Current Events > Karoline Leavitt suggests DOJ could arrest SCOTUS Justices

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/wh-press-sec-suggests-doj-could-arrest-supreme-court-justices/

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt suggested the Trump administration would consider arresting high-ranking judgesincluding Supreme Court justicesat a press briefing Monday.
As you guys look at other judges, would you ever arrest somebody higher up on the judicial food chain, like a federal judge or even a Supreme Court justice? Fox News reporter Peter Doocy asked.
Leavitt said no judge is safe from the administrations crackdown on the judiciary.
Anyone who is breaking the law or obstructing federal law enforcement officials is putting themselves at risk of being prosecuted, absolutely, she said.
But, calling the question a hypothetical, Leavitt said it was ultimately up to the Department of Justice to make calls on which judges to go after.
Id refer you to the DOJ for individuals they are looking at, she added.
The exchange comes days after the FBI arrested a Wisconsin circuit court judge, Hannah Dugan, for allegedly obstructing its agents from arresting an undocumented migrant in her courtroom.
Leavitt fielded questions about the arrest at the briefing Monday.
Lets be clear what this judge did, Leavitt said. She obstructed federal law enforcement who were looking for an illegal alien in her courthouse. She showed that illegal alien the door to evade law enforcement officials. That is a clear-cut case of obstruction.
Attorney General Pam Bondi said last week the administration was open to pursuing judges whom it believed were stymying its policy goals.
We will prosecute you, she told Fox News. We will find you.
Leavitts comments also come two days after President Donald Trump attacked judges who he said are holding up his efforts to combat illegal immigration after a series of judicial rulings blocked his pushes to end federal funding for sanctuary cities and to require proof of citizenship to vote.
We need Courageous JUSTICE in our Country, the president wrote. If the Courts dont allow what we have been allowed to do for 250 years, America can no longer be the same.
Judges across the country are fighting back, however, particularly on immigration, where the presidents agenda has faced the most judicial pushback.
Judge James Boasberg threatened earlier this month to hold Trump officials in contempt after the White House disregarded his March order to return Venezuelan migrants on flights bound for El Salvador back to the United States. The administration claimed his order did not apply to flights flying over international waters.
Following Boasbergs March orders, Trump called for his impeachment: This judge, like many of the Crooked Judges I am forced to appear before, should be IMPEACHED!!! he wrote on Truth Social.

This has always been true in theory (somebody would have to arrest a legitimately rogue judge or justice) but to hear it stated, and within the context of everything else going on, it's absolutely insane to just be boasting about it.

wackyteen posted...

Anyone who is breaking the law or obstructing federal law enforcement officials is putting themselves at risk of being prosecuted, absolutely, she said.

Your boss literally did that, you stupid dumb asshole.

But a criminal in office is off limits.

No, DOJ can't arrest SCOTUS judges, but Congress could impeach them per the damn Constitution....

Strider102 posted...

But a criminal in office is off limits.

Of course! Just think of the precedent that would set!

*Unprecedented rights violations happening every day*

Supreme Court told Trump he is above the law, and now Trump is going to arrest them.

TyVulpine posted...

No, DOJ can't arrest SCOTUS judges

https://theonion.com/trump-claims-he-can-overrule-constitution-with-executiv-1830106306/

Leavitt said no judge is safe from the administrations crackdown on the judiciary.

It's wild that Americans aren't concerned when the President is saying this about a co-equal branch of government.

I know they won't but I wish the useless press corp would go low and personal on her since she does not deserve respect.

"So, what age did your sugar daddy, I mean customer, I mean husband approached you? Lets talk about the husband."

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We're ten feet deep in Hitler shit.

darkace77450 posted...

It's wild that Americans aren't concerned when the President is saying this about a co-equal branch of government.

A majority of people won't ever hear of this and a majority of those that do hear of this will think it's a good thing because it'll be framed that way to them.

Unknown5uspect posted...

A majority of people won't ever hear of this and a majority of those that do hear of this will think it's a good thing because it'll be framed that way to them.

And if they DO, they will be more mad at the person making the very real Hitler comparisons because that is being mean and sensationalist and all that derpy nonsense.

darkace77450 posted...

It's wild that Americans aren't concerned when the President is saying this about a co-equal branch of government.

To be fair, SCOTUS told Trump and the American people he could do whatever he wanted without consequences.

Trump is just doing what he was told he could do, not that that would have stopped him anyway.

darkace77450 posted...

It's wild that Americans aren't concerned when the President is saying this about a co-equal branch of government.

Unknown5uspect posted...

A majority of people won't ever hear of this and a majority of those that do hear of this will think it's a good thing because it'll be framed that way to them.

The terminally online echo chamber in effect for all to see. People who are aware of what's going on ARE concerned. You're mistaking the lack of rioting in the streets for apathy.

This is blatantly an attempt at intimidating judges into not striking down Trump's executive orders.

I genuinely would like to see them try.

wackyteen posted...

Judge James Boasberg threatened earlier this month to hold Trump officials in contempt

Stop fucking threatening it and fucking do it.

All of these judges are just sitting on their goddamn hands.

pegusus123456 posted...

Stop fucking threatening it and fucking do it.

All of these judges are just sitting on their goddamn hands.

Exactly

Memorial_Bench posted...

I genuinely would like to see them try.

Why?

No one has ever stopped them

UnfairRepresent posted...

Why?

No one has ever stopped them

Then we'll see the scotus sweat.

Trump: "Thanks to the Supreme Court, I am now above the law and thusly have the power to arrest and imprison anyone at any time for any reason whatsoever."
Supreme Court: anakinpadme4panels.jpg

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Typically the regret only occurs once the leopard has already eaten their face. "Who could have foreseen this?*"

• *- Literally everyone who told you what would happen, including the orange cult leader himself

K181 posted...

https://theonion.com/trump-claims-he-can-overrule-constitution-with-executiv-1830106306/

Why is that an onion article? he has actually tried this

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Can't they reverse that decision?

ThatGeminiGuy posted...

Can't they reverse that decision?

Not willy nilly. That specific issue will have to be brought to them again. Then they can overturn it if they want. But it also means Donnie basically gets a freebie bc of he did heinous shit under the legitimate impression that SCOTUS allowed it, nobody could prove he broke the law knowingly

mystic_belmont posted...

Supreme Court told Trump he is above the law, and now Trump is going to arrest them.

NGL, I think would actually be funny. Even moreso if he went after Thomas and Alito first.

lilORANG posted...

Not willy nilly. That specific issue will have to be brought to them again. Then they can overturn it if they want. But it also means Donnie basically gets a freebie bc of he did heinous shit under the legitimate impression that SCOTUS allowed it, nobody could prove he broke the law knowingly

But cops always say ignorance of the law is no excuse

Zikten posted...

But cops always say ignorance of the law is no excuse

It wouldn't be ignorance of the law if he was acting within the law. The law couldn't be overturned until SCOTUS overturns it. Until then he can do whatever TF he wants.

Memorial_Bench posted...

Then we'll see the scotus sweat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKdJ6DnPhzk

But guuuuuuuuuuuuuys...

"Killer Kamala!" "Genocide Joe!" "She laughed weird!" "What are her policies!?" "Trump won't be worse for Gaza, despite literally saying he'd let Israel finish the job!"

Nothing we could do. Look at all those concrete reasons up there!