The state of college football.
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Dear Occamscoin: I reacted out of frustration, HOWEVER to pretend there are no corrupt ReThug Judges or that the implicit charter of the Federalist Society is to take us all back to the reign of a new King George is naive to say the least.
WE THE PEOPLE have a right not only to question the obviously corrupt behavior of certain elected Executives and members of Congress but ALSO members of the bench. We have let unchecked Judge’s corrupt behavior go unchallenged WAY too often. (I give you both Citizen’s United and Dobbs for example. These were both corrupt decisions that have their roots in GOP politics and $$$, and prove that the Judiciary is the LEAST democratic branch of the government, despite being the most immune to public censure).
Judicial Immunity and Tenured Appt.s are things the Founding Fathers just made up based on King George’s Common Law. They can be challenged and changed if we have the courage to act in defense of our Democracy.
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Yep. Galling as it is to contemplate the celebration, gotta take the long view, and let them savor the near-term victories before the hammer drops
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(Could be mistaken but I believe this was taken after Mitchell and codefendant Maury Stans were acquitted, in 1974, of obstructing an investigation of Vesco’s campaign contributions - that might be Egil Krogh on the left)(h/t Michael Beschloss)
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Are any of them still cleared?
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Well, Kash may have already seen all the documents, so, surely an exception can be made for that?
In a more serious vein, I think we’ll be finding out if Kash has reviewed the documents in the next couple of months.
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“Your Honor, my client has already viewed all kinds of secret stuff, so that’s almost like having a clearance, right?”
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Two additional strategies DOJ should consider in addition to appeal:
(1) Get NARA to intervene in the lawsuit. The special master action is a civil case. Trump is claiming ownership of the presidential records and seeking their return. NARA is the legal owner of those records
under the Presidential Records Act (PRA) and should intervene to protect that right. NARA should then ask for the case to be moved to DC (to a different judge) because that is the correct court for PRA cases.
(2) Claim that the classified documents are agency records of the intelligence agencies. As such, they are not presidential records under the PRA, which excludes agency records. They belong to the agencies, not to the President or the National Archives.
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“The Florida District judge has made her ruling. Now let her enforce it.”
Nnnnot thinking that’s such a great idea, personally.
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Love it. Take it to the DC Circuit and let one of the REAL Judges adjudicate this fucking mess.
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Hey! 
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Are any of them candidates for not being under indictment in the next four weeks? 
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“So … you think that might delay my security clearance?”
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https://twitter.com/neal_katyal
This is good stuff.
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9-parter dissecting the craycray:
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Your honor, because the contents of the search included a prescription bottle for Ritalin, the 300 lb of methamphetamines needs to each be checked by a special Master to make sure it isn’t prescription. Furthermore, as the client is currently owes legal fees, all of the cash was intended to be given to this law firm, so it should be privileged as well.
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I’m not familiar with all the people who tweeted, but I’m quite familiar with Litman, Weissmann, and Katyal, and their legal insight on MSNBC. Not all of us are on Twitter.
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A lot of women die by being shot by boyfriends or husbands too. The loudmouth Republican screamers and gun toting Karens are really the minority.
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Don’t you mean corrupt criminal, but that’s redundant.
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I’m not certain, but didn’t all these sleaze bags lose their clearance on 1-20-21?
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He’ll launch it and the dealer will have a wrecked Lambo and a dead jock.
A few years ago one of the bears (can’t capitalize because they’re so mediocre) got a big contract, bought a Lamborghini and launched it. He fortunately survived.
I think he had it a day.
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