Maryland Says Matthew Whitaker Appointment As Acting Attorney General Is Unlawful

NPR ^ | 11/12/18 | Nina Totenberg

[Revel]

President Trump's choice of Matthew Whitaker to be the acting attorney general is running into a buzz-saw of opposition, and not just from Democrats. And now, the first legal action is being filed Tuesday, by the state of Maryland, challenging Whitaker's status.

It does not involve limits to asylum claims that Whitaker has already put into effect, nor any challenge involving the Mueller investigation of the president, which Whitaker has frequently criticized.

No, the first blow involves the Affordable Care Act, and whether its provisions guaranteeing that people with previous medical conditions are entitled to health insurance rates similar to others in their state or community.

Under Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the Trump administration had stopped defending key parts of the Affordable Care Act in court on the grounds that the law became unconstitutional when Congress repealed the tax penalty for individuals' failure to buy health insurance.

Maryland filed suit against Sessions challenging that position.

But now that Sessions is no longer attorney general, Maryland is buttressing its argument. The state contends that Whitaker was unlawfully named acting attorney general, and so he has no authority to respond to their lawsuit.

The state seeks a preliminary injunction that prevents the federal government from responding to the suit while Whitaker appears as acting attorney general. Instead, Maryland requests a declaration that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is the acting attorney general.

[Fightin Whitey]

You said there is no politics in running cows.

I simply pointed out that you are wrong.

And there isn’t much funny about it no matter where you live.

[HotHunt]

I beg to differ.

You're the one that is wrong if you think I run my cattle ranch differently based on which political party is in power. I do not.

You, sir, don't know what you're talking about.

And if you can't see the humor in what I said about not having wolves or grizzlies in Florida, then you need to get a life.

Nobody likes a sourpuss.

[Maris Crane]

I always felt that when someone tells me to check a search engine and finishes with three exclamation marks and/or three question marks, I am being told how stupid I am and that I have exasperated them.

Anyway, no harm done and I can go beck to being depressed about how the Left always get away with so much and I feel powerless.

So often they produce false ballots. Nothing happens
So often they cause riots and people say “both sides do it.” When Both sides do NOT do it.
So often the Left acts as though they are taking the high road when they behave like alley cats.
I could go on and on, but I will wait for sanity to prevail with the remaining results.

This election has me bummed.