Judge Shoots Down Trump Attempt To Block Jan. 6 Probe | Talking Points Memo

[Hatmama]

@thomaspaine

there is little to no chance the District Court Judge’s decision will be overturned on appeal and so it is doubtful the DC Circuit will issue an injunction. By Friday the Archives data issue wiil be moot.

May this be so

Lawrence Tribe, speaking on Lawrence O’Donnell’s show tonight, took Garland to school tonight. Actually, Tribe was Garland’s teacher a long time ago. He did not mince any words. It was great. No namby-pamby. Direct to Garland. Do it! I too!

[sniffit]

“Presidents are not kings, and Plaintiff is not President,”

amen

The changing of the POTUS should be no less sacred, uninterruptable nor clockwork than the changing of the guard.

Watch Changing of the Guard at Arlington National Cemetery in 4K

[ralph_vonholst]

The Judge noted that TFG and the gang "filed a plethora of unsuccessful lawsuits…” which aim was to overturn the election.

[zenicetus]

@ralph_vonholst

Perhaps Trump has outlived his usefulness to these Federalist Soc. jurists. There does seem to be a slow-motion jettisoning of TFG going on. One can only hope.

My hope for the preservation of our Democracy is that as these things wind their way through the courts, enough judges will take the wider view of what would happen if the shoe was on the other foot, and a Republican Congress wanted to investigate a Democratic administration.

In theory that should go double for the SCOTUS judges with lifetime appointments, but power corrupts and that’s pretty close to absolute power. Still, I have my hopes that the current SCOTUS knows the situation could be reversed some day, with some of these decisions.

[irasdad]

@ralph_vonholst

Perhaps Trump has outlived his usefulness to these Federalist Soc. jurists. There does seem to be a slow-motion jettisoning of TFG going on.

Peristalsis, though inexorable and unstoppable, is not easily rushed.

[sniffit]

@neinast

One thing that never seems to come up is that, even if the Congress, being a separate branch of the government, is not entitled to the documents, President Biden, as the Executive himself, is entitled to them whenever he wants them. They are the documents of his branch of government.

So there should be nothing to prevent Biden from getting the documents for himself, and then sharing them with the Committee at his discretion.

All theoretically true and I’ve suggested him invoking national security to do it, but for reasons i would hope are somewhat obvious, it’s far from the best first choice. We might be headed toward inevitable violence from these people, but that doesn’t mean we should invite it.

[sniffit]

@irasdad

Peristalsis, though inexorable and unstoppable, is not easily rushed.

Reverse peristalsis on the other hand…

Methinks they need something shoved down their throat.

ha…and what a fun juxtaposition these two last posts were LOL

[pumor]

We shouldn’t have to settle for ‘it could have been worse’.

[zenicetus]

@sniffit

The changing of the POTUS should be no less sacred, uninterruptable nor clockwork than the changing of the guard.

It would be a lot more fun if it was like this, the ritualistic closing of a border between rivals India and Pakistan each day. We’re probably headed in this direction for change of parties taking the Presidency before long…

India Pakistan Wagah Attari Border Closing Ceremony (By Sanjeev Bhaskar - The Longest Road).

[lastroth]

Lisa Lerer, NYT political reporter is an idiot. That is all.

[sniffit]

HA! That was awesome!

[ralph_vonholst]

I’d like to optimistic about this, but I can’t help feeling deep in my bones, that these FedSoc Falangists believe at heart that the constitution is a user guide for a “managed democracy”, based on wealth and property holdings, and ownership as well as a “state church” in spirit if not in fact. The rubes and Trumpers are convenient tools for the present, but on a societal level, there is about as much in common between the SCOTUS Con 6 and your average red neck Okie as there is between a lobster and a Jones-Day lawyer. The rednecks, like the rest of us, are there to be used up by the rentier class. Yes, that’s a dark opinion on my part. Time will tell.

[occamscoin]

@zenicetus

the ritualistic closing of a border between rivals India and Pakistan each day.

If the supreme court had to highstep like that we’d be rid of quite a few of them on a more timely basis.

[ralph_vonholst]

@lastroth

Lisa Lerer, NYT political reporter is an idiot. That is all.

Aren’t they all?

[sonsofares]

I’m mildly exasperated at the breathless reporting over this. So what? The Criminal Scumbag merely got a two-week delay before this ruling: wasn’t that the point?

Let me guess: “the floodgates are opening” and “the walls are closing in, this time, for reals!” Right?

What farce.

[coimmigrant]

Trump, who is no longer president, cannot state a harm he would suffer from the subpoena going forward

I think Twice Impeached can state a lot of harm he will suffer if the full truth comes out through the subpoenaed documents. But then, stating the imminent harm in court would probably render the subpoenas pointless.

[ralph_vonholst]

@sniffit
You called it.

Josh Gerstein (joshgerstein)

[sniffit]

Fuck me in the goat ass!

Sigh…

Worst case now is they rule for him with completely batshit nonsense, and then his 6 on the SCOTUS decide that’s their cover to just refuse to take up the issue.

[ralph_vonholst]

She seems to be on all of these high profile cases. Can she request to be assigned to a specific case, or are names drawn out of a hat?

[leftcoaster]

I dunno this seems pretty compelling to me.

She added that there was no discernible separation of powers conflict – both Congress and the White House are in agreement on handing over the records.