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Good job Eric Holder!
Dismissing charges on former Sen. Ted Stevens.
You are a whiner about race relations, but you sure do know govt. misconduct in the DOJ when you see it, and how to at least convincingly pretend, to be non-partisan about your job. Yay. |
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Bravo to that, for sure.
I hope Holder is being equally non-partisan with his determination that the proposed DC voting rights bill is constitutional. Apparently his intervention in that matter is unusual for an AG, or at least that's the impression I got from this article: Quote:
Holder has some history with this issue, so his view probably thought through. I just hope he is not getting proactive on the issue for political reasons. It's a disgrace that DC residents don't have full voting representation in the House and Senate. If this bill proves to be unconstitutional, then lets get going with an amendment. |
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How odd, a fat cat crooked Republican pork barreller extraordinaire has "errors" so bad in his prosecution prosecuted by the Republican justice department, he gets to walk when the Dems come it. How odd.
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How odd you seem so pissed off in every post you make here, whether it seems to be something you agree with or something you are against. How odd. |
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it seems like mr. holder possesses integrity.
that's a good thing, right? (learned hand lives! )
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However, that said, congrats to Holder for showing how it's done.
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Your point being?
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The Constitution spells out in detail how D.C. is handled. You would need an amendment to change that, although the Congress thinks it can do it through legislation.
The solution is to shrink the District to the area encompassing the Federal buildings and making the rest part of maryland, where they will have Senate seats and House seats. The district was originally carved out of Maryland. This only comes up when Dems are in power because the District is a Dem stronghold and increasing Dem headcount in congress is the goal, not because they think those people are not represented.
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I wonder if the other shoe will drop and Holder investigates the alleged misconduct by the prosecutors.
As to DC, aren't the residents taxed by the Federal g'ment the same as residents of the several states? Taxation without representation comes to mind. |
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Maybe he's just not a very happy person.
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When you buy a house, you know (or your attorney does) that there are certain covenants that pertain to residents within the D.C. proper...if you don't like 'em, move. Simple as that. Congress can't change that provision of the Constitution WITHOUT proposing an amendment and the states have to vote on it. Simple to understand.
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Start writing the amendment.
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I doubt integrity had much to do with it, the sham prosecution of former Top Porker Stevens didn't take place under his watch, it was done by Steven's Republican pals, who looks to me like they gamed the system to make sure one of their own didn't go to prison where he belonged, and Holder had no choice but to let him walk. This was a pretty much open and shut case, Stevens owned a home. The home was built by someone who benefited from Steven's actions in the Senate. End of case. Seems pretty odd that so much "prosecutorial misconduct" took place on such a simple case, this wasn't Enron, this was the guy's house, with paycheck stubs for workers and receipts for materials, all paid for by someone other than the mighty senator. Some hero you Republicans have, just like Libby, a proven perjurer, or Alberto Gonzalez who got political prosecutors appointed (gee, I wonder which one of them prosecuted Stevens?), or the war criminal murderers at the top, Bush and Cheney.
Last edited by JollyRoger; 04-02-2009 at 09:50 AM. |
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