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StarfishSaver's JournalCNN: Federal judge upholds Harvard's admissions process in affirmative action case
Judge Allison Burroughs ruled Tuesday that while Harvard's admissions process is "not perfect," she will not "dismantle a very fine admissions program that passes constitutional muster, solely because it could do better."
Burroughs found "Harvard's admission program passes constitutional muster in that it satisfies the dictates of strict scrutiny."
The ruling in the closely watched case is likely to be appealed and culminate in a national showdown over affirmative action at the US Supreme Court.
The challengers had argued at trial that as the "personal" rating system disfavors Asian Americans, it favors blacks and Hispanics, who generally have lower standardized test scores compared with Asian Americans.
HELP!!! I can't keep up!
Every time I catch my breath from the latest breaking news, something else breaks!
I'm drowning here ...
Oh, FFS. NYT: Trump Pressed Australian Leader to Help Barr Investigate Mueller Inquiry's Origins
The White House restricted access to the calls transcript to a small group of the presidents aides, one of the officials said, an unusual decision that is similar to the handling of a July call with the Ukrainian president that is at the heart of House Democrats impeachment inquiry into Mr. Trump. Like that call, the discussion with Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia shows the extent to which Mr. Trump sees the attorney general as a critical partner in his goal to show that the Mueller investigation had corrupt and partisan origins, and the extent that Mr. Trump sees the Justice Department inquiry as a potential way to gain leverage over Americas closest allies.
And like the call with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, the discussion with Mr. Morrison shows the president using high-level diplomacy to advance his personal political interests.
President Trump initiated the discussion in recent weeks with Mr. Morrison explicitly for the purpose of requesting Australias help in the Justice Department review of the Russia investigation, according to the two people with knowledge of the discussion. Mr. Barr requested that Mr. Trump speak to Mr. Morrison, one of the people said. It came only weeks after Mr. Trump seemed to make military aid to Ukraine contingent on Mr. Zelensky doing him the favor of helping Mr. Barr with his work.
https://nyti.ms/2oJL1jT
The Hill: McConnell says he won't block an impeachment trial
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell reiterated on Monday that he is bound by Senate rules to take up articles of impeachment if they are presented by the House.
Under the Senate rules, were required to take it up if the House does go down that path, and well follow the Senate rules, McConnell said. Its a Senate rule related to impeachment that would take 67 votes to change.
That makes clear that he does not expect to have a path to use the nuclear option to set a new precedent to stop a trial with just a simple majority, effectively bypassing the rules.
Speaking on CNBC, the Kentucky Republican was dismissive of speculation that he might try to change the rules to stop the impeachment process.
The Senate impeachment rules are very clear, McConnell said.
https://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/mcconnell-says-cant-completely-prevent-impeachment-trial
God, i LOVE these women!
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1178680074356318208Kamala Harris: That girl was me
https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/status/1178289966675304448Seventy-freaking-nine ...
https://twitter.com/girlsreallyrule/status/1178066797708419081Can you state in 1 sentence the specific collusion crime the Mueller Report found Trump committed?
I can't. There's lots of there there, but no clean, direct line that can be explained simply and concisely.
But I can describe in one sentence at least one crime Trump committed vis a vis Ukraine: the president of the United States asked the President of Ukraine to provide him dirt on a political opponent in return for his performance of an official act. Bam.
That's a major difference. BUT the Mueller report wasn't for naught. It provides a boatload of information that fills in gaps and backs up the Ukraine narrative. It just was too difficult to pull a narrative out of it alone.
In 1973, it was the White House tapes. In 2019, it's the White House server
The server's going to be the thing ...
A sure sign the release of the Mueller report wasn't the right time to start impeachment but now is:
The Mueller Report, while damaging, was a mere and easy to contain puddle compared to the cascading waterfall of revelations that's about to engulf Trump. It just didn't - and, given its limited scope, couldn't - have the volume, breadth, weight, and simplicity that the Ukraine scandal has.
Now the floodgate has been opened, a torrent has been unloosed, and it can't be managed and manipulated by a shameless president, a crooked Attorney General and a crowd of hapless, spineless Republican legislators.
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