JUST IN: A federal judge has *denied* AG Barr's effort to dismiss Andrew McCABE's lawsuit...

[Nevilledog]

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[Blue Owl]

1. K&R

[Sneederbunk]

2. Ever get the feeling that Barr is not a good attorney?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. He has a bad client and bad cases.

Even a good lawyer couldn't put lipstick on those pigs, but a good lawyer wouldn't work for Trump anyhow.

[Laelth]

13. That's about the size of it.

Barr is evil, and he is doing his best for his evil client, but there is only so much that he can do.

-Laelth

[CentralMass]

5. Good enough for tRumps purposes.

[Boogiemack]

7. Ever get the feeling that even the courts are tired of this shit and want to at least

try to salvage some of their reputations for being part of a law-abiding democracy?

[Laelth]

14. I should hope so. n/t

-Laelth

[aggiesal]

21. In general yes, but ...

McTurtle has loaded the judiciary with extreme RW ideologues, including the Supreme Court.

So you end up with RW court that makes political judgements then having an En Banc hearing to overturn that judgement.
For example, in the McGahn subpoena case, 2 of the 3 judges ruled that the House of Representative could not subpoena McGahn to testify, but it had to take an En Banc hearing to overturn that judgement.

The federal Circuit Courts can decide NOT to hear a case in En Banc, but luckily the DC Circuit Court choose to hear the case and rule against the WH/DOJ.

Soon there will be more RW nutjobs in the circuit courts that political judgements may never be overturned, thus becoming precedent.

This is what scares me.

[Marcuse]

26. Another example is Flynn's guilty plea.

[zentrum]

29. Not sure. McConnell

…..has put in 200 RW judges. Debatable if we have a functioning 3rd branch or not.
Waiting and seeing.

[dchill]

9. He's obviously a BAD attorney on every way.

[cstanleytech]

15. What I do not understand is why he still has a license to practice law since after

all the shit he has pulled or tried to pull as the head of the DOJ you would think he would have been disbarred by now.

[DallasNE]

18. There Is A Hierarchy To Law

And Barr sets the Bible at the top of the hierarchy. That is how he gets around the establishment clause in the 1st Amendment. Since Barr was sent there by God he thinks he is right and everybody else is wrong. When he gets into a court room then, he gets slapped around.

[Cryptoad]

20. Bet he got so much,,,

dark $money in offshore accounts,he dont have to be good

[grumpyduck]

3. Fuck you, Barr.

[soothsayer]

6. +1000

[ScratchCat]

8. And yet another Judge

Using pretty harsh language on claims made on behalf of the DOJ. When a judge has to state that part of the Defendants motion are "premised on a misunderstanding of the claims that Plaintiff asserts", the judge is saying in the nicest of terms "you have no case and its odd you would even try to make that argument as it doesn't follow the actual claim made by Plaintiff".

[Laelth]

10. Good. k&r n/t

-Laelth

[hlthe2b]

11. Kudos. So good to see courts taking on Barr and his corruption

[spanone]

12. K&R...

[C Moon]

16. Trump's plane to Russia is going to be overbooked.

[bucolic_frolic]

17. Imagine McCabe's legal bills

I'm not a big fan of judges dismissing cases. If there's a beef it belongs in court to be uncovered.

[lagomorph777]

19. I hope McCabe makes a pile of money from this.

[TicketyBoo]

22. Proceeds from his book

should help with that.

It's a NY Times bestseller.

[Ilsa]

30. Someone raised about $250k, I think, for him on a

GoFundMe page right after his firing.

I wish FBI HR had lied to trump about the vesting date of McCabe's pension.

[Cha]

23. TY Federal Judge ! Rt

[LanternWaste]

24. Discovery phase is going to be a delicious little aperitif. nt

[Pacifist Patriot]

25. I love the word 'discovery!'

[calimary]

27. Good news!

[mdbl]

28. If this administration fired for job performance

we wouldn't have to put up with all those ass clowns in the white house now.

[Lucinda]

31. ❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️

[BlueWavePsych]

32. K&R