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The Velveteen Ocelot

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3. There can't be a lawsuit unless someone has standing to file it.

Mon Nov 12, 2018, 11:54 AM

Nov 2018

In other words, someone with a particular, legally remediable injury, not just anyone who disagrees with what was done. Rod Rosenstein might have standing because the AG job should have been his. I'm sure people are looking into litigation to get rid of Whitaker, but it takes time to research and put these things together.

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ACCORDING TO RELIABLE SOURCES, SUPERVISING TRUMP INVESTIGATION IS "UNCONSTITUTIONAL" [View all] Jeffersons Ghost Nov 2018 OP

So fucking file suit! lark Nov 2018 #1

There can't be a lawsuit unless someone has standing to file it. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2018 #3

Lawyers on tv have said congress has standing since they didn't get to perform their lark Nov 2018 #5

The Senate is supposed to confirm principal officers like the AG, The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2018 #6

Exactly! lark Nov 2018 #8

+1 Every Senator has the right to review this appointment. lagomorph777 Nov 2018 #11

Feingold? HuskyOffset Nov 2018 #17

(methinks you mean Feinstein...?) lastlib Nov 2018 #25

Duh! lark Nov 2018 #26

Feinstein, Feingold, what's a few letters? n/t aggiesal Nov 2018 #29

What is a "Freeper?" Jeffersons Ghost Nov 2018 #30

Is that your final Jeopardy answer? ... aggiesal Nov 2018 #31

exactly; and some of them dislike and hide my O.Ps. Did you read this Opening Post? Jeffersons Ghost Nov 2018 #33

before I went out, this Opening Post had over 5,500 readers, now, at 7:04 MTZ, it has 5,417 readers Jeffersons Ghost Nov 2018 #38

As I keep asking without an answer: Shouldn't this be criminal, not civil, legal proceedings? Jeffersons Ghost Nov 2018 #13

Circumventing the constitution is not, in and of itself, "criminal". Pepsidog Nov 2018 #21

Even before he was president Trump was able to avoid criminal and civil prosecution Jeffersons Ghost Nov 2018 #10

DC Circuit judges has asked both Mueller & Stone's aid Andrew Miller to submit briefs of affects of Pepsidog Nov 2018 #14

Will that affect Whitaker? The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2018 #15

Doubtful. The DC appeal panel asked both parties to submit briefs no longer than 10 pages. Maybe the Pepsidog Nov 2018 #18

According to MSNBC last week hjh3rd Nov 2018 #19

Here is more on Whitaker: Jeffersons Ghost Nov 2018 #41

Wasn't it reported last week that Rosenstein's attorneys were at the federal court in D.C.? Texin Nov 2018 #23

I thought I saw something to that effect but haven't heard anything since. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2018 #24

Rod Rosenstein has been strangely quiet since last week FakeNoose Nov 2018 #28

Damned right! Florida is still having Jeb Bush-like problems counting votes on odd ballots... Jeffersons Ghost Nov 2018 #7

We still win in either case. lark Nov 2018 #9

FL is about to massively blue-shift, thanks to Amendment 4. lagomorph777 Nov 2018 #12

My son is one of these people and he's always been hard core Dem. lark Nov 2018 #27

Yes, "if he gets elected" in a "Bush-like" recount of votes, recently postponed Jeffersons Ghost Nov 2018 #16

We have the brains on our side, I'm sure Mueller prepared for dewsgirl Nov 2018 #2

Kick dalton99a Nov 2018 #4

Thanks, only 70 recommendations, with over 5,000 readers by 12:39 PM Jeffersons Ghost Nov 2018 #32

But please read what I believe to be a superior O.P. posted a couple of hours later than this: Jeffersons Ghost Nov 2018 #35

For some reason, time of this O.P. still appears in E.T.Z. but I posted it in NM, 2 hrs earlier MTZ Jeffersons Ghost Nov 2018 #37

I just heard on Preet Bharara's podcast that he can't because Sessions was actually fired. lindysalsagal Nov 2018 #20

That simply is incorrect. onenote Nov 2018 #34

The "appointments clause"prevents the President from stacking the deck like Trump is trying to do Pepsidog Nov 2018 #22

The issues raised by Whitaker's appointment are far more complicated than either side admits onenote Nov 2018 #36

Ha ha ha ha, like that is gonna stop them! Initech Nov 2018 #39

Jefferson's Ghost, can you ask Madison's Ghost about this? Quixote1818 Nov 2018 #40