Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy❤
No. of Recommendations: 17
Despite orders from courts right up to the Supreme Court to facilitate Abrego Garcia’s return to the United States, they have publicly insisted that Abrego Garcia will never return to the United States. White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, a white-nationalist nativist, has said that the administration is thinking about suspending the writ of habeas corpus, which would permit the government to throw people in jail without charge or trial. The Constitution specifies that Congress alone can suspend that writ.
Their attacks seemed designed to convince Americans that judges insisting on the rule of law are backing violent criminals. That, in turn, seems designed to encourage MAGA loyalists to threaten judges. And they are. The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that a security committee at the judicial conference, the body that makes policy for federal judges, has floated the idea of creating an armed security force apart from the current U.S. Marshals Service that operates under the Department of Justice. Judges have expressed concern that Trump and loyalist Attorney General Pam Bondi might withdraw protections from judges who have ruled against the administration.
Conservative judge J. Michael Luttig noted: “It is an extraordinary and unprecedented development in American history that the Nation’s Federal Judiciary would have to consider having its own security force because federal judges cannot trust the U.S. Marshal’s Service under this President and his Attorney General. They cannot trust this president and this Attorney General to ensure their protectionhttps://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-26...
No. of Recommendations: 2
The article I read said the judges were considering moving the US Marshals from the Executive to the Legislative branch, but didn't explain how that could be done. I was perplexed how they could be moved. Creating one in the judiciary might work if Congress allows the budget. Maybe we could get Swiss Guards for the Judiciary.
No. of Recommendations: 6
The article I read said the judges were considering moving the US Marshals from the Executive to the Legislative branch, but didn't explain how that could be done. I was perplexed how they could be moved.Not that judges were considering doing it - Democrats in Congress have proposed it:
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/22/g-s1-68433/judges-s...
No. of Recommendations: 3
Not that judges were considering doing it - Democrats in Congress have proposed it:
That would give the judiciary some teeth (which I complained they didn't a few weeks ago). But Dems will have to have a veto-proof majority support to get it done. Seems unlikely until at least 2028, and I'm not sure what of the Constitution will still exist at that point.
No. of Recommendations: 1
Not that judges were considering doing it - Democrats in Congress have proposed it:
Ahh, thanks. That's obvious from the header, so my article was more obscure. I think it blended and obscured the two approaches - maybe. Or :)
No. of Recommendations: 2
That would give the judiciary some teeth (which I complained they didn't a few weeks ago). But Dems will have to have a veto-proof majority support to get it done. Seems unlikely until at least 2028, and I'm not sure what of the Constitution will still exist at that point
Well, the piece I read was concerning the judge's security. Judge's get threatened and violence happens more frequently than we think. I had a friend who owned a building in LA with a courtroom in it. He complained that he had to replace the bullet proof glass around the judge all to frequently - and it was expensive - cutting into his leasing profits. I was surprised. The article hinted that Trump could use the Marshall's protection as leverage, possibly withdraw protection, and judges were thinking about creating their own within the legislative branch. Thus my reference to the Swiss Guard used for the Pope. Early on the Papacy used Swiss Guards because they couldn't trust anyone else not to be compromised.
It would help with executing judge's orders, which now look like they can be ignored, especially if the contempt power is lessened by the current BB Bill.
