In any event, why should Judge Sullivan consider the opinion of some 1,100 former federal prosecutors significant? The size of the contingency says nothing of the merits of the DOJ’s action, and if size mattered, the total number of signatories is but a sliver of the total number of DOJ attorneys now retired or working elsewhere.
The former prosecutors also have no special knowledge of the Flynn case and their status provides them no claim to moral authority. In fact, to the contrary, the history of some of the former federal prosecutors—which includes a felony conviction for stealing more than $600,000 from a client’s investment account for one signatory and being suspended from the bar with a pattern of misconduct for another—suggests their views should hold no weight.
Some Great Judges You Have There
The chutzpah award, however, must go to signatory Shira Scheindlin, who identified herself in the Protect Democracy brief as a former first assistant U.S. attorney. Later in her career, Scheindlin served as a federal judge in New York, where among her more infamous rulings was her decision to toss the conviction of Judith Clark. Clark was a member of the Weather Underground who had been convicted of three counts of murder in the second degree for driving a getaway car following the group’s robbery of an armored truck.
In that case, Scheindlin ruled that the government had violated Clark’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel, even though Clark declined legal representation then opted to “absent” herself from the courtroom as a form of political protest. The Second Circuit promptly reversed Scheindlin’s ruling and rejected Clark’s challenge to her conviction.
"Sullivan's "Friends" of the Court Includes a Felon, Misconduct, and Many Morons"
IOW, Commiecrats. Wow! Would have never guessed that! Gosh golly gee wiz, who, oh tell me WHO, would have ever seen that coming?!
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In any event, why should Judge Sullivan consider the opinion of some 1,100 former federal prosecutors significant? The size of the contingency says nothing of the merits of the DOJ’s action, and if size mattered, the total number of signatories is but a sliver of the total number of DOJ attorneys now retired or working elsewhere.
The former prosecutors also have no special knowledge of the Flynn case and their status provides them no claim to moral authority. In fact, to the contrary, the history of some of the former federal prosecutors—which includes a felony conviction for stealing more than $600,000 from a client’s investment account for one signatory and being suspended from the bar with a pattern of misconduct for another—suggests their views should hold no weight.
Some Great Judges You Have There
The chutzpah award, however, must go to signatory Shira Scheindlin, who identified herself in the Protect Democracy brief as a former first assistant U.S. attorney. Later in her career, Scheindlin served as a federal judge in New York, where among her more infamous rulings was her decision to toss the conviction of Judith Clark. Clark was a member of the Weather Underground who had been convicted of three counts of murder in the second degree for driving a getaway car following the group’s robbery of an armored truck.
In that case, Scheindlin ruled that the government had violated Clark’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel, even though Clark declined legal representation then opted to “absent” herself from the courtroom as a form of political protest. The Second Circuit promptly reversed Scheindlin’s ruling and rejected Clark’s challenge to her conviction.