Attorney General Merrick Garland - Fuck around and find out

[thepop 4409]

 

[G650 14107]

Maximum lulz

[USMCHorn 1369]

Lmaooooooooo I fuckin’ love it! Justice motherfucker!

[kevwun 15653]

I hope every Dem senator turns to flick off Mitch before voting Yes at this confirmation vote.

[Js1 85110]

And his seat on the DC Court will be replaced by a young liberal.

LOVE TO SEE IT. 

[SubliminalHorn 6674]

Elections have consequences, no?

[wildcat09 29258]

Naming Garland to SCOTUS would've been stupid but this is great. 

Are they...are they learning to finally be a little smarter at politics?

[Hugo Stiglitz 23356]

He should be easy to confirm.  

[Js1 85110]

I wanted Doug Jones, but give him the DOJ Civil Rights Division under Garland and I'll be thrilled.

Garland has unique experience prosecuting domestic terrorism under Clinton (OKC bombing, Atlanta Olympics bombing, and Ted Kaczynski).  With Trump continuing to agitate these Proud Boys, his experience will be really important. 

[Hugo Stiglitz 23356]

The DAG is the real power player at DOJ. Hope we get a good one. 

[TwiceHorn 31283]

4 minutes ago, Js1 said:

I wanted Doug Jones, but give him the DOJ Civil Rights Division under Garland and I'll be thrilled.

Garland has unique experience prosecuting domestic terrorism under Clinton (OKC bombing, Atlanta Olympics bombing, and Ted Kaczynski).  With Trump continuing to agitate these Proud Boys, his experience will be really important. 

Thing is, the DOJ criminal prosecution apparatus is largely distributed among the US Attorneys' offices.  Sure, they need approval here and there and can be prompted or restrained from Main Justice in DC, but they're mostly autonomous.

A huge chunk of DOJs business is civil in nature, e.g. civil rights, antitrust, voting, prisons, etc. etc. and that is directed in the first instance from DC.

Hugo is right in that the DAGs, plural, tend to be more important than the AG, but the AG can definitely set a tone.

Edited January 6, 2021 by TwiceHorn

[jimmyjazz 45560]

[thepop 4409]

I do hope Doug Jones lands on his feet somewhere. He's too good to be sitting in Alabama.

[Macanudo 12928]

OP's avatar is really, really appropriate for this thread.

[Radical Larry 28529]

[Js1 85110]

35 minutes ago, kevwun said:

I hope every Dem senator turns to flick off Mitch before voting Yes at this confirmation vote.

Garland at his confirmation hearing, turning towards Grassley, Cornyn, Graham, Lee, Cruz, Sasse, Tillis, Ernst and Crapo, all who were part of the 2016 stolen seat brigade

[Mez2 4021]

you fuck around, you find out.

[cactusflinthead 27594]

 

[Js1 85110]

Well good luck sorting this out, Merrick. Glad you have experience with domestic terrorism. 

[Biff Tannen 45499]

Hope he's ready to hit the ground running.

[ERhine 1894]

He’s going to have a busy first few months, that’s for sure.

[Voldemort86 2259]

How is garland on marijuana policy?

[Biff Tannen 45499]

34 minutes ago, Voldemort86 said:

How is garland on marijuana policy?

Lol, the important questions right now.

[Js1 85110]

49 minutes ago, Voldemort86 said:

How is garland on marijuana policy?

The choice of Garland will have many in the cannabis sector wondering what approach he’ll take to the legal marijuana industry, given the still-questionable relationship between federal law and state-legal MJ companies.

But in 2016, when Obama picked Garland for the Supreme Court, several MJ industry insiders said their impressions of him were favorable, based solely on a statement he’d made about basing scientific decisions on solid science.

With Biden already having vowed to support some level of federal marijuana reform, it’s unlikely he would choose an attorney general who would launch a new national crackdown on the cannabis industry.

That’s because Vice President-elect Kamala Harris was the primary Senate sponsor of the MORE Act to legalize marijuana.

And the odds for federal reform are much improved now that the Democrats appear to have taken control of both chambers of Congress on the apparent wins of both Democratic candidates in the Senate runoffs in Georgia on Tuesday.

[Post Oak 20187]

 

[WBT 20422]

Speaking now

[Yuk 1509]

This is the right dude for this job.

[Hugo Stiglitz 23356]

 

[tx 3 putt 76400]

I want to see rioter crying in court and members of congress arrested 

Edited March 12, 2021 by tx 3 putt

[DigglerontheHoof 21065]

10 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

I want to see rioter crying in court and members of congress arrested 

[Bullneck 18987]

 

 

[brakeman 28253]

criminal intent, your summer is waiting.