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AG Garland testifying on Capital Hill just said...

Posted on 10/27/2021 11:37:03 AM PDT by freebird5850

When asked if police in Chicago should be fired if they did not vaccinate he responded with, "That should be taken care of at the STATE level". I read that as the "mandate" proposed by Biden has no authority yes?


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KEYWORDS: chicago; doj; garland; mandate; police; vaccine
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1 posted on 10/27/2021 11:37:03 AM PDT by freebird5850
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To: freebird5850

That’s what it sounds like to me.


2 posted on 10/27/2021 11:37:55 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: freebird5850
That should be taken care of at the STATE level

Just a minor disagreement on which tyrant should do the firing.

3 posted on 10/27/2021 11:39:09 AM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: freebird5850

No, just a noncommittal answer to get them off his back for a moment.


4 posted on 10/27/2021 11:43:04 AM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: freebird5850

The current mandate covers most feds and fed contractors. It’s the OSHA rule for employers of 100+ that hasn’t come out yet.

So existing mandate doesn’t cover chicago cops.


5 posted on 10/27/2021 11:47:13 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: facedown

Exactly. Does it really matter what he says? He’ll can reverse himself at any moment.


6 posted on 10/27/2021 11:48:12 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: facedown
No, just a noncommittal answer to get them off his back for a moment.

Yep, he punted, or intentionally grounded the ball.

7 posted on 10/27/2021 11:48:45 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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To: freebird5850
No.

There is a very long line of federal case law saying that the federal government has very little authority over state and local law enforcement. The Federal government can forbid state and local law enforcement from doing certain things, but they cannot require them to do so. So for example, the federal government can never order local law enforcement to enforce federal law, nor do they have the power to "deputize" local law enforcement without state consent.

That's why none of the executive orders issued by Biden even attempt to instruct state and local governments regarding vaccines. That is different from the federal government ordering federal employees to be vaccinated.

In short, nobody disputes the legal proposition that the decision as to whether to terminate state employees for a failure to get vaccinated is it a termination to be made by state governments.

8 posted on 10/27/2021 11:49:40 AM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: facedown

“No, just a noncommittal answer to get them off his back for a moment.”
Agreed.


9 posted on 10/27/2021 11:51:11 AM PDT by freebird5850 (The only way I can treat this fever....More cowbell!)
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To: freebird5850

Biden today: Vaccines are mandatory. After Dec 8, you will be fired if you are not vaccinated
Biden in 2022: Vaccines were never mandatory. The mandate was just a suggestion.
The media in 2022: Vaccines were never mandatory. The mandate was just a suggestion.


10 posted on 10/27/2021 11:52:37 AM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston? )
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To: freebird5850

It wasn’t Brandon that put the mandate on the cops it was Groot.


11 posted on 10/27/2021 11:55:13 AM PDT by ez ("Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is." - Milton)
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To: freebird5850

This is no consolation. State and local authorities - and corporate CEOs - are happy to jump in where Biden’s authority ends.


12 posted on 10/27/2021 12:00:20 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: freebird5850

Well that is a remarkable rational response for a Biden appointee.
Now if he would say the Biden vaxx mandate is BS and it should be handled on a state level...


13 posted on 10/27/2021 12:02:45 PM PDT by Little Ray (Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
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To: freebird5850

I wouldn’t take it to mean anything. The left talks out it’s ass and lies daily and then lies about telling lies.


14 posted on 10/27/2021 12:03:43 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: freebird5850

There is no, and can BE no, federal anything.


15 posted on 10/27/2021 12:10:56 PM PDT by knarf
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To: freebird5850

I think Garland is as senile as Biden.


16 posted on 10/27/2021 12:11:55 PM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: freebird5850

A MANDATE is NOT a law; only a wet dream. Only congress can MAKE the laws of the land. They’ve yet to vote on jab requirements (even those which has OSHA calling for required jab - the false statement Biden attempts to use in order to get to get things moving.)

In essence, mandate is nothing more than a recommendation.


17 posted on 10/27/2021 12:14:00 PM PDT by V K Lee (Our Founding Fathers were wise men yet not wise enough to include EVERYTHING in our Constitution. )
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To: freebird5850

Good to know.

And the Feds need to stay out of school board meetings too.


18 posted on 10/27/2021 12:15:00 PM PDT by lurk ( )
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To: Psalm 73

I’m starting to wonder that same thing. A little dotty in the head. Prone to extended frothy rages over ‘The Enemy’ du jour, just like Biden.
If that’s true, then who’s controlling Garland from behind the dark curtains?


19 posted on 10/27/2021 12:15:50 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Psalm 73

His real name is GARFINKEL!


20 posted on 10/27/2021 12:22:36 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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