So corrupt bad cops are above the law.
"WE CANNOT EXPOSE THE REAL FELONS!!"
That said, I think the case obviously should simply be thrown out and done and a full on investigation from an independent council should be ordered as its blatantly obvious that this was a political persecution and framing operation by the DOJ and senior FBI members.
However, the particular ruling was not something that goes against normal court procedure...rather it seems to just be following routine procedure in what has become a farce.
I wouldn’t call it a defeat. If someone comes up behind you and beats the crap out of you you don’t say that you were defeated. They are being screwed to put it mildly.
Well...there’s always prayer! And, then there’s...well, you know. Which is immediately gratifying but is, er..uh, sinful!
Lady Justice’s blind is on the ground and she’s pointing her finger at us while hysterically laughing.
Gitmo terrorist detainees had more rights.
1984 in progress one step at a time before the big slam.
The right of cross-examination is more than a desirable rule of trial procedure. It is implicit in the constitutional right of confrontation, and helps assure the “accuracy of the truth-determining process.” It is, indeed, “an essential and fundamental requirement for the kind of fair trial which is this country’s constitutional goal.”
Chambers v. Mississippi, 410 U.S. 284, 295 (1973)