Friday, October 31, 2025
How Things Are Supposed to Work
Here’s how I understand the system to work. U.S. Attorneys—appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate—bring criminal cases against defendants. Judges then preside over cases as prosecutors and defense lawyers duke it out.
U.S. Attorneys can, and do, bring cases against individual immigration officers when they break the law. But judges do not have the power of arrest. Judges cannot file cases against defendants.
The world gone mad.
