nation of legal guidelines and never Royal edicts, Trump is now lashing out on the judges who’ve been upholding the Structure in opposition to his lawlessness.
Trump is definitely calling for the judges opposing him to be impeached.
He’s not calling for the impeachment of any judges who’ve dominated in his favor. So his rule is evident: both rule in Trump’s favor or face impeachment.
We’ve impeached solely 15 federal judges within the historical past of our nation, all the time for skilled misconduct like constant intoxication on the bench, conspiracy to take bribes, earnings tax evasion and perjury.
