A federal judge ruled Monday that President Trump does not have the power to block former White House Counsel Don McGahn from showing up for compelled testimony in front of Congress.
Yes!! We have three, co-equal branches of government. Confirmed, at least in this situation.
In a 120-page opinion,
Wow. 
Will this be appealed? Does the president have standing in this case in order to appeal it to the SC?
Donnie is having a terrible awful fucked up week and it’s only Monday
Is it wrong that I’m smiling?
Somebody did their homework.
Nice. But it will appealed and Judge Rao will come with some bullshit reason to give Trump cover. And then it goes to the Supreme Court where Roberts & Kavanaugh conveniently will sit on it until after the next election.
There will be an appeal, but this is now part of the impeachment process so any appeals will be handled quickly by the courts…unless they hit a judge who wants to delay for Team Trump of course.
This is really a big deal decision…it’s the only way the decision could go if we’re going to remain a nation of laws, but it really was critical for the courts to rule this way. No absolute blockage means that people have to show up when subpoenaed, and they have to testify or give an explicit reason why executive privilege applies to the question. Anyone that tries to skip out now faces contempt of Congress, at a minimum, and this is going to force a lot of things out into the open that we may not have received otherwise. It will also hopefully encourage some people like Bolton to cooperate instead of fighting against history…we’ll see if anyone voluntarilyj comes forward.
The big question is how the administration will deal with this…they now have to decide if they are going ignore the courts or if they will follow the rulings and law. It’s no question what Trump will demand they do, but how many underlings decide to refuse a legal court order is really an open question, especially when the lawyers face sanction or disbarment for their actions.
It’s a good day for this decision to come out, now we wait to see if it changes the course of events.
Turns out no one is above the law. Who’d have thought?
Hah.
And the row over the war criminal was completely self-inflicted.
Monday’s ruling notes that McGahn can still invoke executive privilege on certain questions.
Yeah, it will be appealed, unless McGahn makes that point moot by testifying first.
Yes.
The House lawsuit against McGahn was the first filed by Democrats to force a witness to testify since they retook control last year. The Justice Department, which is representing McGahn, is expected to appeal Jackson’s ruling.
This
Rinse
Repeat
Are you listening Dems’
Say it again and again
Who will appeal? McGahn?, DoJ? The White House? All of them?
The dems have been saying it.
Is there a mechanism for determining that a judge’s written opinions are out sync or out of whack with standard judicial theory and practice? Can they put Rao in the corner until her time is up?
As almost ever calamity that has befallen this Mal-administration
When you don’t have a remote concept of how government works, shit happens
He certainly does.
Yes, it’s a relevant point: The ruling only obliges McGahn (and Bolton, etc.) to show up. What they do after showing up is another matter.
The Democrats are saying it constantly, that’s the entire reason we have an impeachment in progress. Blaming the Democrats for the Republican’s criminal behavior makes as much sense as saying the Democrats shouldn’t wear a short skirt when they walk into an alley.