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17 Oct, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Many of us criticized President Trump for crossing the line on seeking to influence the Justice Department. A chorus of legal experts declared such public comments to be an attack on the rule of law. Those voices are now largely silent...jonathanturley.org/2021/10/17/bid…
...Biden’s call for prosecutions ignores the fact that most of the Democratic leadership supported the Obama Administration in refusing to even submit contempt cases to grand juries. That was the case with Eric Holder in the “Fast and Furious” investigation...
...If the Democrats seek the prosecution of these Trump officials, they will have to step over a mountain of hypocrisy on such cases...
...Moreover, this matter has not even reached a contempt vote let alone a decision at Justice. The President should retract his statement and allow the process to work.

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Activists have announced plans to "birddog" Sinema during the Boston marathon despite every indication that such harassment is only deepening her resolve. newsweek.com/activists-foll… It is similar to the running of billboards to push Justice Breyer to retire.
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Professor Magarian insists that Alkilani was engaging in free speech by tearing down the 9-11 flags and criticizing the position of the school for not recognizing the discomfort for many in seeing the flags as a “powerful, contestable political statement.” jonathanturley.org/2021/09/20/law…
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...I fail to see why the university statement defending the right of people to create and observe such a memorial must be accompanied by a statement that the display “impeded others” in being able to deal with their own “losses and process their trauma.”
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The indictment of Sussman is detailed and damning. It alleges that he hid the fact that he was working for the Clinton campaign in pushing the false Russian claim. ..jonathanturley.org/2021/08/16/bew…
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In the ultimate admission against interest, Klain admitted that the OSHA vaccine mandate was a mere “work around” limits imposed on the federal government. The problem is that the thing being “worked around” is the Constitution...jonathanturley.org/2021/09/10/adm…
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"...There is nothing unconstitutional about placing in one ballot a vote for or against the recall of the Governor and then a vote for a replacement candidate.”
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