Justice Phil Berger Calls Out Liberal Justice Earls Attack On Law Enforcement
Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court issued a statement condemning liberal Associate Justice Anita Earls anti-law enforcement statements about the Trump administration’s increased effort to arrest illegal aliens with disturbing criminal records.
Here is what Justice Berger said:
“When law enforcement at any level acts outside the bounds of the law, courts have tools to address those specific situations. That’s how our system works, through evidence, due process, and judicial review. But blanket assertions about law enforcement action not before a particular judge is irresponsible.”
“What undermines public confidence is not lawful enforcement activity, but the growing trend of judges asserting their personal opinions and positions without facts, without parties before them, and without the neutrality their office demands. Judges are not political commentators, and we are not supposed to be advocates. When we speak as if we are, we blur the boundaries.”
“The rule of law depends of judges who apply the law written, not as they wish it to be, and Americans deserve a justice system where public officials, from law enforcement to the supreme court justices, act in accordance with the rules and refrain from prejudging situations based on ideology. That’s how you safeguard rights and protect liberty.”
“There is currently a lot of noise in the public sphere about trust in the judiciary. For those serious about it, they should insist that judges model the discipline we expect of those charged with the impartial application of the law.”
Associate Justice Anita Earls is up for re-election in 2026. Before her election in 2018, she led a radical social justice group that advocated for gang members and Democrat gerrymandering. In her statement, Earls accused federal officials of seizing lawful residents and immigrants with no criminal records. (Apparently, entering the country illegally is not a concern of hers.) She then asserts, without evidence that federal law enforcement efforts to prosecute more serious crimes are compromised.
