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Pesqueeb

Pesqueeb

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Feb 2, 2007
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"If Jeff Sessions is fired, there will be holy hell to pay."
- Lindsey Graham

"I look forward to working with President Drumpf to find a confirmable, worthy successor so that we can start a new chapter at the Department of Justice and deal with both the opportunities and challenges our nation faces." - also Lindsey Graham
 
Westy

Westy

the teste
Nov 22, 2002
54,394
20,184
Sleazattle
All those griping about Democrats losing senate seats despite having 9 million more popular votes: democrats should win 65% of senate races with only 60% of the popular vote. That includes close to 3 million votes that went to the democratic loser in California, only two democratic candidates were on the ticket, California does top two candidates instead of a partisan run off.
 
eric strt6

eric strt6

Resident Curmudgeon
Sep 8, 2001
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OPINION|Trump’s Appointment of the Acting Attorney General Is Unconstitutional
Opinion
Trump’s Appointment of the Acting Attorney General Is Unconstitutional
The president is evading the requirement to seek the Senate’s advice and consent for the nation’s chief law enforcement officer and the person who will oversee the Mueller investigation.

By Neal K. Katyal and George T. Conway III

Mr. Katyal and Mr. Conway are lawyers.

What now seems an eternity ago, the conservative law professor Steven Calabresi published an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal in May arguing that Robert Mueller’s appointment as special counsel was unconstitutional. His article got a lot of attention, and it wasn’t long before President Trump picked up the argument, tweeting that “the Appointment of the Special Counsel is totally UNCONSTITUTIONAL!”

Professor Calabresi’s article was based on the Appointments Clause of the Constitution, Article II, Section 2, Clause 2. Under that provision, so-called principal officers of the United States must be nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate under its “Advice and Consent” powers.

He argued that Mr. Mueller was a principal officer because he is exercising significant law enforcement authority and that since he has not been confirmed by the Senate, his appointment was unconstitutional. As one of us argued at the time, he was wrong. What makes an officer a principal officer is that he or she reports only to the president. No one else in government is that person’s boss. But Mr. Mueller reports to Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general. So, Mr. Mueller is what is known as an inferior officer, not a principal one, and his appointment without Senate approval was valid.

But Professor Calabresi and Mr. Trump were right about the core principle. A principal officer must be confirmed by the Senate. And that has a very significant consequence today.

It means that Mr. Trump’s installation of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general of the United States after forcing the resignation of Jeff Sessions is unconstitutional. It’s illegal. And it means that anything Mr. Whitaker does, or tries to do, in that position is invalid.

more :

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/08/opinion/trump-attorney-general-sessions-unconstitutional.html
 
Pesqueeb

Pesqueeb

bicycle in airplane hangar
Feb 2, 2007
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eric strt6 said:
OPINION|Trump’s Appointment of the Acting Attorney General Is Unconstitutional
Opinion
Trump’s Appointment of the Acting Attorney General Is Unconstitutional
The president is evading the requirement to seek the Senate’s advice and consent for the nation’s chief law enforcement officer and the person who will oversee the Mueller investigation.

By Neal K. Katyal and George T. Conway III

Mr. Katyal and Mr. Conway are lawyers.

What now seems an eternity ago, the conservative law professor Steven Calabresi published an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal in May arguing that Robert Mueller’s appointment as special counsel was unconstitutional. His article got a lot of attention, and it wasn’t long before President Trump picked up the argument, tweeting that “the Appointment of the Special Counsel is totally UNCONSTITUTIONAL!”

Professor Calabresi’s article was based on the Appointments Clause of the Constitution, Article II, Section 2, Clause 2. Under that provision, so-called principal officers of the United States must be nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate under its “Advice and Consent” powers.

He argued that Mr. Mueller was a principal officer because he is exercising significant law enforcement authority and that since he has not been confirmed by the Senate, his appointment was unconstitutional. As one of us argued at the time, he was wrong. What makes an officer a principal officer is that he or she reports only to the president. No one else in government is that person’s boss. But Mr. Mueller reports to Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general. So, Mr. Mueller is what is known as an inferior officer, not a principal one, and his appointment without Senate approval was valid.

But Professor Calabresi and Mr. Trump were right about the core principle. A principal officer must be confirmed by the Senate. And that has a very significant consequence today.

It means that Mr. Trump’s installation of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general of the United States after forcing the resignation of Jeff Sessions is unconstitutional. It’s illegal. And it means that anything Mr. Whitaker does, or tries to do, in that position is invalid.

more :

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/08/opinion/trump-attorney-general-sessions-unconstitutional.html
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Of note: co-author George T. Conway III is the husband of Kellyanne. How that marriage works is beyond me.
 
Montana rider

Montana rider

Turbo Monkey
Mar 14, 2005
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Pesqueeb said:
Whoa....how old is that? Last I had seen Sinema was down over 2%.
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They're still going through ballots, next ballot update @ 7 PM tonight, they're not sure if Sinema's lead will hold (i.e. depends which precincts the remaining ballots are coming from, but her lead "could" grow.)

Curious how Florida shakes out too, though I fear that one is less likely to flip.

One of these things is not like the other...




 
stoney

stoney

Part of the unwashed, middle-American horde
Jul 26, 2006
21,591
7,238
Colorado
How are those automotive tariffs going?

9/10: https://jalopnik.com/the-rest-of-this-year-looks-rough-for-new-car-sales-1828928230
3rd Gear: How BMW’s American Operations Created A Booming Automotive Presence in South Carolina

To better understand why roughly a dozen states were engaged in a “bidding war” last year for Toyota and Mazda’s $1.6 billion joint venture facility, look no further than BMW’s operations in Spartanburg, South Carolina, where the company builds pretty much all its SUVs, including ones for export.

Automotive News, in its story “How BMW Energized an Entire State,” describes how the Bavarian automaker’s facility, erected in 1994, represented far more than just another manufacturing plant—it spawned an entire miniature automotive economy.

As the news site points out, South Carolina is now home to over 400 automotive companies, many of which are there because of BMW. In the past 18 months alone BMW suppliers have dropped $200 million on new project in the state.

One by one, the story mentions major BMW parts companies making significant investments in South Carolina. For example, the news site says that JTEKT North America bearing company, whose headquarters is located in a Clemson auto research facility that BMW helped found, said in May that it will spend $19.4 million on an expansion project in Walhalla, South Carolina.

The story also mentions auto parts supplier Bo Parts GmbH, which spent $5 million on a 60,000 square-foot operation to “support [BMW’s] global growth in low-volume production and service parts.” Another BMW supplier, Gestamp Group, spent $129 million expanding its plant last year. MM Technics, a German company that supplies “metal structural parts” for BMW, invested $12.6 million on a plant in South Carolina.

Then there’s a Spanish company that supplies BMW with interior parts:

Early this year, the Spanish auto interior supplier Grupo Antolin said it will invest $50 million to build three BMW manufacturing sites near Spartanburg. A Grupo Antolin spokesman said the plants also will supply General Motors, Ford Motor Co. and Honda Co.

And there’s Tier One juggernaut, Magna, which supplies BMW with seats:

Magna International completed a $29 million plant in Spartanburg last year to produce seats for the BMW X5, X6 and, later this year, X7. Then in March, Magna said it will spend $8 million to expand the plant.

The takeaway here is that a major successful automotive plant promises much more than just hundreds of jobs at that facility—it has potential to result in major investments by ancillary companies, resulting in an economic boom many magnitudes stronger than the initial investment. And it’s all threatened by looming tariffs and the escalating trade war.

4th Gear: Trump Says NAFTA Car Tariffs Would Be Canada’s “Ruination”

NAFTA talks between the U.S. and Mexico seem to have settled down, but America’s friendly northern neighbors are apparently not being friendly enough to yield to America’s every will. And that, you might imagine, has the president up in arms.

According to the Detroit News, Trump said in North Dakota on Friday that Canada is ripping the U.S. off, and that a 20 percent car tariff could be on the horizon if Canada doesn’t agree to a deal.

“In some countries, including Canada, a tax on cars would be the ruination of the country. That’s how big it is. The ruination of the country,” he said, according to the news site.

He also said that talks with Canada are still in progress. “We’ll see what happens,” he said. “Look, everybody wants to deal with us. We’ve never had a president that dealt,” he said.

One of the biggest sticking points between the two countries deals with dairy, with the Detroit News writing:

White House Economic Adviser Larry Kudlow, speaking Friday on Fox Business, said Canada will have to make dairy concessions for a deal. “The word that continues to block the deal is m-i-l-k,” Kudlow said. “The United States would rather have a trade deal with Canada, but it has to be a good deal.”

Hopefully this comes to an end soon, and that no countries are ruined as a result.
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11/5:
Trump's Trade War Threatens BMW's Biggest Factory in the World, but South Carolina Doesn't Seem to Mind
https://jalopnik.com/trumps-trade-war-threatens-bmws-biggest-factory-in-the-1830169367

Today:
Volvo's Now Shifting Its Production Plans Because of Trump's Trade War With China
https://jalopnik.com/volvos-now-shifting-its-production-plans-because-of-tru-1830318748
 
rockofullr

rockofullr

confused
Jun 11, 2009
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Anyone see this? The official reason they gave Acsota the boot was something allong the lines of "he assaulted a female intern". But when you watch the video she tries to take the mike he's just like, nah bitch, I'll keep this.

Then Sanders releases a video of the incident which is literally sped up in one spot to make it look worse :busted:

https://www.indy100.com/article/im-acosta-cnn-donald-trump-sarah-huckabee-sanders-cnn-ban-watch-video-press-conference-8623776

Watch the video if you don't want to bother with the poorly written article.
 
Pesqueeb

Pesqueeb

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Feb 2, 2007
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rockofullr said:
Anyone see this? The official reason they gave Acsota the boot was something allong the lines of "he assaulted a female intern". But when you watch the video she tries to take the mike he's just like, nah bitch, I'll keep this.

Then Sanders releases a video of the incident which is literally sped up in one spot to make it look worse :busted:

https://www.indy100.com/article/im-acosta-cnn-donald-trump-sarah-huckabee-sanders-cnn-ban-watch-video-press-conference-8623776

Watch the video if you don't want to bother with the poorly written article.
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Worth pointing out that this is not the first time this administration has released a doctored video to support it's claims.
 
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