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The Velveteen Ocelot

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4. Yes, exactly. That's what the drafters intended - to remove the influence of politics
Sat Dec 26, 2020, 03:03 PM
Dec 2020

on the federal courts. It's always there in the sense that politicians will appoint judges who they think will decide cases in agreement with a particular political philosophy. But it doesn't always work that way (Earl Warren being a prime example); more importantly, the judges don't have to worry about being fired if they don't toe some president's line. Anyhow, Trump isn't a true conservative or a true anything - he has no political philosophy and cares only about what benefits himself, either politically or personally. So the fact that he has appointed conservative judges to keep the MAGAts voting for him doesn't mean those judges will do his bidding. He's starting to see that but he doesn't comprehend the difference between the law and what he wants.

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