Posted on 05/12/2019 10:19:35 AM PDT by Innovative
Washington seems to be barreling toward a constitutional crisis.
Democrats are barraging President Trump with demands for witnesses and documents. Trump has answered by stonewalling, vowing to fight “all the subpoenas.”
As House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned, Trump seems to be goading the Democratic-controlled House toward impeachment, perhaps because it’s a battle he thinks he can win.
Politicians on both sides are repairing to their tribal corners.
Is there anyone who can serve as honest referees in this partisan standoff?
One answer — don’t laugh — is lawyers. Specifically, Republican lawyers.
Even as Republicans in Congress have fallen in line to defend Trump at every turn, a surprising number of conservative lawyers have broken ranks and are condemning the president for abuses of power and denouncing his blanket claims of executive privilege.
Last week, John Yoo, the former Justice Department official who drafted a notorious memo justifying the torture of detainees under President George W. Bush, warned that Trump had gone too far in asserting unbridled presidential power.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Maybe some who are claiming to be that, but in reality they just took money from the Dems to criticize and attack president Trump. Disgusting, evil morons.
Consider the source....
Defending yourself is abuse of power ?
Whoever wrote this seems to think the word “Republican” means something with regard to Trump.
Most establishment Republicans hate Trump as much as Democrats do, because he threatens the crooked system they are deeply a part of.
Bush League Republicans
There ARE no “conservative” lawyers attacking Trump, only Swamp creatures.
Fake news!
There are no conservative lawyers in America!
The whole article is the balderdascious drivel of a loser
I’m not interested in “conservative lawyers” or “conservative” anything.
I’m interested in PATRIOT lawyers. I’m interested in PATRIOTS who want to restore our Free Constitutional Republic.
constitutional crisis...
Well, we see who else has gotten the talking points memo.
Yes. The LA Slimes. RIGHT……
Substitute Republican for conservative in your post, and I’ll agree. The former is a tool for getting into power, the latter is a set of unwavering principles.
Eggs Ackley ... THE LIST OF INDICTABLE DEMON RATS IS GROWING AND THE ENEMIES OF WE THE PEOPLE ARE EXPOSING THEMSELVES. tIME TO PICK THEM OFF BY REMOVING THEM FROM OFFICE TO THE HOOSKOW.
These are NTers coming out of the closet.
Note that the LA Slimes conflates “Republican” with “conservative”. Old leftist trick.
The L.A. Times is telling me what “conservative lawyers” think about President Trump? Yeah, I’m going to believe the L.A. Times. [/sarc]
Repeat after me LA Slimes: NeverTrumpers are not conservatives. It doesn’t matter how many times you try to pass them off as such, they have been exposed. They are no more than establishment, elitists. They are no more, really, than people occupying the moderate wing of the democrat party that has been vacated.
So true and I concur with statement.
John Yoo, the former Justice Department official who drafted a notorious memo justifying the torture of detainees under President George W. Bush
While there are many still around, lurking like a leech, anyone associated with Bush 1 & 2, clinton and the previous occupant of the White House is, NO BUENO. I realize that the current AG was around for Bush 1, so for me, I’ll hold my breath a little longer, but not much.
But for me, and only me, the more I learn about what goes on in the city, I don’t think very many “Conservatives” actually exist. There might be a few, scattered about, but I don’t think they can last there. The place is too corrupt. The one that always comes to mind for me is Louie Gohmert. And to watch him, it seems like he’s shunned and treated like the Red Headed Step Child.
Where do you find conservative lawyers? certainly NOT in LA.
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