Trump loses executive privilege case. Federal judge Tanya Chutkan has ruled that the US House Select Committee should have access to records from his presidency about Jan. 6. All eyes now on Garland.
“Presidents are not kings and Plaintiff is not president.” – – Judge Chutkan
Trump team says they will appeal but National Archives set to send records Friday, so not much time. My hunch is courts so fed up with Trump’s abuse of their time and patience they won’t stop it. But I suppose if they were dealing with a regular plaintiff instead of America’s Mussolini they’d grant an emergency stay.
Laurence Tribe on MSNBC says this “powerful” rejection of Trump’s privilege claim means AG Garland “in all facts and purposes will be obstructing Congress” if he doesn’t prosecute Bannon’s bogus privilege claim.
he’s a serial loser – let us count the ways: wives, casinos, lawsuits, bankruptcies, scruples, mind…
following parody courtesy of alan bendit back in dec. 2020
This is a PARODY of The Beatles song “I’m A Loser” about the worst president in history!
from Law & Crime:
“Plaintiff does not acknowledge the deference owed to the incumbent President’s judgment. His position that he may override the express will of the executive branch appears to be premised on the notion that his executive power ‘exists in perpetuity,’” U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan wrote in the ruling. “But Presidents are not kings, and Plaintiff is not President. He retains the right to assert that his records are privileged, but the incumbent President ‘is not constitutionally obliged to honor’ that assertion.”
[…]
Judge Chutkan made no secret last week how she viewed Trump’s legal argument that the committee’s subpoenas served no legislative purpose.
“The Jan. 6 riots happened in the Capitol,” Chutkan said on Nov. 4. “That is literally Congress’s house.”
[…]
But Judge Chutkan wrote Tuesday that, “While broad, these requests, and each of the other requests made by the Committee, do not exceed the Committee’s legislative powers.”
congressional variation on lifeboat ethics metaphor -the prequel
speaking of the critters & other ethical dilemmas
wapo:
Now, remind me how things ended for Mussolini.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/09/louie-gohmert-texas-attorney-general-2022/
“U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Tyler, is exploring a run for Texas attorney general, weighing a late entry into the already crowded primary to unseat GOP incumbent Ken Paxton. Gohmert said he will run if he can raise $1 million in the next 10 days.“
I’m gonna need more popcorn.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/09/asia/bees-warning-noise-murder-hornets-scn/index.html
“…strategies such as dung spotting — when bees collect animal poop and apply it to the entrances of their colony to repel and confuse the hornets — and swarming to neutralize the enemy, which is known as bee balling.
Balling involves hundreds of bees surrounding a hornet in seconds, squeezing it and constricting its ability to breathe. The bees raise their body temperature to a level that is lethal to the hornet…”
A couple of nuggets from Judge Chutkan’s opinion:
Source was WaPo article on the decision. Dumbass’ lawyers appealed, but it’s to the DC Circuit. Good luck with that.
Trying to stay King didn’t work out too well for this guy either.
https://youtu.be/JF23buZH4WU
Mussolini, with a frown,
Last saw the world
While upside down.
Craig, just in case you missed this, here’s a midnight message jack left us on last thread:
Well, America is beginning to stagnate on the COVID-19 front.
New daily reported cases rose 5%
New daily reported deaths rose 3.9%
Covid-related hospitalizations fell 4.2%
Among reported tests, the positivity rate was 5.6%.
The number of tests reported fell 31.3%
All over the course of the last week. And new cases have risen from about 69,000 to 75,000 per day since 10/25. We are a stupid people.
We did watch a bit of Lawrence O’Donnell last night. We knew he was having our Senator, Maggie Hassan, on and we wanted to watch it. Mr. Tribe was very interesting… saying that if Merrick Garland was just getting his ducks in a row… well… there were no more ducks and they were all quacking.
Also… our governor Sununu has stated he will not challenge Hassan for her Senator’s seat. Said he wasn’t interested in going to Washington and getting nothing done ( heard that as… not wanting to get arm twisted by the likes of McConnell either).
Carl Sagan Day…
My man Carl. I miss his insight into the human condition – Billions of ways.
Kyle Rittenhouse. What a poser
Karl Rittenhouse judge is a member of the defense team.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/10/europe/us-europe-covid-winter-comparisons-intl-cmd/index.html
“But by Monday, when the new rules came into effect and thousands of tourists jetted across the Atlantic to American cities, the two regions had experienced a dramatic reversal in fortunes. Europe is now the epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic once again…”
Yes, humans are stupid. It’s amazing we haven’t died out…yet.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/10/europe/us-europe-covid-winter-comparisons-intl-cmd/index.html
Hmmmm. Slovakia has a low vax rate, based on the attached graph. Melanoma?
Next wave of crazy from Republican governors? Florida’s DeSantis calls infrastructure “pork barrel spending”, his spokesperson said they haven’t decided whether to accept Florida’s $19 billion share
Get ready for the next big lie: Republicans claiming Biden infrastructure spending favors blue states. FL Gov DeSantis; “It seems a disproportionate amount of money is going to New York and New Jersey”
Craig
I put a post in pending for Veteran’s Day
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/09/biden-infrastructure-bill-texas/
“The funds expected to come to Texas were determined by the White House through the bill’s state allotment formula. Texas will also have the opportunity to apply for grants in a variety of categories in addition to these funds.“
But not a dime for Greg’s idiotic wall.
The MASH finale is on ME TV tomorrow night.
What KGC said. The guy is a little prick. I listened to it today and saw it tonight. He’s been well rehearsed. If he’s not convicted he’ll claim he’s the victim of the girl he rapes in college.
And J.D. Vance … what an asshat.
BiD – here’s one for you.
So there is a measure of sanity in (parts of) the federal judiciary.
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