Judges are Kings. They make laws from their throne whenever they choose to do so.
This is all true, but my point is how botched up is a system that can produce this sort of result.
Lawfare, by its very nature, is corrupt. The prosecutor brought a case that was crap, and the judge presided over a show trial.
I doubt an appeal to the First Department in Manhatttan will succeed. I think the apppeal to the NY Court of Appeals has a reasonable chance of succeeding after the election. If I were New York I would not want to find out what Scotus would say.
Judges are Kings. They make laws from their throne whenever they choose to do so.
Corrupt judges do corrupt things.
They are funded by the legislature. The legislature is reelected at an astounding rate. They are the best legislators money can buy. The executive branch does not enforce laws when corruption is evident to all who are not blind. It is not the system (i.e. the Common Law system as opposed to the Civil Code system) that is at fault. It is having, tolerating, and even rewarding corrupt people in the system. With the way the government, all three branches, functions, I have little hope that the swamp gets drained. I hope I'm wrong.