Federal Judges Association Wimps Out
H/T TGP which links to CNN, reporting that the Federal Judges Association that had scheduled an "emergency meeting" to discuss the interventions of Trump and Barr in the Roger Stone case has "postponed" their emergency meeting. Tuesday morning Trump had tweeted:
“I hope the Federal Judges Association will discuss the tremendous FISA Court abuse that has taken place with respect to the Mueller Investigation Scam, including the forging of documents and knowingly using the fake and totally discredited Dossier before the Court. Thank you!”
From the CNN report:
A group of federal judges hastily postponed an emergency meeting that was scheduled to take place Wednesday to discuss concerns about President Donald Trump and the Justice Department’s intervention in politically charged cases.
Megan Cruz, the executive director of the Federal Judges Association, said the meeting was set to occur Wednesday afternoon and the group was considering whether to issue a statement afterwards. But later in the day, Cruz said that the conference call between the 14 judges who serve as officers on the Executive Committee had been postponed.
Cruz offered no further details and did not respond to questions asking whether the group had been asked to reschedule the meeting …
1. Federal judges--wimps. Just like other bureaucrats. It's easy to be brave and speak to power when everybody scrapes and bows and calls you 'Your honor.' Not so much when you realize that you could end up on the receiving end from someone with a bully pulpit who never backs down.
2. Perhaps Barr will reflect that there's something to be said for a President who uses Twitter and who has his back. Barr would have been taking this flack even if Trump hadn't said/tweeted a word about the Stone sentencing.
3. I'd also bet that many judges gave the officers of the association an earful.