‘I Was The Judicial Clerk For The Judge in the Original Arpaio Trial…’
This is a very interesting thread from a guy who knows the judge in the original Arpaio trial. For those who care to reason through their positions instead of just following the tribe like a witless savage, it should be illuminating.
So.
Like, for three people.
I was the judicial clerk for the judge in the original Apraio trial. I have some thoughts on the pardon. (1/15)
— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017
(I will not be revealing any conversations with the judge about the substance of the case because duh). (2/15)
— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017
Judge Snow was appointed by George W. Bush. He quoted Scalia favorably. He had a Romney Institute blotter on his desk. (3/15)
— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017
Arpaio now calls him “liberal” – this is flatly false. He is ideologically conservative and deeply devoted to the rule of law. (4/15)
— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017
He took pains to ensure that the trial was procedurally fair – crediting unsupported statements by Arpaio deputies. (5/15) pic.twitter.com/QudUjoNcQF
— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017
Arpaio’s office had deleted thousands of requested emails (yes!), Snow issued only mild sanctions in response. (6/15) pic.twitter.com/zgxhi6972x
— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017
When a minor issue came up that could have merited recusal, he held a hearing – Arpaio’s attorneys asked him not to recuse. (7/15) pic.twitter.com/l6E2hRLQoa
— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017
Judge Snow’s order was upheld on appeal before trial by a Nixon appointee, who singled him out for praise in the opinion. (8/15) pic.twitter.com/cfsiFDFhfM
— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017
Many of the deleted emails were recovered; they contained racist jokes about “Mexifornia,” “Mexican Yoga” and “Mexican Engineering.” (9/15) pic.twitter.com/9Z4smJ3X5H
— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017
Snow’s final 142-page order barely referenced the inflammatory stuff – order bars enforcing federal law and stopping bc of race. (10/15) pic.twitter.com/zTVYA7CAr7
— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017
That order is the one that Arpaio flouted. (11/15)
— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017
Arpaio sent investigators after the judge’s wife and constantly insults him publicly. (12/15) https://t.co/MQLkKnEgqv
— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017
Arpaio kept a paper file in which he printed fan mail favoring racial profiling and attacking a different judge (13/15) pic.twitter.com/hbsFsXiQGB
— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017
Judge Snow has never responded to these personal attacks – he is far too dignified to do so. (14/15)
— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017
So when you hear Arpaio and Trump on the judge, remember he is a classic Republican judge and a deeply honorable man. (15/15)
— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017
*Correction – Arpaio was convicted for violating the 2011 preliminary injunction, not the final order (I was gone by then and got it wrong).
— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017
He followed up:
No. Now I have to tell him and I'm kind of terrified.
— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017
BUT, as I’ve said before, words are meaningless since the advent of the Age of Trump. It doesn’t matter that the judge has conservative bona fides greater than Trump’s (not that this is saying much). He is a “liberal” because all that word means now is that he would dare run contrary to Trump’s tribe, and that includes Arpaio.
In this sense, Arpaio is like our O.J. Simpson. Blacks said that O.J. should go free not on the merits of his case but because blacks had been historically victims of prejudice. In the same way, illegal immigration opponents don’t give a damn to actually see if Arpaio deserved his conviction – that he is branded as an illegal immigration opponent means he is of the tribe and can do no wrong. Even if he’s a scumbag liar and actually undermines the rule of law.
Welcome to Trumpworld.
And I know that scumbag idiots will accuse me of being against Arpaio because I’m Mexican and I’m for “open borders.” That’s a complete lie of course, I am for strict border enforcement, but anyone who thinks for themselves is a threat to both tribes, left and right.