Monday, November 21, 2022
Merrick Garland has proved himself unfit for Supreme Court — but he shouldn’t be AG either
Garland’s nomination to the court was always iffy. Libertarians thought his track record was dangerously authoritarian. The trustees of the estate of the late Justice William Brennan, for whom Garland had clerked, inexplicably sealed records having to do with Garland’s time working at the court. And though Garland was touted as a “moderate,” a straight-shooter who could cruise to an easy confirmation, he satisfied neither the Democratic left nor the Republican center.
But what Garland has demonstrated as AG is a different kind of deficit, a deficit of character and integrity. As Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said to Garland in hearings this week, “Thank God you are not on the Supreme Court.”
Those hearings involved Garland’s inexplicable decision to target federal law-enforcement resources at parents who speak against critical race theory and unpopular transgender policies at school-board meetings. In response to a letter from the left-leaning National School Boards Association, which described those meetings with lurid language but scant evidence of any real threats, Garland ordered the FBI and the Department of Justice into action.
There was no justification for Garland’s move, which was political thuggery at its worst. The disorder at these meetings mostly involved people shouting and talking out of turn, with the occasional scuffle. (One arrest, at a meeting of the now-notorious Loudoun County, Va., school board, involved the father of a girl raped in a bathroom by a boy in a skirt — a rape the school board attempted to cover up. The boy has since been convicted.)
None of the supposed threats raised a federal issue, despite the now-familiar claims of “domestic terrorism,” which in today’s Democratic Party lexicon simply means “opposition to our policies.” And if there were to be any violence, there’s no reason to think that local law enforcement couldn’t handle it.
But enforcing federal laws wasn’t the point. Intimidating political opponents was. It didn’t work, partly because the politicized Justice Department and FBI have become national laughingstocks due to their behavior of the past few years.
Parents around the country continue to resist the dangerous and unpopular policies on race and gender being pushed by leftist activists, and even the NSBA faced such backlash that it had to back down. With state and local school boards across the nation canceling their memberships in the association, the group publicly retracted its letter.
Garland, however, did not retract his statement, though in the hearings he pretended to care about people’s First Amendment rights. Unimpressed, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) called for Garland’s resignation. Said Hawley: “You have weaponized the FBI and the Department of Justice. It is wrong. It is unprecedented to...
The 90 Miles Mystery Video: Nyctophilia Edition #1209
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The 90 Miles Mystery Box: Episode #1909
You have come across a mystery box. But what is inside?
It could be literally anything from the serene to the horrific,
from the beautiful to the repugnant,
from the mysterious to the familiar.
If you decide to open it, you could be disappointed,
you could be inspired, you could be appalled.
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Sunday, November 20, 2022
Thousands march in Mexico against proposed electoral reform
Globalist Forces Around The World Are Securing Election Outcomes For Themselves Only.
Protesters chanted “Hands off INE,” or National Electoral Institute, as they made their way along Paseo de Reforma in the city center to oppose the change championed by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
“We are gathered here with one clear and important goal: to defend the electoral system that several generations of Mexicans built,” former INE chairman Jose Woldenberg told the crowd in a speech at the close of the procession.
Lopez Obrador alleges that the INE endorsed fraud when he ran unsuccessfully for the presidency in 2006 and 2012, before winning in 2018.
Under his proposal, the INE would be replaced by a new body with members chosen by voters instead of lawmakers and with a smaller budget. Political parties would also receive less money from the government for campaigning.
Lopez Obrador’s critics say he is damaging democratic checks and balances with his attacks on the INE and other institutions.
His proposals, which involve amending the constitution, require support from at least two-thirds of lower house lawmakers.
Many of the demonstrators wore pink — the color associated with the INE.
Graciela Aberel, a 53 year old English teacher, said the proposed change amounts to letting the government organize elections, as was the case before INE was created in 1990.
“What he wants is for all the elections to depend on the government, so as to manipulate them at his whim and be able to stay in power,” said Aberel.
The next presidential election is scheduled for 2024, when Lopez Obrador’s six-year term ends. Presidents here can only serve one term.
Some in the crowd carried banners that read, “I am not corrupt, class-conscious, racist or hypocritical.” This alluded to adjectives the president used last week to describe those who planned to take part in Sunday’s rally.
High profile people from the world of politics also took part in the rally, such as former president Vicente Fox and the speaker of the chamber of deputies, Santiago Creel. Both are members of the opposition conservative PAN party.
The rally, which came on the president’s 69th birthday, was so big that many people did not fit into the area where the closing speech was delivered.
Francisco Videla, a 50 year old merchant, said the protest was not just against the current government.
“It is against any government that, now or in the future, wants to take control of elections,” said Videla.
The president’s proposal would also reduce the number of seats in...
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