I will get to the judicial temperament and record of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, the Supreme Court nominee imposed on Donald Trump by the Federalist Society and Judicial Action Network, in another post. Right now I want to focus on process. Let’s be clear: no president, and no political party, has ever sought to nominate … Read more
A Second Circuit Court of Appeals panel panned arguments from Donald Trump’s lawyers in opposition to the Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance’s criminal subpoena of a third party for the president’s tax returns. POLITICO reports, Appeals court judges skeptical of Trump effort to block release of financial info: President Donald Trump’s drive to block Manhattan … Read more
I almost did a spit take when I saw that the “Enemy of The People,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, did a radio interview with Fox News Radio’s Guy Benson in which Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Warned Democrats Want To Change The Filibuster, Pack Courts. Benson gave McConnell a softball question (natch) to set up this total … Read more
Attorney General William “Coverup” Barr has always been a far-right Catholic culture warrior (Opus Dei) who subscribes to the theocratic Dominionist (Christian Nationalist) movement. See, William Barr Wants To Bring ‘God’s Law’ To America; and William Barr, nation’s top lawyer, is a culture warrior Catholic; and Bill Barr’s Invisible Crusade, for example. As a lapsed Catholic … Read more
In an unsparingly critical 30-page brief, retired Judge John Gleeson, tapped by Judge Emmett Sullivan as an amicus to argue against the dismissal of the Michal Flynn case that the Trump “Injustice” Department sought to dismiss, suggests that the Department’s arguments for letting Flynn off the hook conflict with its positions in other cases — and even in … Read more