Could Biden fire Merrick Garland and then...

[Handler]

order Kamala Harris to take over the DOJ. I think she could get this investigation on track. Merrick just does not have the intestinal fortitude to get the job done.

[samsingh]

1. something needs to be done with garland - and waiting for actual progress is risky.

[Beastly Boy]

11. Who is still waiting for actual progress?

Only someone who fell asleep several months ago and just woke up. It's been nothing but actual, delivered, well documented, verifiable progress for months.. One just needs to wake up and look around.

[mcar]

34. Thank you!

[secondwind]

35. Bingo!

[sheshe2]

45. +++

[MarineCombatEngineer]

50. Wish I could rec. your post, instead, here's this:

[nini]

2. how do you know the status of any of the the DOJ's investigations?

It's not easy not knowing but to assume they aren't doing anything is beyond odd to me.

[agingdem]

19. investigations done in secret..no one rushing to hit every

media outlet with "coming soon to a theater near you" teasers..damn!...I don't want to know the status of any DOJ investigation, I want an announcement only when the DOJ has incontrovertible no daylight evidence to indict Trump and his enablers..until then we wait

[RANDYWILDMAN]

3. Too soon to judge him. meet the new boss..

same as the old boss.


Won't get fooled again was from 1971 and how prophetic it is?

[2naSalit]

44. THIS!!

Thank you!



And welcome to DU!

[sheshe2]

5. Oh.

Another trash Garland thread.

[wnylib]

20. My thought, too.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

51. Seems to be more and more here lately.

[sheshe2]

54. One of the reasons I am not here as much.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

56. Same here,

Hi sheshe2, hope everything is right in your life.

[sheshe2]

57. It is calmer now, MCE.

I wish the same for you.

PS, you should try twitter. It is interesting.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

58. ...

PS, you should try twitter. It is interesting.

LOL, my granddaughter tells me the same thing, she's even offered to teach me how to use it.

[sheshe2]

60. I joined...then didn't tweet for a long time.

Some really good people there. Let your granddaughter teach you, you will like it.

If ya do send me a PM with your name, I will send you some followers.

Do it!!!!!

[Grolph_]

6. She has a job

[FarPoint]

7. Are you trying to write a script for a new TV series!

What you ask is very creative...could be entertaining.

[FBaggins]

8. Sure! As long as you don't care about winning elections

Presidents can’t fire AGs for failure to prosecute their political enemies. It doesn’t smell right to too many people.

To add additional problems - the confirmation battle, both for her and for a replacement VP, would be a nightmare that could easily leave us with a Republican at the top of the line of succession.

[MissMillie]

13. This is on point

The DOJ needs to act independently.

[MOMFUDSKI]

9. THAT, kids, would be

the Democrats bringing an actual gun to this gun fight. Wait and see.

[wnylib]

22. Yeah, to shoot themselves in the foot.

[Beastly Boy]

10. No. Biden is not an idiot.

[aeromanKC]

12. THIS, not THAT.

[Handler]

14. Wow Beast are you trying to hurt my feelings?

Maybe you could share with me how trump should be stopped from running out the clock.

[wnylib]

24. Have you tried a civics class?

[Beastly Boy]

29. Au conraire, mon ami!

I would like to thank you for the question.

Comedy of the absurd is my favorite genre.

As far as stopping Trump, I see no surer way of doing it than dropping 700,000 tons of horse manure on Mar a Lago... Don't laugh, it's doable!

[obamanut2012]

32. Lolz

[MarineCombatEngineer]

52. Oh wow!!!!!

This is comedy gold.

Keep digging.

[VMA131Marine]

15. Just checking but,

are we saying we want DOJ to leak details of its investigations?

The whole point is that DOJ is supposed to conduct investigations in secret until they are ready to make an indictment.

[Locutusofborg]

16. The Attorney General serves at the pleasure...

of the president and can be terminated at any time for any or for no reason. But there is no assurance that a different Attorney General would be confirmed by the Senate. A different person in that position might be an Acting Attorney General only. The Republicans have enough votes in the Senate to block confirmation.

[FBaggins]

25. I'm not sure the Republicans would block her confirmation

Virtually any decision she makes would be spun as political and she would be a drag on the reelection.

As an added benefit (from their perspective) it throws a massive wrench into the works when we try to appoint a new VP. The selection would immediately jump to the top of the "next in line" conversation when we are far from certain that Biden will run for reelection. I'm not sure that there's anyone who can garner unanimous support in the Senate (and there's no VP tiebreaker). Republicans would have every incentive to block the VP nomination because with that seat empty there is no Senate majority and if they take the House back their selected speaker (who could even be Trump) is next in line if something happens to Biden.

[wnylib]

27. Not to mention that a new AG would

need time to get updated on DOJ projects in process.

[Mr.Bill]

47. Only if you assume some Democratic Senators

would not vote to confirm. (Which is certainly possible)

[Emile]

17. Judgment Day is coming for Trumpy boy!

[comradebillyboy]

18. Kamala Harris was elected to the position of Vice President.

Biden can't fire her or any other elected official for that matter.

Demoting his loyal vice-president would be a case colossal political malpractice. And it would wreck her political career in the process while yielding no political benefit to Biden.

There are plenty of excellent lawyers who could replace Garland but would replacing him make any difference?

[SoCalDavidS]

21. There Is ZERO Chance Biden Is Going To Fire Mr. Garland. ZERO! nt

[tinrobot]

23. He could fire Garland anytime he wants, but Harris would have to resign as VP to take the job.

She's next in line to the presidency. Not gonna happen.

[tritsofme]

26. You ought to consider just deleting, this thread is beyond ridiculous.

[wnylib]

28. +1,000,000

[MarineCombatEngineer]

53. +100. nt

[obamanut2012]

30. Kamala Harris the the VP

[agingdem]

31. better yet, could Biden fire Garland and replace him with Prince Harry

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he's not doing much these days.

WHAT THE FUCK!!!

[mcar]

33. Oh for god's sake, no!

Kamala Harris is the Vice President of the United States. She already has a job.

Can we stop, please, with the denigrating of our very good VP and the constant criticism of the AG?

We have midterms to win and this constant running down of Democrats will suppress the vote.

[LuckyCharms]

36. Your last sentence is declarative. What supports your reasoning that Garland

"does not have the intestinal fortitude to get the job done"?

Is it based on what you "see"?

Are you expecting the DOJ to make public announcements while building a case?

[Hekate]

37. Oh for fuck's sake

[Raven]

38. Garland does not have the pressure of a Fall deadline like the J6 Committee does. As long

as the J6 Committee gets its findings and files to him before November, he has the time he needs. I'm not sure an indictment of Trump or any of his people would be a good thing before the election as it could bring Trump's base out in droves. Also, Garland may be being very careful not to step of the feet of the J6 Committee. Finally, Garland has to put together a case that can hold up in court, for example, a lot of what Cass Hutchinson said was hearsay and might not be admissible.

[ecstatic]

41. Yeah but where will all the evidence be by the time he finally makes an arrest

or executes his search warrant? Long gone. By design?

[EndlessWire]

48. I think an indictment before Midterms

is just the ticket. Whatever the Repubs are going to do to cheat, they will do quietly. If it doesn't work, then they will cause trouble anyway. It doesn't matter if we tiptoe through the tulips or not. A strong indictment of Trump et al for seditious activity might actually have the opposite effect, and cause Repubs to stop and think what it all means.

At the very least, it may energize the sluggish among us to try one more time to save the country from fascism. We have to do something.

Perhaps Garland is just waiting for the J6 committee to finish its investigation and presentation to the public.

[ecstatic]

39. Kamala Harris or Letitia James

They're not complicit in the good old boys club.

[Brainfodder]

40. Yeah, due process is a thing.

Sick of waiting on the orgasmic level dopamine hits and dancing that await, HELL YEAH!

Welcome to the club, sorry no benefits except knowing you are not alone, not even close!

[Hekate]

42. Are you bored today?

[Handler]

43. Sorry for the thought experiment. Handler out

[Fiendish Thingy]

46. He could, but Harris would be an "acting AG" unless/until confirmed by the senate.

Of course, other than your gut feeling based on the absence of public information, there is no evidence to support such a move.

Nevertheless, if you feel that strongly, contact the White House, and your representative to demand they begin impeachment hearings for Garland.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

49. Ah Jeez, not this shit again.

[brooklynite]

55. Would the armchair prosecutor advise us as to how long an indictment should take?

Sorry that the DOJ's schedule isn't meeting the needs of the blogosphere.

[jalan48]

59. I think laid off sounds better.