[grey_whiskers]

The Supremes just voted 9-0 to slap down the 9th Circus for inviting amicus briefs and writing the decision partly based on them.

Granted, that wasn't a *criminal* case, but one would think that such outside briefs would have even LESS relevance in a criminal trial.

I recall that President Lincoln arrested a lot of judges.

[Swordmaker]

The Supremes just voted 9-0 to slap down the 9th Circus for inviting amicus briefs and writing the decision partly based on them.

Granted, that wasn't a *criminal* case, but one would think that such outside briefs would have even LESS relevance in a criminal trial.

Judge Sullivan even admitted the rule he’s relying on is from the rules for CIVIL procedure in his circuit, not CRIMINAL procedures. He’s out in very left field doing this and Sydney Powell, joined by the DOJ, should be writing an appeal to put an immediate slap down on his complete over reach on this.

The prosecutors have withdrawn their complaint, citing lack of a prosecutable crime or even a predicate to be investigating the person who was brought before the bar.

The judge does NOT have the authority to continue prosecuting on his own authority, nor does he have the power to impanel an after-the-fact ad hoc self-appointed group of amicus JURY MEMBERS to weigh-in on guilt or sentencing.