Todd Blanche, second-in-command at the Justice Department, described a “war” against the federal judiciary and called on young conservative lawyers in the audience to join the fight against so-called “activist judges.”
“It’s a war, man,” Blanche, the deputy attorney general, told judges and lawyers Friday at a Federalist Society event in Washington, before describing instances where the government has ping-ponged between lower and appellate courts. “It’s happening over and over and over again.”
And he put out a call to young lawyers, who are “hungry and thirsty,” to join the Justice Department and the fight.
“We need you, because it is a war, and it’s something we will not win unless we keep on fighting,” Blanche said. “It’s hard to get the media, it’s hard to get the American people to focus on what a travesty it is when you have an individual judge be able to stop an entire operation or an entire administrative policy that’s constitutional and allowed just because he or she chooses to do so. So, it’s a war.”
Blanche made his comments during an event with moderator Gene Hamilton, co-founder of the conservative legal advocacy group America First Legal and a former Trump White House aide.
Blanche’s remarks come amid tensions between the Trump administration and federal courts. Administration officials have been accused of not fully complying with federal court orders against it.
called on young conservative lawyers in the audience to join the fight against so-called “activist judges.”
Ah yes, young conservative lawyers. The cream of the crop that presumably also helped put this case together: James Comey case ‘coming apart at the seams’ as crucial evidence collapses: report
Prosecutors claim Comey lied during 2020 Senate testimony when he denied authorizing an anonymous FBI source to speak to news outlets about the bureau’s Hillary Clinton investigation — with the alleged source being identified as attorney Dan Richman. But newly revealed documents show Richman wasn’t even employed by the FBI at the time — and that glitch has the government’s case “coming apart at the seams,”
“It’s a war, man,” Blanche, the deputy attorney general, told judges and lawyers And he put out a call to young lawyers, who are “hungry and thirsty,” to join the Justice Department and the fight.
Cs get degrees.
I think in general, grades are not always a great predictor of overall competence/skill in a career. I would take a doctor/lawyer/whatever professional with a few Cs on their record over one with a 4.0 that lacked empathy, self awareness, and common sense.
I’m pretty sure Peter Thiel made really good grades in undergrad and law school, and attended ivy league for both. I’m sure there are tons of guys just like him in the federalist society, but if I had to choose between trusting Thiel or trusting a lawyer who graduated from the University of American Samoa, I honestly can’t say that Thiel would be the safe pick in the scenario.
Of the current nine members of the Supreme Court of the United States, five are current or former members of the federalist society—Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Amy Coney Barrett.
It’s going to take longer than my remaining years for all this magat shit to get rinsed out of the system.
I dont know. one good flush could get rid of most of the shit if we do it right.