The biggest loser today at the Supreme Court was Attorney General William “Coverup” Barr. His career-long advancement of an imperial presidency under the unitary executive theory, asserting that the president is above the law and not answerable to Congress or the courts, was soundly rejected by the Supreme Court in defense of constitutional separation of … Read more
This morning the Supreme Court issued orders from the justices’ private conference on Wednesday. Five cases were granted cert for the next term beginning in October, but the one grant of notable interest is the appeal to decide whether the Department of Justice must disclose secret grand jury materials from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation to … Read more
The New York Times took an in-depth look into the most corrupt Attorney General in the history of the United States, William “Coverup” Barr. Inside Barr’s Effort to Undermine Prosecutors in N.Y. Briefly: Mr. Barr’s role in the Michael Cohen case also presaged his involvement in two other high-profile prosecutions of Trump associates: Michael T. … Read more
Today the rule of law may have died in America. The years-long project by Senator Mitch McConnell and far-right organizations to pack the federal courts with unqualified far-right ideologues who would put their stamp of approval on the illegal and unconstitutional acts of Republican presidents and legislators with the imprimatur of a ruling that their … Read more
The closing argument of House Intelligence Committee Chairman and House Impeachment Manager Adam Schiff (D-CA) should be a haunting condemnation which follows every Republican senator who abdicated their constitutional duty and oath of office in disregarding the overwhelming evidence to acquit Donald Trump out of GOP tribalism: “We must say enough — enough! He has … Read more