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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Slate has a piece examining the rationale.
However:
Garland's not without relevant experience. Working with the Justice Department he was part of investigating and prosecuting the Oklohoma City bombing.
It does come with a caveat: it would open his seat in the D.C. circuit court.
edited 11th May '17 4:14:46 PM by Elle
x7 He has a Law Degree, and like Comey, was a Lawyer. Apparently, all the heads of the FBI have been lawyers.
It's at least a nice gesture if true, but I'm not sure what they actually want from Garland...
x2 The Democrats, as long as they take the house in 2018, are almost guaranteed to push for Impeachment at this point. Even if the Senate refuses to act, or does not actually impeach him, Trump is just begging for it at this point.
edited 11th May '17 4:10:22 PM by DingoWalley1
Impeachment won't actually do any good. It'll let the Republicans write off their losses too easily.
The only way he can be properly removed from office is on treason charges and if we get a huge chunk of the GOP with him.
And for all my saber rattling I don't think he actually qualifies.
Oh really when?About Ro Khanna: He's taken more Wall Street money than any other candidate in 2016
. Now, this shouldn't really matter to you, or me, or anyone else in the world, but you'd think it would matter to the Just Us Democrats who are now endorsing him.
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Of course they do. Honestly, I think we need to stop letting them use the "Justice Democrats" label. They ain't Democrats and they aren't out for Justice. They're just a wing of Unicorn Brigade as represented by TYT et al.
By the way, a link to Cenk
's old website, from his dudebro atheist days. He still called himself "The Young Turk" despite espousing very different views from what he does now. So if we ever needed evidence that no, he didn't use the name because of some nonsense, colloquial, "progressive" connotations, there it is.
Clearly they have been bought out by the same people who owned $hillary!
edited 11th May '17 5:00:10 PM by AmbarSonofDeshar
What are your opinions on this article: Democrats turn Tulsi Gabbard into a scapegoat on Syria.
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So, GOP senators are pitching Merrick Garland for the Head of the FBI?
That's....interesting.
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