BRETT TOLMAN: Supreme Court allows NY judge to proceed with vendetta against Trump, all to tag him with a word

Despite his refusal to block Trump’s sentencing hearing, Chief Justice Roberts, in his year-end report, warned against dangers of disinformation and threats to judicial independence.

Brett Tolman is executive director for Right on Crime and former United States attorney for the District of Utah. Tolman was a leading figure in the drafting and passage of the First Step Act, one of the most sweeping reforms of the federal criminal justice system in decades. 

As a nation committed to justice and the rule of law, this criminal case is not only legally and procedurally flawed but poses a grave threat to judicial impartiality and the public's faith in our criminal justice system. A judiciary that disproportionately defers to prosecutorial authority undermines its constitutional role as a check on government power.