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In reply to the discussion: Just a Garland reminder [View all]Beastly Boy
(9,293 posts)And you seem to blame DOJ for undermining your faith. This blame is woefully misplaced. DOJ is following the law as it is given to them by the legislative branch. There is a rich legislative history to the reasons why the rule of law turned out to be the way it is. And most of it is based on decisions and precedents that came from the legislative and judiciary branches of government. DOJ is a part of the executive branch. Unlike Congress, who are in charge of making laws and the courts, who are in charge of interpreting laws, DOJ is in charge of executing laws in a way the laws are dictated to them by the legislative and judiciary branches.
If you have little faith in the rule of law, only Congress can change that. If you and enough of your fellow Americans want to overturn due process of law the way it currently is, you, and only you have the power to do it, but then you have to live with the consequences. Don't blame DOJ. Or, if you do, give specifics as to how DOJ has neglected to duly administer the process of law as it was given to them. You can't simply claim negligence or bias based on inaccurately perceived precedent, because Trump's case has no precedent. Any comparison of other cases to Trump's would be false. No other case can be genuinely compared to it apples to apples.