Punishing the Mayor of Oakland

Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf is in a war with ICE as she attempts to thwart the efforts of the federal government to detain and deport criminal aliens from her “sanctuary city” community.  Two weeks ago, she revealed to the public information she had received indicating that ICE agents planned to sweep through Oakland and remove those illegal felons from the community.  As a result, while 150 criminals were detained, an estimated 800 mostly violent felons escaped into the community, allowing the mayor to grandstand.  She continues to threaten similar moves against U.S. law in the future.

There are suggestions that the mayor be arrested and prosecuted for obstruction of justice by aiding and abetting the hiding of felons.  Such an action in the jurisdiction of California’s Ninth Circuit is a total waste of time, as most of that court’s judges have proven themselves incapable of putting the law before their political agendas and the pace of the courts can best be described as glacial.  Even were she to be removed, undoubtedly another liberal politician would step up to replace her.