The Georgia prosecutor who indicted Trump, Atlanta District Attorney Fani Willis, is being targeted by the GOP for removal under a new law.

A little over a week after a prosecutor in Georgia indicted former President Donald Trump for trying to overturn the results of the state’s 2020 presidential election, Republicans said they will use a new law to remove her from office.

In May, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed the law that created a new commission of political appointees with the power to remove and discipline elected prosecutors over decisions or policies not to prosecute certain offenses. The law seeks to limit or restrict reform-minded prosecutors. In the case of Fulton County — which includes Atlanta — though, District Attorney Fani Willis is not even known as much of a reformer. Instead, Republican lawmakers set their sights on Willis for another reason: prosecuting the wrong person.

  • Riccosuave@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    We already know from Pudding Rob’s actions in Florida that these kind of laws are going to be used to:

    • Allow the executive or legislative branches to override the judiciary, thereby functionally eliminating the separation of powers

    • Override democracy by removing duly elected officials at the sole discretion of one person (Florida), or by another unelected body (Georgia)

    • Create a legal fiefdom where the executive or legislative branches can determine the outcome of judicial matters through sheer fiat by removing prosecutors who do not align with their intended outcomes, and then hand selecting those who do

    Party of “Law and Order” my fucking ass…

      • CoderKat@lemm.eeEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Now now, it’s more general than that. In between shooting black people, they also love to use their laws on other things they don’t like, such as other people’s abortions (not their own, mind you – that’s different), LGBT people, and immigrants (especially scary turban men).

      • StarServal@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        Law and order is, and was always, just another tool in their arsenal to be used against their opponents. It has never been about fairness or justice to them.