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erronis

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23. Wow, just wow. "The American people feel pretty strongly that no one has unfettered power."

Reply to Towlie (Reply #21)

Thu Aug 9, 2018, 01:37 PM

Aug 2018

The judge later added, "We don’t want anyone in this country with unfettered power. It’s unlikely you’re going to persuade me the special prosecutor has power to do anything he or she wants. The American people feel pretty strongly that no one has unfettered power."

Since when does a judge get away with determining what "the American people" want? S/he is supposed to be applying the rule of the law and judgments which are above popularity contests.

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