So far Garland has been very disappointing to me. Given his history I expected much more from him. He is avoiding anything to do with the Trump administration like the plague even if it was blatantly illegal.
So far Garland has been very disappointing to me. Given his history I expected much more from him. He is avoiding anything to do with the Trump administration like the plague even if it was blatantly illegal.
I don’t think so, I think he’s getting all his ducks in a row…. There’s a lot, so much that he’s not going to let anything go. Yet I remember how I waited like a child on Christmas Eve for the Mueller Report…. And…
Hopefully, that is not the case. That so many people who are actually doing their job to follow the law fear for the safety of themselves and family (which I totally understand is a reality) is another sign of how far over the cliff we have gone. Fear and violence are the mainstay tools of an authoritarian government.
Or, perhaps he doesn’t want Trump issues to take all the air out of the room while the administration can actually get stuff done for the American people. This gives him time to sort through all of the issues that are in his office after 4 years of Sessions and Barr. It also gives him time to consider options. If this administration were to go into attack mode now the news would be all trump all the time again. That would not be good. There are things that are so much more important than putting Trump and his people in jail right now. In my opinion it is naive to think that those people will be treated as if they are murderers and it doesn’t serve democrats well to mud wrestle with the pig. The administration is doing a great job of keeping the temperature lower and the news media is doing a good job of telling the stories.
I think Mr. Garland can probably do many things at once with his big staff. And I can't think of anything more important for the DOJ than to restore its own functions and begin again to regulate and oversee the administration of justice in this country. We're not guaranteed of another 4 years of a law-respecting administration anytime soon, given the voting restrictions being put in place or considered in 47 out of 50 states. It is not "going into attack mode" to decide against continuing to defend the legally tortured position of Trump's DOJ to protect him from legal action on a 1990s rape count. As Elie Mystal points out in so many words, other accused citizen-rapists must hire their own private lawyers.
So far Garland has been very disappointing to me. Given his history I expected much more from him. He is avoiding anything to do with the Trump administration like the plague even if it was blatantly illegal.
I don’t think so, I think he’s getting all his ducks in a row…. There’s a lot, so much that he’s not going to let anything go. Yet I remember how I waited like a child on Christmas Eve for the Mueller Report…. And…
Cynthia he's not waiting to act on this, the action has been taken.
Maybe he fears for his wife and children and is waiting until he has all his ducks in a row before he fires .
Hopefully, that is not the case. That so many people who are actually doing their job to follow the law fear for the safety of themselves and family (which I totally understand is a reality) is another sign of how far over the cliff we have gone. Fear and violence are the mainstay tools of an authoritarian government.
That's very sad.
Or, perhaps he doesn’t want Trump issues to take all the air out of the room while the administration can actually get stuff done for the American people. This gives him time to sort through all of the issues that are in his office after 4 years of Sessions and Barr. It also gives him time to consider options. If this administration were to go into attack mode now the news would be all trump all the time again. That would not be good. There are things that are so much more important than putting Trump and his people in jail right now. In my opinion it is naive to think that those people will be treated as if they are murderers and it doesn’t serve democrats well to mud wrestle with the pig. The administration is doing a great job of keeping the temperature lower and the news media is doing a good job of telling the stories.
I think Mr. Garland can probably do many things at once with his big staff. And I can't think of anything more important for the DOJ than to restore its own functions and begin again to regulate and oversee the administration of justice in this country. We're not guaranteed of another 4 years of a law-respecting administration anytime soon, given the voting restrictions being put in place or considered in 47 out of 50 states. It is not "going into attack mode" to decide against continuing to defend the legally tortured position of Trump's DOJ to protect him from legal action on a 1990s rape count. As Elie Mystal points out in so many words, other accused citizen-rapists must hire their own private lawyers.
Good point