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In reply to the discussion: Rachel is really slamming the DOJ under Merrick Garland, everything from not doing anything [View all]StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)84. They didn't "take up the case"
DOJ already had the case. The alternative would have been to withdraw the appeal, which has all kinds of ramifications that could be problematic for the agency in the future.
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Rachel is really slamming the DOJ under Merrick Garland, everything from not doing anything [View all]
JohnSJ
Jun 2021
OP
I love her to death, but neither Rachel nor anyone else criticizing DOJ for not "cleaning up" DOJ
StarfishSaver
Jun 2021
#2
The argument by the judge against trump in the Carroll case was that trump was not using his office
JohnSJ
Jun 2021
#10
Not just this one; it's an ominous pattern reminisent of Chamberlain's concessions to Hitler.
triron
Jun 2021
#93
that's what i'm thinking--in the name of bi-partisanship he's over fucking correcting. ugh!
orleans
Jun 2021
#74
Based on what IS visible though, they're cleaning nothing. You can put to one side anything that
OnDoutside
Jun 2021
#79
Unless you have an in with the Presidential Personnel Office, Office of Personnel Management,
StarfishSaver
Jun 2021
#81
It actually is, and on the visible evidence of this thread, you appear overly defensive on the
OnDoutside
Jun 2021
#101
Almost seems like you are bending over backward trying to whitewash what is quite visible. Sorry.
triron
Jun 2021
#94
Not at all. I'm bending over backward trying to explain a complicated area of the law to people who
StarfishSaver
Jun 2021
#95
They've publicly announced they're going to fight the E Jean Carroll case, are you ignoring that ?
OnDoutside
Jun 2021
#80
I don't know sheshe, but whether they are doing something behind the scenes or not, by the
JohnSJ
Jun 2021
#21
Ranting for ratings...great line. Love her or hate her, ya know this is going on
PortTack
Jun 2021
#77
I'm with her - every public action and lack of action since Garland took the helm
RainCaster
Jun 2021
#9
SheShe2 has a good point, Garland is supposed to get all that done in less than 3 months? We're not
uponit7771
Jun 2021
#11
Rachel Maddow is neither immature nor uninformed on political issues.
Dark n Stormy Knight
Jun 2021
#99
Yes there was opinion, but there was also observations of actions, or lack of actions being done by
JohnSJ
Jun 2021
#26
Her assumption that all actions must be observed and if she can't see them nothing's happening
StarfishSaver
Jun 2021
#33
True, but the argument can also be made if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck it is
JohnSJ
Jun 2021
#39
I'm not a legal expert as you seem to be but it is evident to me that Garland...
jcgoldie
Jun 2021
#36
sure except that the argument is in defense of Donald Trump defaming a person he raped.
jcgoldie
Jun 2021
#42
Was Donald Trump acting in his role as President when he defamed the woman he raped?
jcgoldie
Jun 2021
#50
The argument is that he isn't defending trump, but the executive branch to say what he wants without
JohnSJ
Jun 2021
#34
It almost seems like Garland has been threatened by Trump or Repubs to not stir the pot.
Bluepinky
Jun 2021
#73
Nothing in his background gave me high hopes. One of the few disappointments Biden chose.
LizBeth
Jun 2021
#92
Turns out GaRland is a HUGE deception (if he doesn't start doing his job soon).
Justice matters.
Jun 2021
#52
You think if he hasn't "cleaned up the house of the dRumpf left overs" in 90 days
StarfishSaver
Jun 2021
#66
I think the criticism is that they could have interjected themselves somehow in the Arizona circus
jcgoldie
Jun 2021
#61
Pressure from the media to take real action to secure democracy is a good thing. Pressure from the
KPN
Jun 2021
#71