I love this - As the country turns 250, retired judges hit the road to defend judicial independence

[malaise]

https://apnews.com/article/judges-democracy-tour-trump-41752f3f03a1264b44cfb2ec5fd3babe

On Friday, a group of retired judges stepped off a tour bus in a ritzy Michigan suburb after three days of barnstorming through corn fields, cities and coal towns in Ohio and Pennsylvania. They carried with them a message.

In courthouses and public squares, they marked the nation’s 250th anniversary with a dire warning: The rule of law in America is in grave danger. They delivered a similar message at a library in Grosse Pointe just outside Detroit — the last stop on an extraordinary tour to defend judicial independence and bolster trust in courts.

Americans’ confidence in the court system and democracy has dipped in recent years. The country is more polarized, and President Donald Trump has repeatedly cast doubt on the fairness of the judicial system.

Some judges on the tour said in phone interviews this week that the United States was at a precipice.

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Saw this on M$NOW a few minutes ago on Connect with Jacob Soboroff.

https://www.ms.now/connect

[J_William_Ryan]

1. "The rule of law in America is in grave danger."

And the threat comes from conservatives and their contempt for the rule of law – the right’s desire to replace the rule of law with partisan politics, where conservative ideologues rule consistent with conservative dogma, not with the Constitution and settled, accepted precedent.

As for Trump, he’s in no position to accuse the justice system of being ‘unfair’ – judges and justices rule against Trump and conservatives because both are wrong on the issues and the law, not because the justice system is ‘unfair.’

In fact, it’s Trump’s attacks on the courts and judicial system that jeopardizes the rule of law, his ignoring of court orders, his meritless, bad faith lawsuits meant to threaten and silence political opponents.

[Bayard]

2. Dem and Rethuglican judges on this tour

I respect that. Justice should not be political.