(TriceEdneyWire.com)—I look at decisions of our Appeals Courts and our U. S. Supreme Court, and too often, I’m left wondering where we can go to seek justice with the next level court taking a look at our cases when it seems so obvious a lower court has given an unfair opinion? It seems that a recent Georgia Supreme Court’s rejection of D.A. Fani Willis’ appeal in the Trump case was an obviously wrong decision!
I fail to understand the rejection where Trump’s action was an obvious crime and was in D.A. Willis’ discretion to bring, but the Court refused her the opportunity to handle the case about Trump’s obvious election violation! Why is Trump so easily excused from following laws of the nation he serves as leader? What must young people studying law think about the disparate treatment people of color still get in our courts? Years ago, I remember when those of us who heard a case we felt was wrongly decided, we could at least say, we could take the case to the Supreme Court. That is not something we say now because too many times we see no justice routinely with the current Court.
When Trump brings any case for whatever reason to the Supreme Court, if it were not for Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson, we would not even hear a rational response.
Donald Trump shreds the U.S. Constitution and the rule of law with stunning speed, and the Supreme Court’s right-wing majority is helping him every step of the way.
A writer said recently, “Time and again, lower federal courts have blocked Trump’s most flagrantly illegal actions only to have the far-right majority overrule them with unsigned, unexplained “emergency” orders.
These are the same justices who’ve pocketed millions in gifts and payouts from MAGA megadonors and corporate law firms—and they must be held accountable before they dismantle what’s left of our democracy.”
The Georgia Supreme Court has declined to hear Willis’ appeal when Trump was so obviously guilty. One did not need a law degree to see the violation in his effort to get a government official to break the law on his case in the 2020 election interference and racketeering indictment. This Appeals Court decision takes away Willis’ ability to prosecute yet another Trump case. This high-profile RICO case transfers prosecutorial responsibility to a new attorney for review. For the life of me, I see no reason D.A. Willis had an obligation to discuss her personal life with the public. I don’t see how the relationship undermined public confidence in the prosecution.
When I look at what is currently happening with the Black female Mayor of New Orleans, it makes the case that this decision is more about negatively impacting the relationships of Black women while White males do whatever the H—L they want to do in comparable situations!
Do you remember the handling of the case with Senator David Vitter of Louisiana—a White male? Nothing was done to discredit his ability to do his job. He continued being a Senator making laws for all of us. He’d been accused of being linked to a dating service, an alleged ring operated by the DC Madam. All he had to do to move on was plead that God had “forgiven his very serious sin.” We don’t know what his sin was, but no one kept him from doing his job!
Of course, we’ve always known the standards for Black women are different, and more often than not, we exceed expectations in our work. With such low standards for others, we fight our way through, and keep on doing the good we can for others. D.A. Willis, we know you fought a good fight, and wish you much success in whatever case you are allowed to prosecute.
(Dr. E. Faye Williams, President of The Dick Gregory Society.)
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