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A federal judge's 'tell' in his order forcing Trump to turn over financial records to House committee americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/a…
The remedy for potential political bias in a federal judge's ruling consists of the appeals process, with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and ultimately the Supreme Court able to reverse such a decision. But Judge Mehta's order forbids this.
Mehta also denied a request from Trump lawyer William Consovoy that he issue a stay on the ruling while they appeal the decision to a higher court.
A stay of a ruling with irreversible consequences is standard operating procedure.
A stay of a ruling with irreversible consequences is standard operating procedure.
In this case, once the records would be turned over before the appeals process could play out, any appeals reversal would be moot, since the records, once disclosed, cannot be made private and confidential once again.
In effect, Judge Mehta has made himself the Supreme Court of the United States as far as litigant Donald Trump is concerned.
This is a "tell" — an unintentional indication that the judge is biased and willing to deny the right to appeal his decision in order to advance the political agenda of the House Democratic Caucus, as expressed through Representative Cummings's committee's subpoena.
