9 Ways Mueller’s Investigation Epitomizes A Legal System In Crisis — The Federalist

One should rejoice that some trial judges are expressing skepticism about the tactics of Robert Mueller’s special counsel’s office (see here, here, here), and that defendants are increasingly willing to fight back (see here, here). Anyone with a taste for irony will appreciate that a Russian oligarch’s company Mueller indicted, which was expected to remain cowering behind the Kremlin walls, has shown up in court as a champion of American civil liberties.

But it would be unfortunate if the only result of the brouhaha were to make this particular witch hunt disappear. Mueller’s investigation is showy and politically important, but it is not unique. It embodies our administrative state, an epiphenomenon of a serious disease of the legal system.

via 9 Ways Mueller’s Investigation Epitomizes A Legal System In Crisis — The Federalist

Leave a comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.