Trump Threatens Rule of Law

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Conservative former federal judge says Trump has ‘declared war’ on US rule of law

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J Michael Luttig : 'The president of the United States has essentially declared war on the rule of law in America ' On Tuesday , Trump called for the impeachment and removal of James Boasberg , the chief US district judge in Washington DC .

Most constitutional scholars have long agreed that a constitutional crisis exists at least when the president defies a court order.

Trump or his lawyers did appear before a succession of state and federal judges in four criminal cases.

Luttig: "Never before has an American president even thought to utter one single one of the words against the federal judiciary that this president has uttered every day .” He says the president has wanted this war ever since his first term in office.

He said judges were “unshaken in their resolve to honor their oath to the constitution. Well, he’s going to get what he wanted..

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