majorspark;1803278 wrote:Its a big deal because she is leveling a personal attack against a candidate for POTUS during the campaign. Basically calling him a liar all this in the context of his opponent being exposed yet again for her severe lack of truthfulness. She could potentially rule on his executive orders or worse yet Trump v Clinton. Judges are supposed to be able to reign in their personal feelings and rule according to the letter of the law. This kind of public comment will call her impartiality into question in a decision directly or indirectly involving Trump.
I don't disagree with any of what you said. However, let me ask:
- If she hadn't said this, would you have trusted her to impartially rule on any executive orders any more so?
- Did you think she was any more impartial prior to these comments?
Knowing her track record, both in how she votes and what she's said in the past, I thought it was already assumed that she thought this way prior to her actually saying it. I certainly would've guessed it.