Merrick Garland confirmed as attorney general

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Washington Post




Merrick Garland, a longtime federal appeals court judge whose nomination to the Supreme Court Republicans famously refused to consider, was confirmed as President Biden's attorney general Wednesday.Senators voted 70-30 to approve Garland's nomination. He will take over a Justice Department which saw its reputation battered as President Donald Trump sought to use its power to benefit his friends and hurt his enemies, and which is overseeing several high-profile cases that could be politically perilous.

As a judge, Garland earned a reputation as a moderate consensus builder, and Biden selected him because he was viewed as someone who could restore the Justice Department's credibility and independence from the White House on criminal matters. He enjoyed bi-partisan support. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said before the vote that Garland had a "long reputation as a straight-shooter and legal expert" and that his left-leaning views were "within the legal mainstream."

Garland has vowed to make decisions on criminal matters without regard to politics, and that the agency on his watch will be dedicated to fighting discrimination and domestic terrorism. He has said his first briefing will focus on the investigation into Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol -- a sprawling, nationwide case that already has produced charges against roughly 300 people.

Garland will be taking office later than his recent predecessors. Trump's first attorney general, Jeff Sessions, was confirmed on Feb. 8, 2017, and President Barack Obama's first attorney general, Eric Holder, was confirmed on Feb. 2, 2009. But their nominations were announced earlier during the presidential transition than Garland's was.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/merrick-garland-confirmation-vote/2021/03/10/2ff813a0-80fc-11eb-81db-b02f0398f49a_story.html

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(everybody voted)

[dalton99a]

1. We have a real Attorney General again.

[DENVERPOPS]

58. He can start with this one:

TRUMP LOVING COP SICKS POLICE DOG ON PERSON

This should be showing non stop across the nation on every media. It is horrific to watch.............


https://kdvr.com/news/problem-solvers/police-k-9-attack-costs-aurora-80000/


The suspect, is not resisting, just lying on the ground. The canine cop orders the dog to bite the person, the dog doesn't want to bite the person because the person is doing nothing and the dog is trained not to bite because of that.
The cop is screaming orders for the dog to bite the person, and forces the dogs face into the person, the dog finally bites and holds on to the person's thigh and the cop shakes the dog's head from side to side. And he keeps ordering the dog to keep biting, while the suspect is lying face down and not moving............

Check out this video, it will make you angry and nauseated at the same time.
Aurora PD is a large city, bordering Denver on the East, and has been subject to numerous complaints and payouts because of their PD's actions..........

The worst part is the cop did not even get reprimanded, AND the Chief said that the officer was following APD Policy......WOW

[underpants]

2. Suck it Mitch and Tom Cotton.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. And Turtle actually voted for him.

[Cha]

16. That is weird Whiplash!

[onetexan]

18. No kidding!! Shock of the month!

Wooooottt for Merrick Garland!!

Hi Cha

[Cha]

26. Yes So Grateful for Merrick

Garland as our new Attorney General .. what a journey he's had!

Aloha, onetexan

[BumRushDaShow]

19. They had 32 (R)s who approved him

when he was first nominated back in 1997 for the D.C. Circuit Court. That final vote was 76 - 23 (but Turtle voted "no" back then)!

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=105&session=1&vote=00034

[Cha]

27. Wow.. TY.. the crazy thing

is.. why did he vote for him NOW!?

[BumRushDaShow]

29. He explained why in his remarks

but I am so disgusted with him that I ignored him.

Link to tweet

TEXT

Jeremy Art
@cspanJeremy
Senator Mitch McConnell votes to confirm Merrick Garland as Attorney General.
2:45 PM · Mar 10, 2021

[Cha]

30. Thanks but I don't know if

I can watch.. he literally makes me sick!

[BumRushDaShow]

31. That was just the clerk of the Senate reading out his name and his "aye" vote

(was still trying to find a clip of whatever he said at the end of the vote)

[Cha]

32. Thanks.. it would be nice if it

were in PRINT somewhere.

Ben Sasse didn't even vote for him.

[BumRushDaShow]

36. LOL

Have been hunting. There is so much going on today that they (and me) are trying to juggle it all.

Right now, the Congressional Democratic Leadership (including Pelosi and Schumer) are outside and are having an "enrollment ceremony" to officially sign the Covid bill to send it over to the President!

[Cha]

39. How Exciting for the Winners.. all

of us!

Elections Matter!

[BumRushDaShow]

40. Now "officially" ready for President Biden to sign!!

[Cha]

44. Yay. Signed & will be sealed &

delivered!

[BumRushDaShow]

51. Can't wait Cha!

Everyone, including the states and cities, who got nothing the last 2 times, are waiting with bated breath!!!

[Cha]

54. Aww.. well said, BRDS!

[bdamomma]

48. Hey Cha,

maybe it's because Mitch is contemplating leaving.

[BumRushDaShow]

25. I found and posted the roll call vote down thread

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=117&session=1&vote=00114

YEAs ---70

Baldwin (D-WI)
Bennet (D-CO)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Blunt (R-MO)
Booker (D-NJ)
Brown (D-OH)
Burr (R-NC)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Capito (R-WV)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Collins (R-ME)
Coons (D-DE)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cortez Masto (D-NV)
Duckworth (D-IL)
Durbin (D-IL)
Ernst (R-IA)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hassan (D-NH)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Hickenlooper (D-CO)
Hirono (D-HI)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kaine (D-VA)
Kelly (D-AZ)
King (I-ME)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Lankford (R-OK)
Leahy (D-VT)
Lujan (D-NM)
Manchin (D-WV)
Markey (D-MA)
McConnell (R-KY)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Moran (R-KS)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Murphy (D-CT)
Murray (D-WA)
Ossoff (D-GA)
Padilla (D-CA)
Peters (D-MI)
Portman (R-OH)
Reed (D-RI)
Romney (R-UT)
Rosen (D-NV)
Rounds (R-SD)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schatz (D-HI)
Schumer (D-NY)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Sinema (D-AZ)
Smith (D-MN)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tester (D-MT)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Van Hollen (D-MD)
Warner (D-VA)
Warnock (D-GA)
Warren (D-MA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)

NAYs ---30

Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Fischer (R-NE)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Risch (R-ID)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Toomey (R-PA)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)

[Cha]

28. TY BRDS.. that's Interesting!

Ernst voted for MG! And, Tillis & Thune!

[BumRushDaShow]

33. What is hilarious was the Ernst vote

that I heard right away (I have multiple streams going on multiple devices - House and Senate sessions). But the one that shocked me the most was the Graham vote.

[Cha]

35. Oh I didn't notice that is shocking!

what ever will his poodle master think!

[BumRushDaShow]

41. Maybe he is getting over the shock

that he is no longer Chairman of the Judiciary Committee and has to bow down to Dick Durbin, the new Chair!

[Cha]

47. Maybe!

[FoxNewsSucks]

4. Great news!

Now start locking them up!!!

[marble falls]

5. A.F.T. This is going to bring about some very unhappy people. Good.

[sheshe2]

6. Happy dance!

[Hortensis]

20. Good. Another big step forward! Not sure Lady Marmalade

is best appropriate for the occasion, but happy dance is!

[asiliveandbreathe]

7. Mr Lee, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Brooks, come on down..like to have a wee bit

of a chat, chaps...

Congrats to AG Garland..

[TNNurse]

8. Hallelujah.

[greatauntoftriplets]

9. YES!

[monkeyman1]

10. NEXT CONTESTANT PLEASE -D.TRUMP !!!

[Auggie]

11. K&R

[Dopers_Greed]

12. So much winning, I'm starting to get a little tired of it

Just kidding

[jeffreyi]

13. Good deal.

An actual professional, competent, intelligent, decent, adult.

[SeattleVet]

14. Great! Now he can sign the authorization to start the investigations into congresscritters

for the insurrection, and their roles into it.

Rep Jason Crow said as much in his interview with Mehdi Hasan yesterday:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017645108

[chowder66]

15. I'm so happy for him but I'm keeping my expectations low

in regard to everything trumpian and his merry grifters. I

If Garland doesn't pursue certain avenues I would think he has a very good reason not to. I don't know if we will hear the reasons why.

If he is able to pursue some of the injustices then I will hope for the best.

[Frustratedlady]

17. Super! He's waited so long, but I hope he realizes what he's signing up for. What a mess...

the justice department has to be. People won't know how to act with an actual, honest and intelligent AG.

This should be interesting.

[orleans]

21. who were the nays? anyone have a link? nt

[BumRushDaShow]

24. Here is a link to the roll call vote

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=117&session=1&vote=00114

YEAs ---70

Baldwin (D-WI)
Bennet (D-CO)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Blunt (R-MO)
Booker (D-NJ)
Brown (D-OH)
Burr (R-NC)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Capito (R-WV)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Collins (R-ME)
Coons (D-DE)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cortez Masto (D-NV)
Duckworth (D-IL)
Durbin (D-IL)
Ernst (R-IA)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hassan (D-NH)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Hickenlooper (D-CO)
Hirono (D-HI)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kaine (D-VA)
Kelly (D-AZ)
King (I-ME)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Lankford (R-OK)
Leahy (D-VT)
Lujan (D-NM)
Manchin (D-WV)
Markey (D-MA)
McConnell (R-KY)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Moran (R-KS)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Murphy (D-CT)
Murray (D-WA)
Ossoff (D-GA)
Padilla (D-CA)
Peters (D-MI)
Portman (R-OH)
Reed (D-RI)
Romney (R-UT)
Rosen (D-NV)
Rounds (R-SD)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schatz (D-HI)
Schumer (D-NY)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Sinema (D-AZ)
Smith (D-MN)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tester (D-MT)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Van Hollen (D-MD)
Warner (D-VA)
Warnock (D-GA)
Warren (D-MA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)

NAYs ---30

Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Fischer (R-NE)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Risch (R-ID)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Toomey (R-PA)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)

[orleans]

37. thank you. much appreciated nt

[BumRushDaShow]

42. You are welcome

So many times it takes them forever to get the roll calls up online so I was glad this was fairly quick!

[Deminpenn]

22. 70-30 for confirmation

including McConnell, 'nuff said.

[ancianita]

23. Attorney General Merrick GoGet'Em Garland! Yay!

[LiberalLovinLug]

34. I kind of hope he's someone that hold's grudges.

Is that wrong?

[BumRushDaShow]

50. LOL

He was Chief Judge for the D.C. Circuit Court for 7 years (Feb. 2013 - Feb. 2020) so he has seen a lot of bullshit come through there that came up from the lower (D.C. District) Court, I expect including some of the Russia probe cases.

[burrowowl]

38. Yessss!

[iluvtennis]

43. What a Happy Day!!!!! nt

[FailureToCommunicate]

45. Great, but gotta wonder if the Rs that voted FOR him did so hoping he'd go easier on

them if they got in the Justice Department crosshairs.

[BumRushDaShow]

52. Well the insurrectionist criminal Senators are plain to see

(and this is also why I tell people not to put any faith in Teabagger Toomey - it'll be good riddance when he's gone)

NAYs ---30

Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Fischer (R-NE)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Risch (R-ID)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Toomey (R-PA)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)

[bdamomma]

46. Finally

AG Garland yahooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[meow2u3]

49. K&R for justice

[honest.abe]

53. Payback time!!

[Talitha]

55. Wahooooo!!!!!

[jmowreader]

56. Twenty Republicans have officially thrown Trump under the bus

AG Garland is going after the 1/6 insurrectionists...and in that case, the linchpin of the whole scheme is Donald Trump.

I suspect by this time next year, the Republicans will lump all Trump's atrocities together - trying to end democracy, the bump stock grab, the reality that while Trump might have cut taxes he didn't cut yours - and decide he was a Democrat all along.

[rolypolychloe]

57. So, now that Biden has an Attorney General

Can he do what Obama should have done, and declare the Republican party a domestic terrorist organization under the USA Patriot Act?

[BumRushDaShow]

59. Well since for the first time

DOJ with no Barr or Sessions has actually discovered "domestic terrorists" without doing pretzel twists about the definition of "terrorist" (essentially being anyone non-white because they obviously have a "political agenda" whereas white supremacists and QAnon kooks don't), then we might just be on step closer to that. You never know...