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Schiff citing cases Dershowitz lost in court 
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While Trump's legal team is arguing that Congress has no right to impeach for blanket defiance of all subpoenas and should instead go to court, the Trump administration is telling the courts that they have no right to intervene. DOJ cited impeachment as a remedy.
https://thehill.com/regulation/cour...t-that-congress-cant-sue-to-enforce-subpoenas
DOJ tells court that Congress can't sue to enforce subpoenas
The Trump administration told a federal judge on Thursday that Congress cannot sue the executive branch, attempting to fight off a House committee's subpoena for documents related to aborted efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
James Burnham, an attorney with the Justice Department, argued that Congress cannot use the courts to enforce its subpoenas. It can only use the legislative tools it has at its disposal, he said.
"If they are enforceable in the courts that would be a revolution in the history of the relationship between the branches," Burnham said. "These cases would multiply like rabbits."
D.C. District Judge Randolph D. Moss seemed skeptical of Burnham's argument.
"It seems to be kind of remarkable to suggest that Congress as an institution can't enforce its subpoenas," Moss said, adding that, without that right, congressional subpoenas would be little more than requests.
Burnham responded that Congress has plenty of legislative powers, from appropriations to impeachment, to provide leverage for its subpoenas.
https://thehill.com/regulation/cour...t-that-congress-cant-sue-to-enforce-subpoenas
DOJ tells court that Congress can't sue to enforce subpoenas
The Trump administration told a federal judge on Thursday that Congress cannot sue the executive branch, attempting to fight off a House committee's subpoena for documents related to aborted efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
James Burnham, an attorney with the Justice Department, argued that Congress cannot use the courts to enforce its subpoenas. It can only use the legislative tools it has at its disposal, he said.
"If they are enforceable in the courts that would be a revolution in the history of the relationship between the branches," Burnham said. "These cases would multiply like rabbits."
D.C. District Judge Randolph D. Moss seemed skeptical of Burnham's argument.
"It seems to be kind of remarkable to suggest that Congress as an institution can't enforce its subpoenas," Moss said, adding that, without that right, congressional subpoenas would be little more than requests.
Burnham responded that Congress has plenty of legislative powers, from appropriations to impeachment, to provide leverage for its subpoenas.
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Auntie Stacey and Book's cosign I all I need to hear.
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Never lost on me is....Trump hiring all of Epstein’s lawyers (Starr, Dershowitz etc) having the prosecutor who gave Epstein the sweetheart deal as his labor secretary (Acosta) and his Attorney General (Barr) overseeing the NYC jail high profile Epstein killed him self in....while also being the son of the guy who gave Epstein his first job without a degree, teaching an elite boarding high school in NYC....isn’t lost on me.
If it’s anything you know about Trump...it’s he revels in having people by the balls.
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- Dec 23, 2003
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My mom is disabled and it’s already hard as **** to get and keep your benefits. This is not good. **** this administration.
- Jan 16, 2011
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If min wage had kept up with inflation, we'd be at $20/hr to cook burgers right now.
Just think about what you could afford on min wage in the 70s (a car and a college education) vs now (sneakers?).
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This is what Democratic candidates need to hit back with.
Very few politicians come from poverty, even the ones who pretend to be toil the land from sunrise to sunset. Democrats should just conduct hearings with Zillow pictures of GOP members' latest real estate purchases and the accompanying zip code income and demographic info.
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Trump's defense counsel has now conceded that Giuliani, who spearheaded the campaign to get Ukraine to investigate the Bidens, was not conducting government policy.
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kdawg
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Adam Schiff for president? He’s a good age, clearly has a brain, and I like the cut of his jib.
- Jan 16, 2011
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The bribery didn't happen because Zelensky stalled the announcement of the investigation. If it weren't for the whistleblower, there would have been bribery.
Just because the crime never concretized doesn't mean that the attempt to commit it is legal.
Now, go get yourself a Roman calendar.
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I would like to see him ascend to Speaker of the House before tipping his hand at President. He's been fantastic as the de facto #2, so him pulling the strings in congress for the Democrats would be invaluable once Pelosi retires.
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Is Hillary off limits?
Nah, just standard distract and deflect that you often make use of.
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I’d love to know the relevance of bringing her up.
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Fry Cook going hard with the trolls today 
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Look at his face. Look at his damn face when he finishes the question and puts the card down. Only a matter of time before this is hit with the Curb ending credits.
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