Posted on 11/25/2014 12:24:12 PM PST by Rusty0604
Turley, a George Washington University law professor, is also a frequent media commentator on political issues. Despite describing himself as a political liberal, he’s long been harshly critical of Obama’s use of executive power and said he’d jumped at the chance to represent the House GOP in the lawsuit against unilateral changes to the Affordable Care Act in its implementation.
Now that Turley’s working for the GOP, Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. Robert Brady wants to ban him from speaking out any issue of executive authority — which Turley’s based much of his career on — for years.
“Given that Mr. Turley extensively participates in various media forums, including writing his own blog, would it not be better to prohibit Mr. Turley from making any media appearances in which he comments on the extent of the executive authority of the President in any context whatsoever during the pendency of this case?” Brady wrote Monday to Rep. Candice Miller, chairman of the House Administration Committee.
As part of his contract with the House of Representatives, Turley agreed not to speak to the media about the case itself. But Brady wants to extend that to pretty much anything critical of Obama’s use of executive power...
Rep. Brady also questioned whether Turley would “exploit” his law students by asking for their assistance in the case and asked that Turley’s contract be modified to “forbid discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.”
Given that two Washington-based law firms had backed out of representing the House after signing initial contracts, conservative watchdog Judicial Watch is already questioning whether Democrats had pressured the firms into dropping the case.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
There...fixed.
Extortion. It’s what Demo rats do.
The Turley Swirly?
He sure is.
Ya. And maybe switch parties. It happens a lot.
IIRC, Turley was/is the lawyer for the Area 51 workers who were suing the Govt over exposure to toxic chemicals. He really is one of the good guys.
I’ve read the two law houses before him were facing being blacklisted... which in retrospect is good, now we have a demonstrably unbiased guy working the case.
Welcome to the team, Turley, it’s about time you woke up.
When you discover you’re on the front lines in the battle between good and evil, and the opposition is evil, it’s time to take the fight seriously. This is not a partisan battle. Obamacare and the entire executive overreach issue are fundamental questions of freedom.
Yep. The sheep are now realizing their RAT shepherds are penalizing them for *just being alive* via zerocare.
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