Both judges have issued statements criticizing the admonishments, and we hope that in the long run the two are vindicated for their candor.
The event served as a reminder that independence is under strain both in the U.S. and around the world.
Presidents supervise more than a dozen law enforcement agencies, but the fact that the primary mission of one of them (USMS) is to protect members of another branch has never made a whole lot of structural sense.