Judge Resigns After Aiding Immigrant, GOP Calls It 'Unprecedented'
Judge Hannah Dugan was convicted for helping an immigrant evade federal officers, leading to her resignation under threat of Republican impeachment. The AP notes her conviction was 'highlighted by President Donald Trump' as he pursued a 'sweeping immigration crackdown.' What the mainstream media conveniently forgets is that judges historically provided asylum and challenged executive overreach,
like during the Japanese internment or even the Underground Railroad, which was, incidentally, also 'unprecedented' to slave catchers. Now, showing basic human dignity or challenging a punitive state apparatus is a felony, worthy of legislative censure. 'Threaten the independence of our judiciary,' Dugan wrote, a phrase that apparently only applies when she's the one being targeted, not when
courts become conveyor belts for deportations. It's truly a marvel how quickly 'rule of law' becomes 'rule of convenient enforcement' when compassion clashes with state power. The GOP's zeal for impeachment here vastly outpaces their concern for, say, a former president’s actual felony convictions or attempts to overturn an election. Consistency, it appears, is less important than making an
example of anyone challenging the dehumanizing status quo.