{"id":2110604,"date":"2023-11-29T03:46:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T08:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/subpoenaing-friends-of-scotus-justices-will-immediately-backfire-on-senate-democrats\/"},"modified":"2023-11-29T03:50:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T08:50:09","slug":"subpoenaing-friends-of-scotus-justices-will-immediately-backfire-on-senate-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/subpoenaing-friends-of-scotus-justices-will-immediately-backfire-on-senate-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"Subpoenaing SCOTUS Justices’ Friends Will Backfire on Senate Dems"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Subpoenaing Friends of Public Officials: A Dangerous Precedent<\/h2>\n
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Subpoenaing friends of public officials we \u200ddon\u2019t like \u2014 how crazy is that? But this is\u2063 where\u200c we are, as the Senate Judiciary Committee meets Thursday to consider\u200d voting on \u2064subpoenas to two individuals whose crimes are simply being friends with Supreme Court\u200b Justices Clarence Thomas and Sam Alito. This is not only unconstitutional, it\u2062 would set \u200dan insane precedent.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Mark \u200cmy words, this despicable act will come back to haunt the Democrats \u2014 and this time their friends, just as their prior decisions to erode Senate norms, rules, and \u200bprecedents\u200b have before.<\/p>\n
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Sen. Dick Durbin, with a big \u2064shove\u2062 from corrupt\u200c conspiracy theorist<\/a> and racist<\/a> Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, \u200bwill try to issue subpoenas to Harlan\u200b Crow for 25 years of information about \u2063vacations with his longtime friend, Justice Clarence Thomas. Yes, that\u2019s correct. Tell\u200d us where you went, with whom you traveled, and for how long. They are attempting to subpoena a private \u2063citizen who has never\u200d worked\u200c for the government about his personal friendships and travels. They also are\u200b seeking\u2063 to issue \u2064a subpoena\u200c to Leonard Leo for the same information related to Justice Alito. This is \u200dstraight out of the Gestapo playbook.<\/p>\n
Why on Earth \u200bwould they \u2064demand this information from a private citizen? Durbin and Whitehouse claim they are considering legislation to enact\u2063 an ethics code to\u200d govern the justices\u2019 conduct. But this is dishonest \u2014 a fabricated pretext to \u200charass justices and their friends as revenge\u2064 for their jurisprudence.<\/p>\n
First, Congress\u2063 has no\u200b authority to \u200benact an ethics\u200d code\u2062 on \u2062the\u2063 Supreme Court because the court is established in the\u200c Constitution and its judicial duties cannot be dictated by a separate branch. Schoolchildren \u2064are taught about the separation of powers doctrine, but the concept apparently eludes Democrats on the\u200c Senate \u2062Judiciary Committee.<\/p>\n
Because Congress\u2019s oversight powers can \u2064only be\u2064 used in furtherance<\/a> of a valid legislative purpose<\/a>, and there is none\u200c here, these subpoenas would be\u200c fatally defective. It\u2019s also worthwhile to note that even if <\/p>\n
How does targeting friends of public \u2063officials for legal proceedings \u2063undermine the integrity of our judicial system \u2062and weaken the trust between citizens and their elected representatives<\/h2>\n
Subpoenaing Friends of Public \u200dOfficials: A Dangerous Precedent<\/p>\n
In a shocking turn of events, the Senate Judiciary \u200cCommittee\u2063 is \u200bmeeting to consider voting on subpoenas to two individuals for the simple \u200ccrime of being friends with Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Sam Alito. This outrageous action not only \u200bviolates the \u2064principles of our constitution but also sets a\u2062 dangerous precedent for the future.<\/p>\n
The idea of subpoenaing friends of public officials we don’t like \u2064is absurd. It goes against the very foundations of our democracy, which guarantee the right to associate freely with \u200cwhomever we choose. By targeting individuals based solely on their personal relationships, we are \u2064undermining the principles of fairness \u2062and impartiality that our legal system is built upon.<\/p>\n
Moreover, such a move would set \u2063an insane precedent for \u200bfuture investigations. If\u200b we allow this action to go unchecked, it opens the door\u200d for political adversaries to weaponize the\u200c subpoena power to target and harass those they disagree with. This would lead to a chilling effect on freedom\u200d of association and could potentially deter individuals from engaging in any form of friendship or association with public officials.<\/p>\n
It is essential to remember \u2063that\u200d the actions we take today can come\u2062 back to\u200c haunt us tomorrow.\u200b The Democrats, who \u2064are spearheading this subpoena initiative, must realize that this despicable act will have consequences. Just \u200bas their prior decisions\u200c to erode Senate norms, rules, and precedents \u200dhave come back to bite them, this latest move will undoubtedly do the \u2062same.<\/p>\n
We must not allow\u2062 political vendettas to\u2064 dictate\u2063 our\u200c legal proceedings. Subpoenaing\u200c friends of public \u2062officials not\u2063 only undermines the integrity of our judicial system but also weakens the\u2062 trust between citizens and their elected \u2064representatives<\/a>.\u2062 This erosion of trust can \u200bhave severe long-term consequences for our democracy \u2063and the functioning of our government.<\/p>\n
True justice and fairness require\u200d an unbiased\u2064 and impartial approach. The targeting of friends of public officials sets \u2062a dangerous precedent that can lead to\u2062 a slippery \u2062slope where personal relationships become a determining factor in legal\u2063 proceedings. This goes against the very\u200c essence\u200b of justice, which should be blind to personal\u200d associations and focused solely on evidence and facts.<\/p>\n
As citizens, we \u2062must demand accountability and\u200d stand up against actions that undermine the\u200b principles that our country was founded upon. The subpoenaing of friends of \u2063public officials is an assault on our \u200ddemocratic values and should not\u2062 be tolerated. We must safeguard the sanctity of our legal system and ensure\u2062 that \u200bpersonal friendships do\u2062 not become a \u2063weapon for political gain.<\/p>\n
Let us hope that the Senate Judiciary Committee \u200bsees reason and rejects\u200b the notion that personal associations should have any bearing\u2062 on\u200b legal proceedings. Our\u200d democracy and \u200bthe fairness of our justice system depend<\/a> on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Subpoenaing friends of disliked public officials is absurd. Yet, the Senate Judiciary Committee plans to vote on subpoenas for two individuals solely because they are friends with Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Sam Alito. This violates the constitution and must be addressed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":739,"featured_media":2110605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2110604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2110604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/739"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2110604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2110604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2110605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2110604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2110604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2110604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}