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Nigerian Lawyers in Political Careers: A Historical, Structural, and Contemporary Analysis
The intersection of law and politics in Nigeria is profound and longstanding. Lawyers have disproportionately shaped the country’s political landscape, from pre-independence nationalism to post-1999 democratic governance. Legal training emphasizing advocacy, constitutional interpretation, negotiation, evidence-based reasoning, and oratory equips practitioners exceptionally well for political roles. This pattern reflects both the profession’s prestige and Nigeria’s constitutional emphasis on legal expertise in governance. -
“But when the Court does act in this way, its decision requires an equally rare precedential force to counter the inevitable efforts to overturn it & to thwart its implementation. Some of those efforts may be mere #unprincipled emotional reactions; others may proceed from principles worthy of profound respect.
#DavidSouter #SCOTUS #law #judiciary #JudicialIndependence #ethics
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Even the Founders, who evidently had an ethical compass unlike Leonard Leo, would find it utterly questionable & doubtful, that Leo's SCOTUS agents are holding their offices in "good Behaviour".
That's why Congress had been given the power to impeach & remove justices & judges, if their behavior is iunacceptable & intolerable.
If Congress can do that, it can also subpoena figures like $billions-juggler Leonard Leo, who are actively working to subvert the Separation of Power & the Separation of Church & State, which all branches of power are held to preserve, uphold & defend against all dark-money manipulators attempting to compromise the people's carefully checked & balanced system of government.
Leonard Leo even seems to believe in Clarence Thomas's assessment, who called Leo the third-most important person in the U.S., if not in the world.
Looking at Leo's special SCOTUS agents, that's most unfunny, to say the least.
Time for a *Lex Leo" keeping his hand off of United States judiciary forever!P.S.: Article Three's "in good Behaviour" is ***interpreted*** as meaning *lifetime tenure* for judges & justices.
Since behavior in fact not always proves to be good, impeachment & removal from office has been an appropriate remedy to judicial misconduct/ misdemeanors.https://newrepublic.com/article/174631/leonard-leo-mazars-ethics-investigation
#RuleOfLaw #CleanSCOTUS #GoodBehaviour #CodeOfConduct #SCOTUSEthics #Corruption #Bribery #Bias #JudicialIndependence #TermLimits #InvestigateLeonardLeo #InvestigateFederalistSociety #InvestigateOpusDei #InvestigateTheSix #SeparationOfPowers #SeparationOfChurchAndState -
Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, initially assigned to oversee his case
#ABCNews #JudgeAileenCannon #TrumpAppointee #CaseAssignment #LegalSystem #JudicialIndependence #Politics #News