Posted on 06/13/2025 1:25:31 AM PDT by Libloather
CNN - When the Trump Justice Department took the extraordinary step of arresting a local judge seven weeks ago, plenty feared what it could portend.
Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan’s case will play out in the weeks and months to come – she’s pleaded not guilty to obstructing the arrest of an undocumented immigrant – but arresting judges and public officials isn’t something to undertake lightly. Critics warned of the chilling effect it could lead to and the precedent it would set.
Virtually nothing in the past seven weeks will have tempered those fears.
The fervor to arrest public officials who run afoul of the Trump administration doesn’t appear to be going away.
Since Dugan’s arrest:
- The Justice Department has criminally charged a big-city mayor and a Democratic congresswoman.
- A Republican congressman floated arresting 100 more judges who ruled against President Donald Trump.
- Trump earlier this week floated arresting Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
- And on Thursday alone, a Republican congressman advocated criminally charging three Democratic governors, while Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla of California was handcuffed after interrupting a press conference from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Some in the MAGA movement are now pushing for Padilla to be charged, though there’s no indication he will be.
Almost all of these situations involved officials on the opposite political side of Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown.
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Blake’s cross-platform reporting and analysis covers a range of political topics including President Trump, Congress, and the federal government.
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More likely it means Trump is enforcing immigration laws and a babbling idiot can’t stop it.
A growing trend of Trump not treating politicians as anything more than citizens, which is how the Founding Fathers envisioned the country.
Something tells me that Aaron Blake probably didn’t care one bit that Carter Page was falsely accused or that hundreds of people were arrested and incarcerated for “parading” or that we just went through several years of Democrats dozing and swatting and abusing FISA and forging FISA docs to carry out raids on their pilitical opponents.
No one is above the law. Trump is the enforcer.
Protesters belong in a permitted site nearby.
No, he just started popping off like a madman. It's a wonder he survived will all his teeth intact.
If I remember correctly, the judge that was arrested literally told the “migrant” how to evade and aided in it at the courthouse. How anyone could support that judge os beyond me.
MAGA and most independents supported the arrest of the judge.
Where a potential split in support may occur is over the potential arrest of “migrants” at churches and schools, as support for that conceot drops among indeoendents.
Lastly, instead of goimg to those places, I imagine there are plenty of hotels, and homes of the affluent employing them as maids, etc, where those arrests could be made.
How about the chilling effect that lawless judges have on our country.
For too long we have turned the other cheek.
“Sharp analysis” — that’s a laugh. His liberal bias is so stale and predictable, he should be worried about being replaced by AI.
Panty-waist
Kabuki theater
Critics warned of the chilling effect it could lead to and the precedent it would set.
Damn right it does. So act with some respect and decorum, not like whiney 2 year olds who don’t get their way. THAT’S the message it sends. Padilla deserved every bit of it. Maxine Waters should be next.
Nobody is above the law.
Troubling trend? Insolent trouble makers wont be tolerated?
The growing trend is democrats encouraging violence.
Yeah?
Democrats not only arrested President Trump and repeatedly indicted him on fake trumped up charges, they shot him and tried to assassinate him.
Compared to that, charging a judge who is on video openly assisting criminals to escape justice is nothing.
We need to charge more judges for their crimes.
Aren't we all "equal before the Law???"
Somebody needs to refresh their understanding of our Constitutional rights!
Regards,
That was her security detail that scooted him away.
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