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Mr. Sparkle

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10. Its a bad start for Merrick Garland, in dealing with major decisons he is going to face over

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Tue May 25, 2021, 06:01 AM

May 2021

the coming months. One of my concerns with his appointment was his mild manner would leave the gop off the hook after these last four years, in the best interests of looking forward. We went down that path with the George Bush presidency and it gave us the disaster that was Trump.

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U.S. Justice Department appeals order faulting former U.S. Attorney General Barr. [View all] elleng May 2021 OP

Neal Katyal was on MSNBC and he isn't happy about this. BigmanPigman May 2021 #1

So then don't write any memos that shouldn't see the light of day. dem4decades May 2021 #5

Damn. I wonder why. DavidDvorkin May 2021 #2

Because the current administration would like to keep its own secrets and Jose Garcia May 2021 #13

unfortunately - this choie May 2021 #17

If republicans end up controlling Congress, they are going to go after this administrations Jay25 May 2021 #19

So, what new are we expecting or hoping for in this memo? Hoyt May 2021 #3

Maybe release it at a more opportune time like during the 2022 election kimbutgar May 2021 #4

Later tweets said only a partial appeal. cilla4progress May 2021 #6

'Though it agreed to release one section of the document, it asked Jackson to put her order on hold elleng May 2021 #7

I'm almost numb. Of course this is what the DOJ did msfiddlestix May 2021 #8

I want to know why the DOJ waited until the very last minute to file its appeal More_Cowbell May 2021 #9

Its a bad start for Merrick Garland, in dealing with major decisons he is going to face over Mr. Sparkle May 2021 #10

That was my concern as well. Lonestarblue May 2021 #14

We went down that path with Nixon 2Gingersnaps May 2021 #15

There must be a reason for this. I wish they'd tell us WHY oldsoftie May 2021 #11

Glenn Kirschner's 'explanation' elleng May 2021 #20

I think they're defending their boundaries and don't want to establish precedent bucolic_frolic May 2021 #12

John Q. Public does get to be privy to everything and I'm sure with good reason PortTack May 2021 #16

Why are you "sure with good reason"? choie May 2021 #18

No 'roasting' here: elleng May 2021 #21