The Tenth Supreme Court Justice, and this is really scary..................

[turbinetree]

This is the man who will supervise Mueller if Trump fires Rosenstein

"I always say yes to the Federalist Society."

IAN MILLHISER MAY 7, 2018, 8:00 AM

Even before he became Donald Trump’s top Supreme Court advocate, Solicitor General Noel Francisco was a magnet for Trumpian causes. Francisco was one of the tobacco industry‘s top appellate advocates. And he represented the coal company at the heart of a deadly mining disaster — a coal company owned by Trump’s Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.

In the Supreme Court, Francisco convinced the justices to effectively strip President Obama of the recess appointments power. He represented religious conservatives attacking the Obama administration’s efforts to expand access to birth control. And persuaded the Court to legalize many forms of political bribery.

In short. Francisco built his law practice as if his primary goal was to troll the libs.

Flash forward a few years, and Francisco is now one of the most powerful and influential lawyers in the country. As Solicitor General, Francisco shapes the Trump administration’s appellate litigation strategy and acts as one of the top advisers to the justices themselves. And, as one of the Justice Department’s top officials, Francisco is next in line to supervise Special Counsel Robert Mueller if Trump fires Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

https://thinkprogress.org/noel-francisco-will-supervise-mueller-if-trump-fires-rosenstein-af2c0ec66b13/

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Meanwhile, an unstable and increasingly angry president occupies the White House. Trump reportedly views Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein as a threat, because the president feels that Rosenstein has not done enough to hinder Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into his campaign’s ties to Russia. If Trump fires Rosenstein, the job of supervising Mueller will fall to Francisco.

Everything in Francisco’s record suggests that he is a passionate conservative, eager to use his office to advance ideological causes. Someday very soon, Trump may hand Francisco the power to shut down Mueller’s investigation.

[AJT]

1. Gee, maybe Mueller should hurry the hell up.

It's not like Mueller doesn't know this is coming.

[SWBTATTReg]

2. I think Mueller is doing fine, how do we know he can go even faster?

A recent DU post stated that:

As i said on @ThisWeekABC to give some perspective: “Benghazi was a 4 year investigation, there were zero indictments. The Clinton emails was a 2 year investigation, there were zero indictments. The Mueller investigation has been 14 months, there have been 23 indictments.”

9:26 AM - May 6, 2018
By Matthew Dodd

Give Mueller the time he needs. There are no clocks in the wheels of justice...