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To: SJackson

Question: Can a Congressman (Congresswoman) influence a trial? I thought the Judiciary was independent.


70 posted on 04/20/2009 9:21:47 AM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: ScaniaBoy
Question: Can a Congressman (Congresswoman) influence a trial? I thought the Judiciary was independent.

Shouldn't be able to but I guess it's possible. If you were trying to impact the outcome, I'd assume you'd head for members of the judiciary committee in hopes of getting the prosecution dropped.

77 posted on 04/20/2009 10:40:58 AM PDT by SJackson (Barack Obama went to Harvard and became an educated fool. Rep. Bobby Rush)
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