Merrick Garland had two options in front of him. Two possible questions to pursue:
1. In a perfect world, how should the DOJ interact with legal requests regarding their internal processes?
2. In this real piece of shit of a world, what the fuck should be done about Barr?
1. In a perfect world, how should the DOJ interact with legal requests regarding their internal processes?
2. In this real piece of shit of a world, what the fuck should be done about Barr?
Merrick Garland chose to answer question one, and ignore question two.
This is commendable. And disastrous.
This is commendable. And disastrous.
A few days ago I tweeted about the need to contact our members of Congress to demand Congressional investigations into DOJ problems and/or demand an IG investigation at the DOJ.
https://twitter.com/thomasafine/status/1394370943988940808
And earlier today I tweeted again about how important it is to contact Congress about current issues.
https://twitter.com/thomasafine/status/1396890549240672265
We can not sit around and let the slow careful processes play out in their usual slow careful way. We need to demand action from our government, loudly, and daily, or government will keep plodding along and cede the upper hand to the cultists.
In some sense, this is consistent with Merrick's decision. An IG investigation into Barr's DOJ irregularities is what we need. So this is what we should all demand.
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