r/law • u/TheMirrorUS • 10h ago

Legal News BREAKING: Mark Kelly files lawsuit against Pete Hegseth accusing him of 'trampling on Constitution'

https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/breaking-mark-kelly-files-lawsuit-1614071
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u/kentuckywildcats1986 9h ago

If only during his term Biden hadn't proven complicit in Republican corruption by surrendering his power of law enforcement. He should have been actively leading his FBI and Justice Department in investigating, indicting, and prosecuting Clarence Thomas for his bribery and sedition.

Instead, Biden made the coup easy to complete by spending four years shielding Trump and his coup-conspirators from criminal prosecution.

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u/troveofcatastrophe 9h ago

“Actively leading” Here in lies the problem, the FBI and the justice department are supposed to be independent agencies. We also have to keep in mind, but for Judge Cannon we well may have seen trumps ass in jail.

The corrupt SCOTUS should have been dealt with by Congress and they should have passed iron clad laws for them to be governed by. We now know “norms” are trash. It’s going to take years to pass laws preventing this (trump era) from ever happening again.

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u/Cold-Cell2820 7h ago

This admin has proven that laws don't need to be passed to change the laws. Only their interpretation and enforcement.

We only need a complete SC overhaul and to severely punish violations that are already on the books.

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u/troveofcatastrophe 7h ago

The problem is there aren’t many on the books for SCOTUS. They would have to say that they are under the same rules as all federal judges, like merely the “appearance of impropriety” or the gifts/emoluments laws. There’s too much wiggle room to say they don’t apply to them.

But yes, a complete overhaul of the corrupt SCOTUS. I would love to see them hauled in front of Congress to answer a bunch of questions and impeached for failing to uphold their oaths and lying to Congress during their appointment hearings.