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bigtree

(93,396 posts)
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 02:34 PM Jan 2021

Merrick Garland, y'all

...speaking as if from my own heart:

Keith Allen @CNNKeith 3m
Merrick Garland talking about the origins of the Justice Department, enforcing the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments in the Reconstruction-era South. The #DOJ "would forge its identity in the battle to slay the first incarnation of the Ku Klux Klan."












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Merrick Garland, y'all (Original Post) bigtree Jan 2021 OP
Many worthy of nomination. volstork Jan 2021 #1
Perfect choice!] SheltieLover Jan 2021 #5
Hope Yates has a spot in the department Orange Buffoon Jan 2021 #2
I loved that Biden went into DOJ history in his speech today. liberalmuse Jan 2021 #3
He is an impressive individual mcar Jan 2021 #4
vid bigtree Jan 2021 #6

volstork

(5,739 posts)
1. Many worthy of nomination.
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 02:38 PM
Jan 2021

Garland is a great and informed choice, who also carries the benefit of schadenfreude.

liberalmuse

(18,881 posts)
3. I loved that Biden went into DOJ history in his speech today.
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 02:41 PM
Jan 2021

I cut in after he mentioned it was AG Garland who told him this. Biden chose well!

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