And again…doesn’t look GUILTY AS FK for trying to screw the American people. C’mon. How much more can the public take? JHC.
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But these are census documents - what would they have to do with the executive office at all? I realize that’s a dumb question because judges, but to me this seems way less probable than him winning on, say, the McGahn documents.
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Put this under an impeachment inquiry and Dems win the executive privilege argument. Absent that, we’re counting on conservative courts to issue a key ruling that would limit executive privilege at a time when the SCOTUS expanded executive power in the travel ban case. They overrode actual federal law (Immigration and Nationality Act) to give deference to the executive orders of the POTUS notwithstanding all of his comments which showed that he was motivated by racial animus. Not saying that Dems can’t win that argument, but it’s more of a 50-50 thing and it could take a while.
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enough of this dicking around shit already…hold them in contempt and let the courts decide if trump has executive privilege…b/c its already been ruled that there is NO legal precedence saying so…
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People like US are aroused. But about 40+% of the general public are unaware of anything on this thread or the accompanying article.
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The “Calvinball” theory of Constitutional Law, sometimes called the “Through the Looking Glass” theory.
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I’m not sure the “threat” of executive priv has any legal standing. One doesn’t threaten to make docs subject to ep. Unless one is a mobster.
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While I totally agree with the sentiment are you speaking from settled law? Or is there an area of reasonable interpretation? Is there precedent?
Executive Privilege to Trump means he can do what he wants despite what the law or the Constitution says.
Trump must be challenged by all means at the disposal of Congress.
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And that, my friends, is the modus operandi, the “stall for time” to keep ahead of the Big Hook.
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While the entire list of Everything Trump says he knows “more about than anybody” is truly a sight to behold, the one that especially caught my eye was that he claims to know more about Senator Cory Booker than Senator Cory Booker does. 
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I hope Cummings doesn’t get Pelosiitis.
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T rumpp’s Executive Time alone on his golden toilet is his Executive Privilege. The US Census is the execution of US policy. The Dotard has those two principles confused.
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Renato Mariotti (ex Fed prosecutor) just chimed in with this: "This is just a tactic that the Trump administration is using to aggressively position itself prior to a lawsuit filed by House Oversight. They did the same thing when House Judiciary subpoenaed the Mueller report and underlying materials but recently reached a deal with them.
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The comptempt vote was only postponed till this afternoon. Too bad TPM didn’t add that tidbit.
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Congress must litigate these faux Executive Privilege claims. The fact that Barr publicly used the threat of invocation as a bargaining chip proves it’s a false claim. If the courts won’t beat down the Administration*, Congress will have no investigative or oversight abilities. Executive Privilege is not an absolute privilege and cannot be invoked to hide crimes. Ask Dick Nixon.
I’m weary of the “but it will take too long” excuses. Sometimes you have to go to court, This is one of those times. Matters can be expedited. This is about the future of Constitutional democracy. Dems cannot we wimps.
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Thank you!
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It’s is their modus operandi in everything they do .
Jump from one crisis to the next with no forethought to action or concequences
Indeed
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