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I think because Obama didn't extort a foreign country, commit an insurrection, or sell top secret information to US adversaries.



Trump should have been impeached and convicted for those things, which have nothing to do with the judges he appointed.


Yes, of course, the same dude extorting a foreign country, committing an insurrection, and selling classified information would never appoint judges on any basis other than their individual merits. Every corrupt individual keeps the corruption pretty compartmentalized away from whatever judicial appointments they are doing.


Attitude aside, this is a very good point. Everything trump did should be reviewed at this point. It's sad that plenty of civil servants / folks who have made careers for themselves and worked to improve this country are likely to be viewed dimly because trump appointed them to positions of power. But the reality is everything he did should be viewed with suspicion.


Surely the guy who literally sold pardons for a few million a pop has broad respect for the role of Justice in society.


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