The Trump administration has quietly instructed federal prosecutors in Miami to avoid pursuing criminal investigations into Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez, a longtime target of the U.S.
Prosecutors are part of the executive branch. The judiciary covers judges and court staff.
There is also supposed to be a separation within the executive branch, but the Supreme Court has ruled that unconstitutional under the unified executive theory.
Why even is this even a thing? Wasn’t there supposed to be separation of powers between executive and judiciary?
Prosecutors are part of the executive branch. The judiciary covers judges and court staff.
There is also supposed to be a separation within the executive branch, but the Supreme Court has ruled that unconstitutional under the unified executive theory.
Makes the point of a neutral legal system pointless, then. Everything is legal until the political administration says otherwise.