BREAKING: Judge Blocks DOJ Legal Team Shake Up In New York Census Case | Talking Points Memo

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A federal judge in Manhattan on Tuesday blocked the move by the Justice Department to withdraw several of its attorneys from the census citizenship question case in New York.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1234243
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Nanny Nanny Boo Boo.

Childish response to the baby in the White House.

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“Satisfactory reasons” seems to be a problem for the WH and Barr’s DOJ. I guess they could just fire the ones they want to replace.

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Good news. This has been bad faith from the start.

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Hi! To find out what I can do, say @discobot display help.

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Ha! Better and better.

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Score one for the good guys.

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I guess “I was obviously lying before but our next proposition involves more lying to the judge than I’m comfortable with” doesn’t work as a justification. Boy that lawyering game sure is complimacated.

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@discobot pour me a double bourbon.

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Can you fuck right off? Pretty sure no one’s been invoking you.

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LOL…this is a not-so-happy judge who is clearly very displeased with their shenanigans, and I get the sense he’s had it with their bullshit because it’s reached the point where in his view, it’s crossed over into making a mockery of the court and judicial system.

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Part of the process where all of the decent career attorneys quit and the entire place is taken over by a gang of right-wing stooges. Barr will see this as a win in the long run.

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Yeah ‘whateves’ doesn’t seem to cut it with this judge.
I’m just waiting for someone to publically ask “Who is in charge here?” Hopefully Barr-Barr will have to go up to NY and straighten out this judge. Let us see a real legal Houdini in action.

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Heeheeheeheehee!!!

Dis judge ain’t havin it.

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Can i do the same with Disco Stu?

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Please do not squeeze the douche.

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I will note that two of the attorneys were released from the case, but only because they quit the DoJ entirely. So, two attorneys did the right (or maybe necessary) thing.

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While this is a “win” for the good guys, other than making it more difficult to get delays based on change of lawyers, it doesn’t accomplish much. Barr can add a couple of his lawyers to the team, and have them be the ones who show up in court before the judge.

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I am not mad at this decision.

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Oddly, you’re the second person who said that to me today.

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