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The argument of our time comes down to one question: Are we going to have the rule of law in America or not?
The rule of law requires an active defense. We're making that case in Checks & Balances, our new newsletter:
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- JUST NOW: Former Deputy AG under Bush 41, Donald Ayer, to House Judiciary Committee: "The drumbeat of [Bill Barr's] misbehavior is accelerating as we get closer to the election. I don't know what's next, but I'm scared to think about what it might be."
00:00 - .@judgeluttig: “American democracy is in greater peril today than it has ever been in American history.”
00:00 - US Attorney Berman has made clear that Attorney General Barr’s attempt to fire him implicates ongoing criminal investigations. And apparently Berman’s office has been investigating the president’s personal attorney and possibly other matters potentially affecting the president.
- "Barr has committed to Trump warts and all, but the warts are in fact suppurating sores, and he is now fatally infected." A compelling read from Charles Fried + Ed Larson of @chkbal via @TheAtlantic
- NEW VIDEO: Two senior Justice Dept officials from George HW Bush administration explain the importance of witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial. A trial is a search for the truth. No senators should want to hide or ignore the facts. @chkbal members @dbatrout & @stuartmgerson
00:00 - Checks and Balances and some likeminded constitutionalists have issued a statement calling for the immediate removal of the President of the United States:
- “Throughout the Clinton impeachment, Judge Starr consistently opposed the invocation of executive privilege and called for all the witnesses to come forward. Trump will have a hard time squaring that...” --Checks & Balances member @RosenzweigP
- .@judgeluttig: "The former president and his administration pushed beyond the boundaries of the Constitution and the laws of the United States, into democracy itself."
00:00 - We are a group of conservative and libertarian lawyers standing up for the rule of law. Our mission statement is here: checks-and-balances.org
- Replying to @chkbalWe accordingly urge Congress to immediately require Barr and others to testify under oath about Barr’s reasons for attempting to remove Berman, and about why Barr sought to do so at this time.
- .@gtconway3d: “The Constitution is concerned with protecting the presidency, not the person who happens to be the president. That’s because no one in this country is above the law.”President Trump has taken his case to the Supreme Court. He will lose — or should. @gtconway3d explains why: wapo.st/2WGJIPU
- Our statement today on @realDonaldTrump’s abuse of his office and impeachment proceedings: checks-and-balances.org/new-statement-…
