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In reply to the discussion: Charles Pierce: Merrick Garland Needs to Be Thanked For His Service and Shown the Door [View all]nbsmom
(634 posts)118. Merrick Garland is a member of the Federalist Society
That alone is reason enough.
https://fedsoc.org/contributors/merrick-garland
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Charles Pierce: Merrick Garland Needs to Be Thanked For His Service and Shown the Door [View all]
Celerity
Feb 2024
OP
Apparently, someone who roams the halls around the Oval Office has, for years, been pushing to,.......
jaxexpat
Feb 2024
#37
Hmm. I'm not sure if meant that as a sort of tongue in cheek? Or something you picked up by reporter?
msfiddlestix
Feb 2024
#81
It would have been uncivil, I suppose, to appoint an attack dog as AG at the beginning of Biden's term.
Girard442
Feb 2024
#3
Until now, I've been reluctant to criticize Garland because I'm not in his shoes and don't know what he faces.
Mister Ed
Feb 2024
#9
Easiest thing in the world. First thing, be a president who does not violate the law.
jaxexpat
Feb 2024
#33
I'm done making excuses for Garland. What he has done is reprehensible and outrageous. Pretty much a hit job on Biden.
RKP5637
Feb 2024
#11
After Joe wins, he needs to clear the Secret Service, the DOJ, the FBI and Capitol Police of all TFG sycophants. Too...
machoneman
Feb 2024
#17
Hey, how are things in Fort Mill? I used to live there. Indian Land, to be precise.
Goodheart
Feb 2024
#18
"Somebody higher than the bear spray crowd should have been arrested and held until trial."
sop
Feb 2024
#13
its getting annoying everytime they track down some loser who was in the capitol for 29 seconds
Blues Heron
Feb 2024
#16
"God save us from the fair-minded. They'll kill the country and wonder how they did it."
BeyondGeography
Feb 2024
#19
The very first item on Garland's plate should have been to prosecute obstruction of justice in the Mueller investigation
Goodheart
Feb 2024
#20
Exactly. He holds office by that one, tenuous thread. Getting a new appointment through a fractious Senate.
paleotn
Feb 2024
#29
"It should have been the very first item on Garland's plate when he walked in the door. " Exactly!
paleotn
Feb 2024
#27
Where does this guy get off using exact phrases I was using in August 2022? Who am I, Rodney Dangerfield.
jaxexpat
Feb 2024
#28
And yet, if he spoke out, he would also be accused of being partisan, no?
Fiendish Thingy
Feb 2024
#56
Did Biden have a preview of Hur's Report before Garland Released it? I was wondering about that.
msfiddlestix
Feb 2024
#89
IIRC, Hur submitted it to Garland last Monday, and it was released to public on Thursday
Fiendish Thingy
Feb 2024
#90
I would normally find it really hard to wrap my head around Garland approving,except we've had three long years of
msfiddlestix
Feb 2024
#94
F!!!! the repugs they are going to say it anyway. How many times do folks out here have to say. Fight fire with napalm.
usaf-vet
Feb 2024
#60
Very valid article, Garland handled political uncertainty 2021 very well, but times change
bucolic_frolic
Feb 2024
#43
"Not only...should Garland be gone ASAP, EVERY Republican in any government office should be removed"
MichMan
Feb 2024
#58
Someone up thread asked about Garlands Deputy. What do we know at this point?
msfiddlestix
Feb 2024
#91
If he had wanted to preserve democracy first rather than cater to obstreperous GOP
GreenWave
Feb 2024
#52
I will post this again, how I see it. Garland, elite lawyer brain, good judge, piss poor A.G. and/or prosecutor. IMO
republianmushroom
Feb 2024
#62
It's funny how this post seems to have left the usual Garland/DoJ cheerleading squad speechless
Silent3
Feb 2024
#64