The Court System: Are Judges Neutral Arbiters or Prosecutors? In United States vs. Sineneng-Smith, a 9-0 ruling. The #SCOTUS ruled that a courts role was to be a neutral arbiter that required adversarial positions to be presented. Short of this adversarial process a court had no role. Opinion by Justice Ginsburg: Held: The Ninth Circuit panel’s drastic departure from the principle of party presentation constituted an abuse of discretion. The Nation’s adversarial adjudication system follows the principle of party presentation. Greenlaw v. United States, 554 U. S. 237, 243. “In both civil and criminal cases, . . . we rely on the parties to frame the issues for decision and assign to courts the role of neutral arbiter of matters the parties present.” #FlynnCase, #JudgeSullivan, #JohnGleeson https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/06/judge-sullivans-shadow-prosecutor-john-gleeson-files-brief-calls-doj-dismissal-general-flynn-gross-abuse-prosecutorial-power/ https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/19-67_n6io.pdf

A few years back a county clerk in Kentucky got jailed for "violating a Supreme Court ruling" on same sex marriage (this post is not about marriage). No trial, no jury, no statute. County clerks are bound by State laws (statute). The Supreme Court cannot create law, they can only vacate law (remove statute). It is the respective legislatures that are to change, amend, law vacated. Judges are in the Judiciary. They are bound by law and procedure. The Supreme Court determines which procedures are constitutional or not. Judge Sullivan's decision to ignore a Supreme Court ruling a week after the decision is outragious. Why is he not in jail like the Kentucky County Clerk? #SCOTUS, #JudgeSullivan, #Flynn, #SameSexMarriage, #JudicialMisfeasance https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/revealed-refusing-doj-decision-drop-flynn-case-judge-sullivan-ignored-unanimous-supreme-court-decision-last-week/ https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/19-67_n6io.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/04/us/kim-davis-same-sex-marriage.html