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comment by am_Unition

Pff, I hope they appoint a special counsel to sniff out the entire SCOTUS bench.

Were I a SCOTUS judge (ha!), I also would have refused to sign onto Roberts' ridiculous declaration of self-regulated SCOTUS ethics that he included last week in his polite refusal to testify before the Senate judicial oversight committee.





kleinbl00  ·  566 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think the whole enchilada right now is who is "they" because the composition of "they" is going to determine whether this happens or not.

I mean, at some point Harvey Weinstein stops getting away with it. Right? I hope?

am_Unition  ·  566 days ago  ·  link  ·  

"They" will never be both the executive and a 2/3rds supermajority House vote to impeach, obviously, at this moment in time. So there goes a joint executive and legislative check and balance. The Senate's hearing last week was a circus, so much for that.

Whether DoJ chooses to do anything substantial independently? Kinda doubt it.

Checks and balances warfare is almost totally neutered. Two-party warfare is the dominate dynamic.

Again, statement made for posterity, I know you know this.