(05-13-2020 06:15 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(05-12-2020 08:53 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(05-12-2020 08:42 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(05-12-2020 08:39 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  Federal District Judge Emmet Sullivan has now invited interested “individuals and organizations” to file amicus curiae briefs on the Flynn case. (Some evidence suggests at least 1 such brief has already been filed, but hard to tell).

This may be a prelude to a hearing in which anti-Trump activists are allowed to address the court and explain why the Court should go ahead and sentence Flynn anyway, in spite of the government’s Motion to Dismiss Case. Such a hearing (if it happens) would serve no real-world purpose except to harass Flynn and give the haters an opportunity to vent on the record. In short, it would be a circus, so let’s hope Sullivan doesn’t go down that road.

So Sullivan is compromised?

He’s fishing for a way to — somehow, someway — deny the government’s Motion to Dismiss and pass sentence on Flynn. He knows such an action would be (at best) on the outermost rim of judicial ethics and good faith, and so he is asking in advance for outside help in drafting the necessary Order.

Such an Order would probably be reversed the very same day it was signed, so there is a legit question of what would be gained by doing it. Sullivan himself probably hasn’t made up his mind of what to do, but we know what he *Wants* to do. The Resistance is trying to help him get his courage up to go ahead with it, and provide him with a roadmap of how to get there.

Interesting times.

In your opinion, what would happen next if Sullivan denied the motion?

Impeachment? I don’t think he will want to go there. He’s just like all those who are never Trumpers. He probably sees race somewhere in this since it’s looking very bad for Barry. He can’t make the DOJ continue the case so I don’t think he has any power other than give the left a platform to skyscream some more.

(05-13-2020 07:07 AM)SoMs Eagle Wrote:  

(05-13-2020 06:15 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  In your opinion, what would happen next if Sullivan denied the motion?

Impeachment? I don’t think he will want to go there. He’s just like all those who are never Trumpers. He probably sees race somewhere in this since it’s looking very bad for Barry. He can’t make the DOJ continue the case so I don’t think he has any power other than give the left a platform to skyscream some more.

As long as the House is majority-Democrat, Sullivan will never be impeached for any political reason.

I think Sullivan wants to hold on to Flynn’s guilty plea and pass sentence. To say that the legal basis for doing so is weak would be an understatement. But if there is any plausible way to do it, I think Sullivan will do it anyway, and make the Court of Appeals reverse him. The challenge (for Sullivan) is to find a way to do this that doesn’t damage his reputation with other judges and the Appellate Court. Other litigants (now and in the future) would have him recused from their case if he does something that overtly proclaims his political bias. So he’s got to be careful.