Democrats Have A Smart Idea To Protect Judges From Trump

A new bill would move the US Marshal Service from executive branch to the judicial branch to protect judges from Trump.

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Trump’s DOJ has been using US Marshals to intimidate and even arrest judges, but a group of Democrats in the House and Senate has a solution.

House Judiciary Committee Democrats announced:

Rep. Eric Swalwell, Member of the House Judiciary Committee, along with Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, and Rep. Hank Johnson, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet, plan to introduce legislation that would address the potential for weaponization of the U.S. Marshals Service (“Marshals” or “USMS”) by President Trump and the executive branch. The Maintaining Authority and Restoring Security to Halt the Abuse of Law Act (MARSHALS Act) would move the Marshals from the operation and direction of the executive branch to the judiciary, ensuring that USMS can perfo…