Posted on 07/25/2020 6:26:04 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
A tale of two judges. – Chief Justice John Roberts – the clearly-compromised former conservative jurist who now does the bidding of the progressive left whenever they demand it, apparently – famously stated in 2017 that there are no “Obama judges” or “Bush judges,” there are only federal judges. That, of course, is abject bullshit, but hey, it’s what the Chief does these days.
Late this week, we saw the dichotomy between the kinds of decisions we get out of Bush/Reagan/Trump judges and Obama/Clinton judges in two decisions related the ongoing rioting taking place in Portland. It is a classic tale of an Obama judge applying his own personal baises as a means of fomenting more chaos in our society and a Bush judge doing his best to properly interpret the law and put out the fires.
The first decision came from the Bush appointed, District Court Judge Michael Mosman, who rejected the specious filing of Soros-funded Oregon Attorney General Emily Rosenblum. The despicable Ms. Rosenblum was asking for a temporary restraining order that would deny the right of federal law enforcement officials to continue to protect the Portland’s federal courthouse and other federal property from the rioters, who have attempted to burn the courthouse down many times in recent weeks.
Michael W. Mosman - Wikipedia
Judge Michael Mosman
From a report at Red State:
The complaint — filed by her on behalf of all Oregon citizens based on her in parens patriae status in relationship to those citizens — alleged violations of the citizens First, Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights under the Constitution. The factual allegations were that unknown federal agents, without names or insignias our their uniforms, and driving unmarked vehicles, were detaining and arresting Oregon citizens off the streets of Portland away from the federal courthouse, without probable cause.
In denying the TRO, Judge Mosman questioned whether the Attorney General had standing to bring the action she had brought. The parens patriae status she claimed — meaning the government as legal protector of citizens — is rarely invoked, and likely inapplicable where, as here, citizens wrongly arrested or detained by federal agents could sue on their own behalf for violation of their civil rights. Judge Mosman noted that the Attorney General could bring suit to vindicate a legal interest that is specific to the state itself, but the complaint filed by the Attorney General states no such claim.
The Court noted that no protester was a Plaintiff. The Court noted that the lawsuit sought no remedy or damages on behalf of anyone claiming to have been harmed by the actions of the federal agents. Instead the lawsuit the extraordinary remedy of prohibiting future law enforcement action by agents of the federal government.
The Opinion calls out the Oregon Attorney General for writing a complaint in a fashion that suggests numerous protesters have being seized off the streets of Portland, but in support of which at the time of the hearing the Attorney General was able to produce evidence of only two events. There was evidence of a young man named Pettibone having been arrested and taken to the federal building, but he was never charged. The evidence, however, was limited to a declaration by Pettibone as to what happened. There was no evidence to corroborate his claims.
The Opinion next notes that the video of another arrest by federal agents offered by the Attorney General had no information as to context of the arrest — what had happened, if anything, prior to the person in the video being taken into custody. The Judge noted that it could be the case that the law enforcement agents in the video were acting on probable cause — there was no evidence to lead to one conclusion or another on that issue. Without any evidence of the context for the actions of the agents, the video was meaningless. [End] That was the Bush Judge decision.
The decision from the Obama Judge – District Judge Michael Simon, who is the nephew of famous playwrite Neil Simon and looks just like him – came late on Thursday. In his decision, Judge Simon issued a TRO prohibiting federal law enforcement from using tear gas or any other non-lethal force that might impact members of the press or “legal observers,” many of whom are radical leftists who have embeded themselves in with the rioters.
Michael H. Simon - Wikipedia
Judge Michael Simon
Well, you can see where this is going, right?
From a report at Politico:
A judge has barred federal law enforcement officers dealing with long-running protests and unrest in Portland from using force against journalists and legal observers trying to document the run-ins between activists and the authorities.
Ina temporary restraining order issued on Thursday night, U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon also declared reporters, photographers and legal observers exempt from any directives issued to the general public to disperse from areas where protests are taking place.
Simon said there were strong indications [Note the expression of his own opinion absent any real evidence that this is true] that journalists were being targeted by the authorities and were not simply incidentally caught up in legitimate efforts to quell violence or vandalism.
“Plaintiffs’ declarations describe situations including that they were identifiable as press, were not engaging in unlawful activity or protesting, were not standing near protesters, and yet were subject to violence by federal agents,” Simon wrote. “Contrary to the Federal Defendants’ arguments, this evidence does not support that the force used on Plaintiffs were ‘unintended consequences’ of crowd control.”
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So, guess what happened Friday evening? Check it out:
Boy, there’s a shocker, huh?
Thus does Judge Michael Simon – an Obama appointee – very predictably reveal himself to be an active participant in the radical left “resistance.”
But hey, there’s no difference between “Obama judges” and “Bush judges.” Just ask John Roberts.
*sigh*
That is all.
Chief Justice John Roberts ...... the man with two daddies ..... Bush 2 and the previous occupant of the WH
Roberts is just mad that people call him a Bush judge when in his heart he’s an Obama judge.
Unfortunately MANY HERE agree with Roberts that there is ‘no difference’ between Democrat-appointed judges and Republican-appointed judges - since they continue to say they prefer RINOs (who still vote for 99% of Republican judges) LOSE in November elections to Democrats (who vote close to 0% for contested Republican judges).
...so why make fun of Roberts when MANY HERE agree with him.
“Roberts is just mad that people call him a Bush judge when in his heart he’s an Obama judge.”
While he’s certainly no Scalia or Thomas, you might want to first check on his overall voting record compared to Obama’s judges...and get back with us.
Whatever it is they’ve got on Judge Roberts (sketchy adoption or otherwise), I wish they’d release it.
They will eventually.
Until then, he’ll continue to vote with the likes of SodaCracker and Kagen.
Since there are many cases that go to this court, many, as in the case of various legislature, do not have a big impact.
On those occasions where following the Framers constitutional intent - Such as the Tenth Amendment, and the ruling on OBAMACARE Being a TAX - chief PIRATE roberts is following in the footsteps of LENIN, MARX ans Stalin
We will wait on some additional Second amendment issues before the courts - BUT for now
Joseph Stalin "We don't let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns?
Roberts is an Obama judge. Even if Obama didn’t pick him.
He is a pompous lightweight, the kind of fool who wears his glasses on the tip of his nose.
My guess is that Roberts was associated in some way with the Epstein and co, at this point.
It should be released and we should Kavanaugh this POS
He’s due heavy criticism. Our side just bitches for a minute or two, then forgets it
That CommieCare decision was horrific. Not just that he upheld the Mandate et al, but they terrible, incorrect way he attempted to justify it
Shameful excuse
The country is far more important than his brats. He needs to resign and GTFO away from the judiciary . . . period
I’m not sure that answers my question: Has Roberts voted similar to Obama judges, overall, or not? Souter (a Bush-Sr. appointee) certainly did...but has Roberts?
Not he is an American in his heart ...so, yeah he is a obama judge.
Not SURE he is an American in his heart ...so, yeah he is a obama judge.
On issues that don't interfere with the leftest agenda he looks conservative, on issues that dare question the very foundation of the Republic, not so much.
“On issues that don’t interfere with the leftest agenda he looks conservative, on issues that dare question the very foundation of the Republic, not so much.”
Ok, I think we’re on the same page - which is that anyone who considers Roberts no better than Democrat judges is an idiot.
You may not remember Souter as the polemicists who destroyed the TAKINGS clauses of the constitution - It is seminal decisions that change the country - OBAMACARE as a TAX and not a COMMERCE clause decision falls into that SEMINAL change the country - certainly during our lifetimes (Possibly WAY into the future)- into something other than a REPUBLIC
Republics fail over time by internal destruction. The people who do the destroying profit temporarily. As Franklin said - A Republic id we can keep it
History has not been on the side of a free people and Republics. Their rain has been short but eventful
The dude has been a bust.
This leaves one questions - Do we do like the FROGS in the kettle and settle for being cook slowly ? - As in RINOs and chief PIRATE robets or do we go all in for the Fascists (ANTIFA, Democrats, atc.)
there are no “Obama judges” or “Bush judges,” there are only federal judges
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Making a patently false statement like this says one thing: Roberts thinks Americans are idiots who cannot see the obvious.
Its the kind of condescending falsehood that only a liberal elitist could get away with saying.
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