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In reply to the discussion: Merrick Garland just annouced DOJ is going to war on voting rights [View all]MerryHolidays
(7,715 posts)This is great news. Indeed, the Republicans have been "going to war on voting rights" , and the United States is now "going to war against voting rights interference." Ambiguous language aside, this is the key point.
Merrick Garland has inherited an unbelievable mess that Jeff Sessions, Bill Barr, and, most of all, trump, created. He has only been AG for a few months, and I am sure that there are TONS of things that are going on behind the scenes to address the disasters of the last four years at the Justice Department. And at this stage, I have no need to know what they are, unless AG Garland chooses to tell us, as he and his senior staff have really only started. Give them time and the benefit of the doubt. We will know developments in due course.
"Going to war against voting rights interference" is precisely what the Justice Department should be working on. By contrast, the Justice Department should not be wasting time on nonsense like determining whether trump is protected by governmental tort immunity in the E. Jean Carroll case over significant allegations of defamation and rape/sexual assault. This is no business of the United States, and it diverts resources of all sorts away from absolutely critical issues like defending voting rights.
I have full faith in Merrick Garland because I have full faith in Joe Biden. We voted for President Biden, and he chose Merrick Garland as the US AG, and the Senate approved the nomination. That is good enough for me, and I will absolutely not reserve judgment on my support of the Justice Department under Merrick Garland. I can criticize the Justice Department for things like continuing to intervene in the Carroll case mentioned above. However, that does not, in any way, affect my total support and appreciation for what the Garland Justice Department is doing overall.
AG Garland has to be given time and latitude to fix the last four years and the vicious "war on the Justice Department" initiated by the Rs.