May 11, 2020
In lawyer-speak, this was the equivalent of setting oneself on fire.
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In lawyer-speak, this was the equivalent of setting oneself on fire.
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One way to read Barrās comments is as a not-so-thinly-veiled threat to communities of color.
What in the God-Given-Fuck is this man saying?
The DOJās bizarre brief conjures pseudo-constitutional rules out of thin air.
This is truly banana republic stuff. Trump and his lapdog AG Barr have subverted the Justice Department into an arm of the Trump Criminal Organization.
Since 1889, every outgoing administration has halted the federal death penalty during the transition period.
Last week, the Trump administration announced that it would continue to carry out executions in the days and weeks leading up to the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, with the last one now scheduled just five days before Biden takes office on Jan. 20, 2021. This bloodthirsty decision is another and particularly grotesque way in which President Donald Trump and his Justice Department are defying the norms and conventions for modern presidential transitions.Ā
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Since [1889], every outgoing administration has halted the federal death penalty during the transition period. Trump and Attorney General William Barr are not merely failing to engage in a merciful pause: They are rushing to execute persons who might be spared by a new administration.
Indeed, the Biden administration intends to try to abolish the federal death penalty and provide incentives for states to abolish it as well. A spokesperson reaffirmed this intention on Saturday: āThe president-elect opposes the death penalty, now and in the future, and as president will work to end its use.ā
There was never any reason to believe Bill Barr had a shred of honor.
GOOD RIDDANCE, MOBBED-UP SACK Oā OPUS DEI SHIT!
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There was never any reason to believe Bill Barr had a shred of honor.
In just two years, Attorney General William Barr transformed the Department of Justice into a sleazy, third-rate law firm devoted to shielding Donald Trump and his friends from the consequences of their crimes. A coterie of attorneys with prestigious law degrees and sterling rĆ©sumĆ©s joined Barrās crusade to place Trump above the law. The attorney generalās tenure played out as a natural experiment: What happens when the embodiment of the right-wing Federalist Society becomes the nationās chief law enforcement officer? The answer has been a ghastly disaster for the rule of law.
Now that Trump has lost reelection, Barr will soon step down. His departure will not undo the immense damage that he inflicted upon the Justice Department, which is supposed to enforce federal law fairly, impartially, and independently from the presidentās whims. He has turned the principle of prosecutorial independence into a farce. It will take years to persuade Americans that the attorney general is anything more than a glorified bag man for the president.
To be clear, the week was already extremely deranged.
President Donald Trumpās COVID-19-infected tour of right-wing media continued on Friday afternoon with an appearance on Rush Limbaugh. The conversation with the conservative radio host followed interviews with Fox hosts Maria Bartiromo and Sean Hannity on Thursday. On Friday night, Trump is scheduled to appear on Tucker Carlsonās show on Fox News and participate in a āmedical evaluationā on live TV. (This is not actually a joke.)
With the Limbaugh appearance, which lasted a full two hours, Trump had perhaps his most generous interlocutor since leaving the hospital on Monday. Indeed, Rush billed the episode not as an interview, but as a āvirtual rallyā for the presidentās reelection campaign.
By recent standards, itās hard to say this was more or less insane than the rest of Trumpās apparently drug-addled media appearances this week. There were a few notable moments, including the president saying āfuckā on live radioāsomething his Federal Communications Commission might have to look into. Here are the most deranged portions of Fridayās interview.
No, he wonāt be removed from office. But thatās not the only purpose of impeachment.
After years of attack, Attorney General William Barr and President Donald Trump landed the final blow on congressional oversight on Tuesday, eliminating it as we know it.
The Department of Justice sent a stunning letter to the House Judiciary Committee, refusing to bring the assistant attorney general and Bureau of Prisons director to testify as the committee had requested, becauseāaccording to the departmentāwhen Barr testified in July the committee used its time to āair grievances.ā Since the Democrats did not stick to the script, the DOJ argues, the hearing did not serve a ālegitimate legislative purpose,ā and DOJ decided it was in its right to ignore any future request.
Thatās not how oversight has ever worked. Barrās unilateral declarationāthat any attempt by Congress to question him or his officials is illegitimateāis just the latest effort to place the executive branch above its constitutional obligations. The administration has spent recent years refusing to comply with congressional subpoenas for executive documents, most notably during the impeachment inquiry, but the refusal to even appear is a complete rejection and dismantling of oversight altogether. This latest effort calls for the only possible proportionate response: William Barr should be impeached.