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Gothmog

(145,176 posts) Sun Jul 7, 2019, 08:21 PM Jul 2019

DOJ Lawyers Who Had Represented Government in Census Case are Being Replaced: An Ominous Development [View all]

Source: Electionn Law blog

My thoughts on the news via Del Wilber:

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DOJ Lawyers Who Had Represented Government in Census Case are Being Replaced: An Ominous Development [View all] Gothmog Jul 2019 OP

found em new set who are willing to risk throwing away their licenses for Trump... Thomas Hurt Jul 2019 #1

Right elleng Jul 2019 #2

No career types would want to be involved in this shipwreck Gothmog Jul 2019 #8

Right. USED to be that working for DoJ was among the BEST reference for future jobs; elleng Jul 2019 #9

More mini-Barrs. calimary Jul 2019 #32

Census farce: Trump, Barr and the Justice Department make a mockery of the law Gothmog Jul 2019 #50

This will backfire on Republicans. Iliyah Jul 2019 #3

nothing backfires on them because tRumps base loves it nt yaesu Jul 2019 #6

Yes it does. Iliyah Jul 2019 #10

This is so true. Trump's cult is willing to let him get by with anything Arkansas Granny Jul 2019 #12

It has come down to if "Libs like or want it-destroy it." StClone Jul 2019 #36

there are more of us than there are of them. GOTV! TeamPooka Jul 2019 #34

WTF??? a kennedy Jul 2019 #4

For Donald, Carnival Barker, it's all about marketing, and this is desperation pure and simple bucolic_frolic Jul 2019 #5

Do you mean... SergeStorms Jul 2019 #37

Roberts worries me bucolic_frolic Jul 2019 #40

And it doesn't matter if it's so blatant? nt babylonsister Jul 2019 #7

Are you surprised? Gothmog Jul 2019 #11

No. Not even. babylonsister Jul 2019 #15

From Dale Ho of the ACLU Gothmog Jul 2019 #13

More on the Clusterf...k DOJ attempt to satisfy the Orange Menace hlthe2b Jul 2019 #14

Consumer protection branch lawyers? Gothmog Jul 2019 #17

pretty soon it will fall to the receptionist who has watched the most legal shows on tv... hlthe2b Jul 2019 #18

"I KNEW those hours of Law and Order SVU would pay off!" tishaLA Jul 2019 #22

Another job for Jared! DeminPennswoods Jul 2019 #25

or...Ivanka could show up with a legal pad and a flip of her hair to really wow 'em. Captain Zero Jul 2019 #39

Has Tiffany finished law school yet? MissB Jul 2019 #47

Clustertrump underpants Jul 2019 #27

yup... fitting... hlthe2b Jul 2019 #28

Actually, it makes sense (for this misadministration, anyway) SeattleVet Jul 2019 #38

Barr: Trump Admin Has 'Pathway' To Get Citizenship Question Back On Census Gothmog Jul 2019 #49

More attorneys are withdrawing Gothmog Jul 2019 #56

A couple of thoughts extracted from Jennifer Taub's Twitter page.... KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2019 #16

Neal Katyal is curious Gothmog Jul 2019 #19

Unfortunately, Neal Katyal got us into this mess. EndGOPPropaganda Jul 2019 #26

Oh damn. Duppers Jul 2019 #41

It's sad :( EndGOPPropaganda Jul 2019 #54

is there no end to the number of people willing to disgrace themselves for that vile piece of shit?? Skittles Jul 2019 #20

Seemingly no. Remember 35-40 of the voting public KPN Jul 2019 #23

Considering They Could be Facing Disbarment for Repeated Lying to the Court dlk Jul 2019 #21

Sometimes a Justice Department lawyer must just say 'no' Gothmog Jul 2019 #48

A political appointee/ex Jones Day partner leaving census case Gothmog Jul 2019 #24

Speaker Pelosi has this, no worries, watoos Jul 2019 #29

She is not going to impeach because the Senate is not going to convict. marylandblue Jul 2019 #31

Without 20 GOP Senate votes, impeachment is a waste of time Gothmog Jul 2019 #42

Someone in the thread raised the question about Ilsa Jul 2019 #30

May not need to. See, the very first thing the new ones will ask for is a long continuance to.... machoneman Jul 2019 #57

I hope this crashes and burns, but.. forgotmylogin Jul 2019 #33

Executive Order . . Iliyah Jul 2019 #35

An executive order cannot over rule SCOTUS ruling Gothmog Jul 2019 #43

Since the Constitution places the Census BlueIdaho Jul 2019 #44

From Prof. Tribe Gothmog Jul 2019 #45

Washington Post-Opinion: Trump's corruption is getting worse. Gothmog Jul 2019 #46

Why is Barr transferring responsibility for the census cases to the DOJ Consumer Protection Branch? mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2019 #51

Edith Jones is a very nasty and conservative judge on the 5th Cir Gothmog Jul 2019 #52

Wouldn't it be easier to just replace the president? dchill Jul 2019 #53

Plaintiffs have moved to block old DOJ attorney's leaving case Gothmog Jul 2019 #55

A second federal judge has refused to let attorneys withdraw Gothmog Jul 2019 #58