The story of the praying Bremerton coach keeps getting more surreal
“I think judges undermine their legitimacy when they don’t act so much like courts, and when they don’t do things that are recognizably law, and when they instead stray into places where it looks like they’re an extension of the political process, or where they’re imposing their own personal preferences.”
Your honors, I submit for the record, the Coach Kennedy case. Exhibit A.
#politics #SCOTUS
Trump’s Team of Lawyers Marked by Infighting and Possible Legal Troubles of Its Own
Several of the former president’s lawyers are under scrutiny by federal investigators amid squabbling over competence.
This is 🔥
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/16/us/politics/trump-lawyers-herschmann.html
Exclusive: Mark Meadows complied with DOJ subpoena in January 6 probe
Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has complied with a subpoena from the Justice Department's investigation into events surrounding January 6, 2021, sources familiar with the matter tell CNN, making him the highest-ranking Trump official known to have responded to a subpoena in the federal investigation.
#politics #hearings
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Durham Inquiry Appears to Wind Down as Grand Jury Expires
The special counsel appointed by the Trump administration to examine the Russia investigation seems to be wrapping up its work with no further charges in store.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/14/us/politics/durham-inquiry-trump-russia.html
Jennifer Taub
#politics #hearings #j6
By Maggie Haberman, Adam Goldman and Alan Feuer: “The Justice Department has subpoenaed two former top White House political advisers under President Donald J. Trump as part of a widening investigation related to Mr. Trump’s post-election fund-raising and plans for so-called fake electors, according to people briefed on the matter."
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/09/us/politics/jan-6-trump-political-aides-subpoena.html
Hit the ground running with some good news. #politics
Federal Judge Stomps All Over Trump Russiagate Lawsuit Against Hillary
A federal judge in Florida has tossed a racketeering lawsuit that Trump filed against Clinton and a slew of other defendants in a 65 page scathing rebuke.
The Solution to the Trump Judge Problem Nobody Wants to Talk About
Lithwick and Stern
There are too many things wrong with the Cannon order to litigate. And there are too many things wrong with Trump’s judicial dominion of every part of our lives— for years to come—to litigate. So maybe it’s time to stop litigating them and start fixing them. #politics
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/09/trump-judge-aileen-cannon-court-reform.html
@fatinah I wish you were still here so I could say I was wrong. And how wrong I was! She won. #politics
Mary Peltola. Goddess, I ❤️ hope.
Peddling hope today
Growing Evidence Against a Republican Wave
Since the fall of Roe v. Wade, it’s increasingly hard to see the once-clear signs of a G.O.P. advantage
From the Times no less #politics
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/24/upshot/midterms-elections-republicans-analysis.html
Full text of National Archives letter to Trump on classified documents
ust the News has obtained the full text of the letter that the National Archives sent to former President Donald Trump requesting classified documents
Jennifer Taub
Tax avoidance = Democracy evasion. It’s oligarchy unless we can stop it. #bigdirtymoney
An Unusual $1.6 Billion Donation Bolsters Conservatives
A low-profile Republican financier donated his company to a new group run by the influential operative Leonard A. Leo
#politics
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/22/us/politics/republican-dark-money.html
‘It’s a rip-off’: GOP spending under fire as Senate hopefuls seek rescue
A cash crunch at campaigns and the NRSC set off a panic as GOP candidates emerged from bruising primaries playing catch-up in polls and advertising
“In a highly unusual move, the National Republican Senatorial Committee this week canceled bookings worth about $10 million, including in the critical states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Arizona.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/19/gop-senate-rescue-midterms/
We Don’t Need a Trump-Inspired Civil War for Things to Get Real Bad, Real Fast
BY DAHLIA LITHWICK
Kayyem posits that “[a] violent movement either grows or shrinks. Its ideology is not defeated; it simply stops motivating people to action.” She further argues that that the more Trump looks like a loser, the more his followers begin to turn on one another.
Excellent article. #politics
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/08/trump-civil-war-threat-doj-search-mar-a-lago.html
Amy Siskind
MEDIA SPIN:
Hanging Trump front and center will change the dynamics of the midterms.
REALITY:
Yeah, just like the last midterms when the Republicans lost 40 House seats, and the last election when the Republicans also lost the Senate and White House.
A powerhouse of hope. #politics
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