Conservative former federal decide J. Michael Luttig, this weekend, tore into President Donald Trump and his administration for “waging warfare” on the federal judiciary and the rule of legislation.
The assault started on Trump’s very first day again in workplace, Luttig informed MSNBC’s Ali Velshi.
And the authorized icon worryingly admitted: “I don’t know the place this ends.”
Luttig, a staunch and vocal critic of Trump’s assaults on democracy, took specific problem with Lawyer Basic Pam Bondi’s accusation that judges who’ve dominated towards the president’s insurance policies and govt orders are “deranged.”
“No, the judges aren’t deranged, Pam Bondi,” mentioned Luttig.
“They’re merely implementing their oath to the Structure of the USA. The identical oath that you just, Madam Lawyer Basic, took your self,” he identified.
“I don’t know the place this ends, Ali, however it seems that, on this second, the president intends to prosecute this warfare towards the federal judiciary and the rule of legislation to its catastrophic finish.”
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Earlier this month, Luttig argued Trump’s declare of not figuring out if he has to uphold the U.S. Structure was “maybe crucial phrases ever spoken by a president of the USA.”
“The temptation right here is to dismiss the president’s phrases as simply one other gaffe, of which he makes many. However I don’t assume that we must always try this,” he mentioned.
“I’m fairly assured that the president was saying what’s on his thoughts and that’s that he, the president of the USA, doesn’t essentially consider that he’s obligated to uphold the Structure of the USA, as it’s interpreted by the Supreme Courtroom,” added Luttig, who suggested Trump first-term Vice President Mike Pence on rejecting Trump’s bid to overturn his 2020 election loss.