1. There's a curious liberal cult of government prosecutors as political saviours of which Robert Mueller is the latest.
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2. "Prosecutorial liberalism"is the belief that law enforcement & courts best way to check political abuse.
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3. We saw "prosecutorial liberalism" in action with admiration for Fitzgerald (during Scooter Libby case) & Walsh (during Iran/contra)
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4. Relatedly, the older liberal tradition of admiring defense attorneys (think of Clarence Darrow) has gone into abeyance.
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I've gone off on this before but it's so, so telling that Law & Order prosecutors replaced Perry Mason on TV.
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