No, Congress can’t prevent Trump from firing Mueller. I think firing Mueller would be a bad idea, but if I were Trump, I would refuse to be interviewed, and if I were subpoenaed by a grand jury, I’d ignore it.
Category Archives: Law
The Tax Bill
No, sorry, blue states, you can’t fix it.
This may be one of the most consequential things of Trump’s presidency. So far, anyway.
How Civil Wars Start
The Democrats are spoiling for another one, because they won’t accept the results of elections. But if that’s what they want, they’ll lose this one too. Because we didn’t let them disarm us.
Donna Brazile
The Senate Intelligence Committee has a lot of questions for her. Given her recent behavior, it will be very interesting to see how forthcoming she is.
[Update early evening]
Clinton and Podesta in the cross hairs.
Get out the popcorn.
Hillary Couldn’t Be Proven Guilty
…without showing that Obama was guilty as well.
The fix was in from the very beginning.
The Memo
Democrats Shut Government Down
…but they struggle to explain why.
It’s because they don’t really have a politically palatable answer.
Free-Speech Zones
…are an atrocity against the First Amendment and against a fundamental purpose of a university. As Glenn says, the officials themselves should be personally liable. That would put an end to this fascist nonsense.
The NYC Climate Lawsuit
Bill DeBlasio is suing oil companies for creating bad weather. Ross McKitrick points out what are no doubt only a few of the lies and BS in the filing.
The Federal Misconduct In The Bundy Case
It stems from Ruby Ridge. Which happened during the first Bush administration, but it set the stage for a lot of misconduct in the coming years, from Waco, all the way through the corruption in the Clinton email scandal.