.@JoyceWhiteVance makes a compelling case that confirming Barr would do serious damage to the US Department of Justice and to our legal system. Senators need to read this ⬇️https://t.co/BpeEDFiEox
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) December 28, 2018
WSJ: Trump’s attorney-general pick pushed pardons for some in Iran-Contra affair because he thought they had been unjustly treated by a special counsel. https://t.co/Z3egFA6QFe via @WSJ
— Will Rabbe (@WillRabbe) December 28, 2018
Trump’s AG pick, Bill Barr, sent an unsolicited 20-page memo to the Justice Department this year excoriating Mueller’s obstruction of justice investigation. He apparently told Trump about the memo and said it could come up during his confirmation hearings. https://t.co/tw2NcKAjHt
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) December 20, 2018
Now we know why Trump picked Barr. https://t.co/tob9dToX3S
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) December 20, 2018
This is a pretty devastating attack on nominee Barr's memo, a memo which effectively puts the President above the law. The Senate should really scrutinize this memo and ask if our Founders really fought King George III to establish such a regime. https://t.co/IhVe0pPECO
— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) December 26, 2018
Barr’s memo takes an indefensibly regal view of a president’s powers. We wouldn’t have fought a revolution to end up with a presidency unbound by law. Any Senator who finds the views in this memo acceptable either doesn’t understand it or is a sellout.https://t.co/OiygNwgB4A
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) December 28, 2018
Sad! 