If he were to be appointed special counsel, would he have to give up his appellate court seat?
If not, Rod(less) Rosenstein should appoint him special counsel.
If so, fuggedaboutit!
Nice try, Repugs.
I hear the entire Ninth Circuit is being considered for White House Usher.
Drumpfie probably figures, in his addled head, that Dems will jump on board if he gives Merrick a consolation prize.
Yep. Removing sane judges from the bench sounds great to Trump.
Sounds like they’re desperate to get Garland off that court so Trump can nominate a crazed lunatic conservative douche as his replacement.
Yep. Remove Garland from the court, insert crazed replacement. Remove Garland as Director of FBI, insert crazed replacement. Wash, rinse, repeat.
only transparency in this “administration” are their motives, this is easily an attempt at getting the judge’s seat on the bench
would like it twice if I could
If Merrick Garland were to fall for this, it would prove Obama was wrong to nominate him to SCOTUS. Ridiculous.
Why would President Donald Trump nominate to lead the FBI the same judge whose nomination to the Supreme Court Senate Republicans effectively filibustered a year ago?
Donald’s got dirt on him?
Not gonna happen. I think Trump is way too scared to touch anyone with taint of the Democratic Party now.
I have an alternative choice in mind: Sally Yates.
Merrick Garland is a longtime judge. According to his bio he has some prosecutorial experience, and some experience working closely with law enforcement, but not so much experience managing large politicized/bureaucratic organizations. Not so good if you have an organization that needs a whole lot of managing.
Absolutely.
Merrick Garland is the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit who, coincidentally (not) would be the ones hearing any challenges to subpoenas for the WH.
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Takes Garland off the DC Circuit bench.
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Creates an opening Trump can fill with one of his own compromised appointees.
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Puts someone in charge of the FBI Russian probe that Trump can vilify as a liberal with a personal vendetta against him.
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And then Trump can fire Garland after disgracing him.
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Since Garland, of course, will never be fool enough to take the position, it gives Trump the chance to lie about it, saying “Hey, I tried to put a Democrat in charge but they turned me down!”
Edmund Blackadder: “May I remind you that your record in the Cunning Plan Department is almost as impressive as Stumpy McNoLeg’s personal best in the Market Harborough marathon?”
Klobuchar is a moron
He’d have to be a masochist to take it. And stupid, because as a judge he cannot be fired but s head of the FBI he could be fired if Trump was having a bad news day and wanted to change the topic.
She’s not a very astute or perceptive politician, that’s for sure.