Third of D.C. judges not born in the U.S.

[SassyLady]

https://thefederalist.com/2025/03/25...united-states/

The United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the source of many of the cases interfering with President Donald Trump’s authority, has 15 judges, (Counting Chief Judge James Boasberg) and five of them were born outside the United States.

While country of origin doesn’t come up in most jobs, it is worth asking if judges with ties to foreign nations and cultures are the right ones to make decisions affecting the U.S. military or immigration.

The concept of foreign-born judges is a newer phenomenon in this district. In addition to the 15 main judges, the D.C. District has 10 older, senior judges who still occasionally hear cases in the district. This group, nominated as far back as Ronald Reagan the 1980s, were all born in the U.S.

Go figure.

[fj1200]

Well, that piece is just dripping with disdain. Except for that it's completely unbiased.

The United States is in the midst of a soft coup. Not the violent kind that takes out a nation’s leader, but one orchestrated by judicial actions that choke off executive power before our eyes.

We have seen other obvious, corrupt schemes in plain sight before. The Biden basement presidential campaign of 2019; the “insurrection” that wasn’t; the mask and vaccine mandates; the Biden is mentally competent story; the “flawless” Afghan withdrawal; the “secure” borders; and the incompetent candidate swap to Kamala Harris, made Americans realize the best chance we have to stop corruption is to vote it out.
The public did its part by voting in a clear mandate for Trump’s agenda. But corruption is still visible, though court decisions by unelected activist judges.

[hjmick]

Unless there is evidence any of them have violated their oath of office or their citizenship oath, there is nothing to talk about. Without evidence of either of those things, the article is nothing but partisan fear mongering, something at which the assholes in this administration have become very adept.

[fj1200]

Unless there is evidence any of them have violated their oath of office or their citizenship oath, their is nothing to talk about. Without evidence of either of those things, the article is nothing but partisan fear mongering, something at which the assholes in this administration have become very adept.

I wonder if the author was in favor of executive power between 2 months ago and 4 years minus 2 months ago? :cough: student loan forgiveness by executive power :cough:

[hjmick]

I wonder if the author was in favor of executive power between 2 months ago and 4 years minus 2 months ago? :cough: student loan forgiveness by executive power :cough:

That is one of the privileges of the Office of the President that I loathe. Always have, always will. Especially the way it has been used in the last fifteen years or so and the way it's being used now.

[fj1200]

That is one of the privileges of the Office of the President that I loathe. Always have, always will. Especially the way it has been used in the last fifteen years or so and the way it's being used now.

I blame Congress.

[SassyLady]

As if you guys never use distain in your comments.

[SassyLady]

Unless there is evidence any of them have violated their oath of office or their citizenship oath, there is nothing to talk about. Without evidence of either of those things, the article is nothing but partisan fear mongering, something at which the assholes in this administration have become very adept.

I truly can't remember a time when fear mongering wasn't used by an administration so applying that moniker to this one is a nothing burger.

[fj1200]

Someone should aim higher than ignorant, paranoid-based fear mongering. Not that I expect higher from maga..., err, populists.

[SassyLady]

Someone should aim higher than ignorant, paranoid-based fear mongering. Not that I expect higher from maga..., err, populists.

Thankfully we don't really care what you expect.

[fj1200]