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In reply to the discussion: Opinion: The left's armchair quarterbacks need to let Merrick Garland do his job [View all]Paladin
(28,290 posts)29. Well THAT sure-as-shit explains a lot. Thanks for the info. (nt)
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Opinion: The left's armchair quarterbacks need to let Merrick Garland do his job [View all]
marble falls
Nov 2021
OP
Congress is not a court of law for one thing. Contempt is handled from a bench in court ...
marble falls
Nov 2021
#5
In a courtroom it is. Congress is not a Courtroom. They have to go through the DoJ ...
marble falls
Nov 2021
#9
From Whitewater to walking into prison - over a year. That's a guess but I know that ...
marble falls
Nov 2021
#23
Have pity? What else would armchair criminal trial lawyers have left to do?
Alexander Of Assyria
Nov 2021
#2
Ah F word, the real investigative quarterback is the media, talking it all down, all the time, and
ShazamIam
Nov 2021
#3
Sure, he's "doing his job" just fine. It's just not the job in his official job description.
PSPS
Nov 2021
#4
That WP ahole can shove it and then cry like KillerKyle Rittenhouse for all I care
traitorsgalore
Nov 2021
#10
what exactly is commendable about posting a scolding of the left by a FEDERALIST SOCIETY MEMBER??
Grasswire2
Nov 2021
#27
This WaPo piece makes it clear there is an effort to QUASH "the left" in its urging Garland to act.
Grasswire2
Nov 2021
#31
makes sense to me now that I know the Federalist Society is pushing that quashing.
Grasswire2
Nov 2021
#40
Yes. It has felt like there were one or two who were pushing a narrative weirdly
Scrivener7
Nov 2021
#42
I agree with all the points about the criminal investigation but none of them in regards to the
dsc
Nov 2021
#41
Yeah... like all those people who wanted criminal penalties for Bridgegate....
Effete Snob
Nov 2021
#46