After November Biden should replace Garland

[edhopper]

and I wouldn't want any move now to interfere with the election.
It's one thing for the AG to be nonpartisan, it's another to try this hard to look non partisan by appointing partisan attorneys to look into the President and his family.
The AG is not the President's lawyer, but he serves at his pleasure and should reflect his priorities.

[mahina]

1. 100%

[dalton99a]

2. Absolutely.

[SheilaAnn]

3. Not a minute too soon IMO. n/t

[et tu]

6. ditto nt

[Demsrule86]

4. I agree. I gave Garland the benefit of the doubt. But he needs to say something and make

the Trumper fix that report and make it accurate. That guy should never never been appointed in this matter.

[catrose]

5. Absolutely. It should have been done two years ago, but now it has to be.

[yliza]

7. I think Garland would have been fine during normal times

But sadly we are living in interesting times and I believe he is not up to the challenge.

[dchill]

33. The lesson should be...

Never appoint someone who would have been fine during normal times. As long as there are Republicans - or ANY racist apologist anti-democratic political parties - we won't have really normal times. Endit.

[Vadem]

8. Replace Garland with HIlary Clinton! She won't mince words! n/t

[Mr. Evil]

14. BWAAAAHAAHAHA!

That would be the most awesome thing that could happen! Talk about innumerable MAGAt heads exploding in unison! It would be a glorious day.

[Scrivener7]

16. That is my new concept of heaven.

[Vadem]

30. Thank you so much for my hearts! It is so heartwarming to receive them from my compatriats! !

[leftieNanner]

9. I would not be surprised if he resigns

After November.

[TeamProg]

25. He appears stressed when under pressure. nt

[AverageOldGuy]

10. AMEN!!!

Should never have appointed him.

[tritsofme]

11. I doubt he sticks around for a second term, most cabinet officers don't stay for 8 years.

[DFW]

22. That is my bet as well.

It is highly unusual for a cabinet member to remain at the post for more than four years.

Although I highly doubt she'd want it, I'd beam with delight at seeing Hillary Clinton take the AG's post for Biden's second term. I'd bet that Clarence Thomas's resignation would come within 48 hours of Garland's.

[dchill]

34. (!) 48 hours?! I don't think Clarence...

...is that quick on his feet! But I'm with you philosophically.

[Emile]

12. Replace him with a Democrat!

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

13. Garland was Biden's biggest mistake of his first administration

I hope he doesn't make keeping him the worst decision of his second.

[Scrivener7]

15. Oh, dear God, yes! Please!!

[Mr. Sparkle]

17. I'd fire the fucker now

It's failure after failure from him, he never ceases to disappoint. He will go down in history as a closet republican or incompetent boob

[Marcuse]

18. Recall that Obama nominated Garland to the Supremes to expose McConnell.

Obama knew any nominee was DOA anyway so he forced the reliably cynical GOP to stonewall Garland, against whom it had no plausible non partisan objection, without a Senate hearing.

Whatever his evident virtues, Garland was another white male who, as a 63-year-old moderate, could not promise decades as a liberal warrior.
[link:https://www.npr.org/2018/06/29/624467256/what-happened-with-merrick-garland-in-2016-and-why-it-matters-now|

[dchill]

35. I would only make one slight...

... alteration to your source's statement: 63-year-old Federalist!

[SocialDemocrat61]

19. I could be wrong

but I believe it is a tradition for all cabinet members to submit a letter of resignation before the second term. Then the President can decide who’s to accept and who’s to reject.

[tritsofme]

20. That typically only occurs when there is a new president.

But it is quite rare for cabinet officials to stay on a full 8 years.

[SocialDemocrat61]

32. Actually it is a tradition

Do Cabinet Secretaries Get The Boot at Term's End?

By Ann Compton

There is an unwritten tradition in Washington that cabinet secretaries all submit pro forma letters of resignation at the end of a first term for a re-elected president, but apparently it doesn't really work that way.

https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/11/do-cabinet-secretaries-get-the-boot-at-terms-end

[Greybnk48]

21. Agree. This report is a disgrace in it's political slant

to try and make President Biden look weak or bad.

The press in the room with Biden looked and acted like a pack of rabid dogs.

[mountain grammy]

23. Agree!

[TeamProg]

24. Agreed. nt

[Xipe Totec]

27. And to think he might have been a Supreme Court Justice.

Ol' Mitch might have done this country a favor.

[LeftInTX]

29. Come on, he would have been a million times better than Gorsuch

He showed poor judgement by appointing Hur. That doesn't mean Garland is full blown heritage foundation Trumper.

[Xipe Totec]

36. It's not a comparative observation.

The fact that Gorsuch is bad doesn't automatically make Garland good.

[LeftInTX]

37. But he would be better?

[Xipe Totec]

38. Perhaps you don't understand the meaning of comparative?

[BaronChocula]

28. If Garland was so concerned

with propriety, appearances, and meticulous judgment he would resign now.

[Rebl2]

31. Wish he had

done it sooner, but I know that looks like meddling in places Biden must stay out of.