8mo ago

'Without a vote': GOP lawmaker airs bizarre 'civil prosecution' plan for Merrick Garland

www.rawstory.com 'Without a vote': GOP lawmaker airs bizarre 'civil prosecution' plan for Merrick Garland

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) said House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has the legal authority to prosecute Attorney General Merrick Garland without the Justice Department's help or a vote from Congress.After House Republicans voted to hold Garland in contempt on Wednesday, Biggs appeared to be in a celebrat...

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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) also suggested a novel way to deal with contempt of Congress. She told Fox News that she was prepared to force a vote on Garland's arrest.

If her legislation is enacted, it would require the House sergeant at arms to arrest Garland

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So. if Biden doesn't get executive priviledge... as a sitting president... does that mean Trump doesn't get it... as a former president?
who am I kidding, they don't care about the hypocrisy.
- To the fascist, hypocrisy is a feature. It's a tool that removes restrictions for themselves while it restricts others. It's a flex; their strength is so great it can't be bound by internal consistency or mental consonance.
  To the fascist, if hypocrisy grants them more power then it's a good thing

We'll wait for Jim Jordan to respond to his congressional supoeona first.

Fifth and Sixth amendments: "Am I a joke to you?"
....bah who am I kidding, the entire bill of rights is a joke to the pissdrinkers.

It's heartening that someone so profoundly mentally ill can still find a job.

We’re not going to stop doing the bad things. We’re going to turn the people stopping us from doing bad things into political prisoners.
But republicans don’t want the courts to be used to attack political opponents.

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