mactheknife wrote:
Judges are constitutionally bound to apply the law as it is written, not to create their own law by ignoring laws already on the books.
Exactly, which means there HAS to be a written law for them to apply... See how that works? ...and it's the burden of the prosecution, not the judges to FIND that law and say "this is the law the defendants are breaking". THAT was the responsibility I was referring to mac.
Oh and by the way, judges are not the only ones that aren't allowed to create their own laws, presidents can't either, which is the biggest point you're missing. The federal agents are acting on the president's orders, not the federal laws as they are written by the ONLY branch the Constitution allows to write laws... Congress.
mactheknife wrote:
One such law is "obstruction of justice" which is applied when a third party attempts to obstruct the application of existing law. Look it up!
OK...
HERE are the federal laws that deal with obstruction of justice. They are codified into Title 18, Chapter 73: "OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE"
§ 1503 - Influencing or injuring officer or juror generally
§ 1504 - Influencing juror by writing
§ 1505 - Obstruction of proceedings before departments, agencies, and committees
§ 1506 - Theft or alteration of record or process; false bail
§ 1507 - Picketing or parading
§ 1508 - Recording, listening to, or observing proceedings of grand or petit juries while deliberating or voting
§ 1509 - Obstruction of court orders
§ 1510 - Obstruction of criminal investigations
§ 1511 - Obstruction of State or local law enforcement
§ 1512 - Tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant
§ 1513 - Retaliating against a witness, victim, or an informant
§ 1514 - Civil action to restrain harassment of a victim or witness
§ 1514A - Civil action to protect against retaliation in fraud cases
§ 1515 - Definitions for certain provisions; general provision
§ 1516 - Obstruction of Federal audit
§ 1517 - Obstructing examination of financial institution
§ 1518 - Obstruction of criminal investigations of health care offenses
§ 1519 - Destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in Federal investigations and bankruptcy
§ 1520 - Destruction of corporate audit records
§ 1521 - Retaliating against a Federal judge or Federal law enforcement officer by false claim or slander of title
If you read the content of each clause, you will find that they are all applied to court proceedings or investigations. Court proceedings can't happen without a prosecution and a prosecution can't happen without a law to define the crime. So, what about investigations? Well for that you need probable cause which again requires a law to define the crime that validates the cause.
Now remember what I said in the first part of this response... presidents don't make the laws. Trump is directing his agents to enforce his own EXECUTIVE policies not the LAW as it's written by Congress. This is how we know Sessions is lying about the Supremacy Clause and I'm sure he knows it but he's trying to play that card anyway.
So... we're still missing that law mac... Your lynch mob needs a federal law that clearly states children of any age can be found guilty of illegal entry or they need to back the f*ck off.