Posted on 05/24/2020 5:57:58 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
“Don’t know that I have ever heard of a judge lawyering up happening before.”
Certainly any citizen (which the judge is) has the right under our laws to hire an attorney anytime he or she wishes.
What I find concerning is a judge being unable (or unwilling) to simply explain (as the appeals court requested) his own ruling without outside (and after the fact) assistance. If the judge has the legal knowledge and experience to serve as a judge, he should easily be able to explain the legal rationale for his decisions without outside help. If he can’t explain how he arrived at a decision his fitness for office is certainly questionable.
Could it be the lawyer he hired was actually consulted prior to him making the decision and has been advising him in the Flynn case for quite a while behind the scenes. Has she been directing his actions, with a political agenda, since the government dropped the case? Many have pointed out his behavior has been out of character. Does openly hiring her to represent him now protect her from inquiries or investigation with attorney/client privilege?
Clearly the name of the game is delay. Does her insertion into the process provide Sullivan more freedom in delaying dropping the case or sentencing Flynn?
One other thought. If he ultimately accepts the guilty verdict and sentence Flynn, does this effectively keep Flynn gagged until the next appeal which might not be heard until next year?
Sullivan needs to be impeached. He hires lawyers to tell the circuit panel what his thinking is? He has become a buffoon. He is an embarrassment to every judge in this country.
Knowing what you know, can you tell me when criminal charges stop pending? Can a prosecutor unilaterally drop charges at anytime? How about after a conviction?
And can you cite your authority for saying a judge cannot hire legal representation when he is the subject of a mandamus petition? You seem to have that answer, and I would appreciate knowing it before I further embarrass myself.
Also, can you explain how Fokker governs the Flynn case, and why Flynn was not in contempt for lying to Sullivan’s face?
Thanks! I appreciate hearing from someone who knows what he is talking about beyond a first year level!
“The order from the DC Circuit demanded a response personally from him”
That’s a really outstanding point.
What’s the point of having him on the bench if he can’t write a decent legal opinion defending his own decisions?
He thinks it’s OK to outsource his job? He just gets to sit there and cut checks?
I can’t see the appellate court doing anything but ending it.
I didn’t say the judge didn’t have a right to, I have just never heard of that happening in an appellate review.
The judge usually just writes an answer.
So something interesting is definitely going on.
The judge has made some great judgments in the past.
This case has been a bit of a puzzler.
The ‘treason’ comment was exceedingly strange. I will avoid speculating on why the judge made that comment.
As is the judges decision to allow a third party to come in and argue for the government.
Defendants have changed pleas all of the time. The judges willingness to go along and use a change in plea as grounds for charging perjury or contempt of court... well, that would certainly cause a lot of problems in other future court cases for ordinary citizens.
Ref: FLYNN
Can't remember the U.S. Supreme Court cite; but something along the lines one shouldn't have to give up / lose one {constitutional right} in order to save / use another. "give up one right to save another".
I know it's a U.S.S.C case cite, my old age {66 yr's} is preventing me from remembering it properly. If I recall correctly, it had to do with a drug case, and the ensuing questions during the investigation of said case.
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