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tanglang6 months ago

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Why because he sees a crime being committed and says we need to prosecute?

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  Beau78906 months ago
  
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  Because he's already blaming ACORN before hearing evidence on individual cases.
  
  Judges aren't supposed to do that. They're supposed to be impartial. In fact, they're not supposed to say "we need to prosecute" at all--that's the prosecutor's job. Remember?
  
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    tanglang6 months ago
    
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    What happens if a prosecutor is sleeping at his post? Should a judge not tell him to get to work? And as long as he is not the judge hearing the case he's good right? I mean it's naive at best to think that a judge cannot and does not have an opinion.
    
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      Beau78906 months ago
      
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      You're right--judges can have preconceptions if they're not hearing cases on those matters. But if Judge Zoller is going to speak out publicly about "going after ACORN," then he needs to recuse himself on cases involving ACORN.
      
      The prosecutors don't answer to judges about what to prosecute. US Attorneys, State's Attorneys and District Attorneys are all either appointed or elected--judges aren't their bosses outside of court.
      
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        tanglang6 months ago
        
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        I'm with ya there.
        
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  CaptainLucid6 months ago
  
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  You mean crime as in the massive republican effort to send junk mail to minorities and when they don't respond because they don't give a crap once they see the word republican so because of that they no longer live at their registered address so they can't vote anymore? Just wondering.
  
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