{"id":134098,"date":"2025-09-29T14:26:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T22:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/09\/29\/not-the-america-envisioned-by-our-constitution-trumps-weaponization-of-the-justice-department-will-bend-the-rule-of-law-until-it-breaks\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T14:26:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T22:26:47","slug":"not-the-america-envisioned-by-our-constitution-trumps-weaponization-of-the-justice-department-will-bend-the-rule-of-law-until-it-breaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/09\/29\/not-the-america-envisioned-by-our-constitution-trumps-weaponization-of-the-justice-department-will-bend-the-rule-of-law-until-it-breaks\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Not The America Envisioned By Our Constitution\u2019: Trump\u2019s Weaponization Of The Justice Department Will Bend The Rule Of Law Until It Breaks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

These are not ordinary times. The indictment of former FBI Director James Comey is the latest\u2014and most troubling\u2014action by a Justice Department increasingly wielded as the personal instrument of the President of the United States. The circumstances surrounding this indictment reflect a profound betrayal of the American principle of prosecutorial independence and discretion. As President Trump himself warned: \u201cThere\u2019ll be others.\u201d\u00a0These words underscore the peril of this moment. We are at a turning point in our history.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014 <\/i>An excerpt from a statement<\/a> issued by the New York City Bar Association<\/a>, which discusses all of the ways that President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201c[weaponization of the] Justice Department is antithetical to democracy.\u201d The New York City Bar Association goes on to \u201creaffirm[] its unwavering commitment to prosecutorial independence, the impartial administration of justice, and the preservation of constitutional norms. Consistent with its mission and long history, the City Bar speaks out: the justice system must never be used as a weapon of politics. Speaking out now is not optional. It is our collective duty.\u201d Click here<\/a> to read the full statement.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post \u2018Not The America Envisioned By Our Constitution\u2019: Trump\u2019s Weaponization Of The Justice Department Will Bend The Rule Of Law Until It Breaks<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

These are not ordinary times. The indictment of former FBI Director James Comey is the latest\u2014and most troubling\u2014action by a Justice Department increasingly wielded as the personal instrument of the President of the United States. The circumstances surrounding this indictment reflect a profound betrayal of the American principle of prosecutorial independence and discretion. As President Trump himself warned: \u201cThere\u2019ll be others.\u201d\u00a0These words underscore the peril of this moment. We are at a turning point in our history.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014 <\/i>An excerpt from a statement<\/a> issued by the New York City Bar Association<\/a>, which discusses all of the ways that President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201c[weaponization of the] Justice Department is antithetical to democracy.\u201d The New York City Bar Association goes on to \u201creaffirm[] its unwavering commitment to prosecutorial independence, the impartial administration of justice, and the preservation of constitutional norms. Consistent with its mission and long history, the City Bar speaks out: the justice system must never be used as a weapon of politics. Speaking out now is not optional. It is our collective duty.\u201d Click here<\/a> to read the full statement.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Staci
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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post \u2018Not The America Envisioned By Our Constitution\u2019: Trump\u2019s Weaponization Of The Justice Department Will Bend The Rule Of Law Until It Breaks<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. These are not ordinary times. The indictment of former FBI Director James Comey is the latest\u2014and most troubling\u2014action by a Justice Department increasingly wielded as the personal instrument of the President of the United States. The circumstances surrounding this indictment reflect a profound betrayal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":134099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Staci-Zaretsky-CbtKH4.jpg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}