When I litigated, there were some judges I wanted to avoid. Often, it was because they were incompetent, but there were judges who were just plain mean people. I recall one judge sanctioning a lawyer for being “late.” She wasn’t late to her case call; she had arrived in the courtroom after the court clock had hit 8:30 a.m. and the court clerk had ratted her out to the judge (who hadn’t even taken the bench). She was maybe three minutes "late." She explained that she was caught behind a traffic accident. The “judge” didn’t care – and told her to “leave earlier.” It cost her $150.
I never appeared in his courtroom again. I “papered” him if ever I was assigned to his docket, because people like that don’t think reasonably. They will hold personal animus or act like kings. That isn’t a “judge,” that’s a jerk in a robe.
RedState has plenty of articles about Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg and his open hatred of Donald Trump. A recent article discussed how the U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has filed an ethics complaint against Boasberg. Bob Hoge wrote:
U.S. District Court Chief Judge James E. Boasberg has been a thorn in the side of the Trump Team, consistently ruling against the administration — citing Kafka of all people while doing so — trying to convince other jurists, without evidence, that Trump will defy court rulings, and exhibiting obvious bias against GOP priorities.
Judges are supposed to leave their prejudices and predilections at home. Boasberg cannot.
He has an open and public disdain for President Trump. He gave speeches in which he called for harsher punishments for J6 defendants, even those who were non-violent. He sentenced two defendants to lengthy prison terms for simply being in the Capitol. Bail was often denied to non-violent J6 defendants. Most infamous of these was the denial of bail for the QAnon Shaman guy. He was held in solitary confinement as well. Was he a threat? Of course not. He paraded around the interior of the Capitol, sometimes escorted by police. The mental image of him with his mouth agape, wearing that ridiculous bonnet on his head, is impossible to erase. Was he ever a threat to public safety, or a flight risk? No. But according to the D.C. District Court, he was the “face” of J6. His sentencing judge, Judge Royce Lamberth, said:
“He made himself the image of the riot, didn’t he? For good or bad, he made himself the very image of this whole event.”
That isn’t how any of this is supposed to work. Ever.
Boasberg and other District Court judges denied bail to J6 defendants, many like Jacob Chansley, the “Shaman” guy, were held in solitary confinement after being denied bail.
Boasberg seems to have made it his mission to be a “thorn” in Trump’s side, regardless of the law, regardless of his oath or his responsibilities as a judge. Last week, Boasberg released a woman who had made several death threats against the president of the United States.
Chief US District Judge James Boasberg, appointed by President Barack Obama, released Nathalie Rose Jones, a 50-year-old Big Apple resident, under electronic monitoring on Aug. 27 and ordered that she see a psychiatrist once back home, court documents revealed.
On Facebook, Jones wrote:
“I literally told FBI in five states today that I am willing to sacrificially kill this POTUS by disemboweling him and cutting out his trachea with Liz Cheney and all the Affirmation present,” she allegedly wrote, ending the paragraph, “Let’s deal with this and restore domestic tranquility.”
Although a Federal Magistrate ordered her held without bond, Boasberg let her go home:
"If she had a gun with her, this case is easy," Boasberg said, according to local CBS affiliate WUSA. "But the question is, why shouldn't we consider this the rantings of someone with a mental illness with no ability to carry this out?"
A person who has threatened the president’s life, who clearly is a “threat” if given the chance, is “bondable” because she is "mentally ill," but a guy with a weird horned hat who paraded around the Capitol, often escorted by police, was a threat and deserved solitary confinement?
I think not.
An unequal application of the law isn't justice, it is tyranny, and it is being applied in Washington, D.C., not from the White House - rather from a bench in the D.C. District Courthouse.
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