WWW.samefacts.com - 7/31/2008
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That's lawyerese for "complete bullsh*t." It's not what you ever want a federal judge to say about a claim made in court by the Department of Justice on behalf of the President of the United States. Or, rather, it's not what you want the Department of Justice to ever force a judge to say by making an utterly bogus claim; the credibility of the Administration in the courts is a national ...
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Absolute Privilege
Matthew Yglesias —
The Bush administration wants to say that its officials have carte blanche to ignore congressional subpoenas, to which Judge John Bates replies:
The executive’s current claim of absolute immunity from compelled Congressional process for senior presidential aides is without any support in the case law.
Mark Kleiman observes that this is the legal equivalent of being told your argument is bullshit. For real analysis read Marty Lederman.
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EU points at U.S. for WTO collapse —
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