Jonathan Turley has just thoroughly embarrassed himself in the eyes of anyone with

[Atticus]

a knowledge of the law and a conscience.

Intellectually, he brought a butter knife to a gun fight.

[madaboutharry]

2. It was humiliating.

Can you imagine writing his argument on a law school exam? This would be the result: F

[GoCubsGo]

3. That was sad.

He is bought and paid for. How pathetic.

[Wounded Bear]

4. I used to respect him. Now he's a hack...nt

[11cents]

11. I think your respect was misdirected and unearned.

In 1998 Turley was a environmental lawyer with no background in either constitutional or criminal law who somehow got himself a nice berth on the gravy train during the Clinton impeachment -- as the requisite sad sad lifelong Democrat with the integrity to say that Clinton had to go. Now he's the sad sad life-long Democrat with the integrity to say that Trump has to stay. He's always been a fraud.

[RhodeIslandOne]

14. Well put

[grantcart]

17. +1

Not the first or last time he has embarrassed himself

[JHB]

23. And not for the first nor last time he will simply shrug off his "embarrassment"

Scare quotes because it's almost guaranteed that either he feels no embarrassment, or if there is a smidge, it's thoroughly salved by his tenured faculty position at a prestigious law school and money from media and speaking appearances.

[uponit7771]

20. omg, I'm starting to ... DISTRUST ... the character references from the M$M! Barr, Rosenstein, Kelly

... were all "esteemed" folk by a majority in the M$M and have shown to be total asses including Turley.

[crickets]

22. Ouch. I think you nailed it. nt

[Catherine Vincent]

28. I agree.

I agree. Couldn't stand him during the bogus Clinton impeachment.

[Hortensis]

32. Yes. He's hardly the only one who's gone along with the standards

and behaviors required to build a distinguished career and reputation, and then defaulted to their real self. Or whatever happened.

We're seeing a stream of people who'd gotten away with it for so long that they no doubt never thought the national spotlight would turn and reveal them so starkly for what they are.

And it's not like we should find it hard to believe any more that profoundly dishonorable people can rise to high position in honorable environments. We need much better evaluations. General Kelly's gratuitous, totally pointess slandering of that innocent black FL congresswoman gives a clue to how he rose over strong competition.

[True Blue American]

36. Turley has always

Been a hack ever since I have watched him. He shot his wad today. I would not trust him as a dog catcher. Shameful performance.

[Scruffy1]

44. It's all about the money.

There is a fortune to be made by guest appearances, speaking fees, paid publications if you are a fascist hack. If you are liberal or progressive you will be poor. Chris Hayes has talked and written about this quite a bit..

[dewsgirl]

5. He has got to be compromised in some fashion or in desperate

need of money.

[11cents]

12. Nothing new. He's always been a clown. Nothing but a TV lawyer.

He actually has no expertise at all in constitutional law.

[cry baby]

6. Compared with the other scholars, he sounded like a lightweight.

He’s a tv personality. Of course, the reality tv star president would choose a tv lawyer.

[TheFourthMind]

7. He saw it differently in '98.

https://jonathanturley.org/2007/08/20/clinton-impeachment-testimony-house-judiciary-committee/

[riversedge]

13. Thanks so much. Very informative

[nuxvomica]

8. Why is Turley's dog mad?

Hopefully someone starts that meme on the Twitter.

[uponit7771]

21. lol, I heard that and thought if his dog is mad he Turley should stop trying to kick him

[dem4decades]

25. Even his dog is embarrassed by his weak arguments. George Washington University has the 4th best

expert on this hearing.

Is their law school really that much less of a law school than North Carolina, Harvard and Stanford?


Judging by today's testimony GWU should be less than happy.

[at140]

31. Because the dog was in heat

and there was no female dog nearby.

[3catwoman3]

9. I don't think he brought a butter knife.

He brought KY Jelly or Astro-glide to make it easier to suck up to Trump.

[Kaleva]

35. Had to look that up

I know what KY Jelly and Anal-Eze is but had to look up Astro-glide.

[H2O Man]

10. Recommended.

He is pathetic.

[Botany]

15. When you can't argue the facts argue the process

Turley's Reader's Digest version of American History, Andrew Johnson, and
how the House Committees work on the impeachment of Donald Johnson
did not pass his test of being fair is just smoke and mirrors.

Turley is working for future Fox News pay days.

[Dennis Donovan]

16. Seen on twitter about his dog. His argument is now, "If my dog has a fit, you must acquit"

[JHB]

24. The Chew-sock-a defense!

[RainCaster]

18. He will need to change his undies during the break

He made a poopoo in front of the whole world.

[Pacifist Patriot]

19. I'm listening to him right now and cannot follow his tortured logic.

It's just weird shit.

[Catherine Vincent]

26. I heard some of his statements on my lunch break

From what I heard, it was ridiculous. I couldn't believe it.

[dchill]

27. He brought a go-cart to a car show.

[NurseJackie]

29. He's been a guest on Rachel's show before, right?

I wonder if he'll be back again.

[emulatorloo]

33. He was a frequent guest on Countdown. One night he said horrible things about Sotomayor

when she was nominated for the Supreme Court. Basically that she was unqualified and unintelligent. Olbermann cut that bs off in a hurry. And thats the last time Keith had him on.

[Greybnk48]

30. If my daughter or son was attending Turley's law classes at

George Washington University and we were paying top dollar to have a partisan hack like Turley teach them his incoherent, self-serving bullshit, I would yank them out of school at the end of this semester!

[Raster]

34. You mean "Barr* is a friend of mine" Turley...

...that guy?

[Atticus]

37. Yup! Thass da dude! nt

[Mr. Sparkle]

38. He is not finding support from Fox News legal analysts Andy McCarthy and Andrew Napolitano

Link to tweet

[Stuart G]

39. I was working on an important project, missed it..What did he say? Please let me know.

What did he say that was so stupid to get this response?

[Atticus]

40. In a nutshell: no reason to impeach; this impeachment effort is too "rushed" and too narrow;

House should do a lot more investigation, but only as all allowed by the courts; if can't prove "crime" (as he defines the term), you can't impeach.

Much more to it, but that gives you the flavor.

[Stuart G]

48. Thank You Atticus and SamKnause. I appreciate the information.

Jonathan Turley has lost all my respect. Yes, there was some there, but there is none left. All Gone!!


.. Fu*k Him

[SamKnause]

43. The Dems are moving too fast.

There is no evidence. (No mention that Trump is obstructing the Dems from obtaining evidence.)

Rambling sentences with facts omitted.

His interpretation of the Constitution finds Trump not guilty.

Giving his opinions not facts.

Thinks it should have to go through the courts. (He is best friends with Barr.)

Just a few of the things being said.

[cab67]

41. He's a contrarian.

I'm in Academia - I see his type all the time. He may be somewhat more principled than others, but in essence, he likes to take the opposite view from common wisdom.

As I said in a previous post, he's a more intelligent version of Alan Dershowitz.

[OnDoutside]

47. Talk about damning with faint praise !!!

[George II]

42. I think he's destroying his esteemed reputation. I'm sure he'll never be on MSNBC again - Joy Reid..

...one of his more frequent hosts, is bashing him on twitter:

[keithbvadu2]

45. To loyal Trumpsters, Turley crushed the opposition.

To loyal Trumpsters, Turley crushed the opposition.

[SCVDem]

46. What a douche!

What is this shill getting paid?

Notice the republican smirk on his face?