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Joe Arpaio was a sheriff of Maricopa County and a judge ordered him to stop going and investigating people based on whether they were undocumented immigrants or not. The judge did this because one, it’s a federal offence and has nothing to do with his job as a sheriff in Maricopa County. Second of all, in order for him to investigate people he needed to have probable cause and/or needed to think that there is some sort of crime being committed. Sheriff Arpaio basically told the judge that he wasn’t going to look for a crime and stated that he was just going to go into Latino neighborhoods and see if people were undocumented and then arrest them. The judge continued by telling Arpaio that he didn’t think he understood that he was not allowed …show more content…

President Trump completely ignores the rule of law and doesn’t follow the steps to pardon someone for their crime. When Trump pardons Arpaio, he says that he does not care if you follow federal judge’s orders. In my opinion what Trump basically said is if you’re a political supporter of his then our system of government and courts are irrelevant. This statement goes to the very heart of the rule of law so that leads to why did he do it? My first thought is that Trump likes Sheriff Arpaio because he’s a supporter of his; basically, if you’re a supporter of him then you can break the law and violate federal judge’s orders. I personally believe that Trump is a “strong man” and just lets his allies ignore that rule of law and this is crystal clear to me. This was a ruling from a federal judge and Trump just tore it to pieces! Trumps thoughtless decision has now led to his supporters that were in his campaign and administration are now being investigated by Robert Mueller. But, these people being investigated need to remember to just not cooperate with the authorities and if they hold them in contempt of court, oh

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