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White House: Obama may use executive privilege to withhold Kagan documents
Kagan Watch Keeping an Eye on Elena Kagan ^
| June 3, 2010
Posted on 06/03/2010 5:28:47 PM PDT by COUNTrecount
In a letter to Sen. Jeff Sessions, the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee Republican, Robert Bauer, counsel to Obama, implied the president may use executive privilege to hide some memos Elena Kagan wrote when she served in the Clinton White House.
“President Obama does not intend to assert executive privilege over any of the documents requested by the Committee,” Bauer writes.
“Of course, President Clinton also has an interest in these records, and his representative is reviewing them now,” he adds.
The Clinton library has more than 150,000 documents related to Elena Kagan. This is one of the few sources we have to know what Kagan thinks on many issues.
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To: COUNTrecount
So what yo8u hiding zero?
To: COUNTrecount
Can’t wait for an enraged NY Times and their brethren media to jump all over this story. Oh wait, I hear the faint sound of chirping crickets from far away New York City. Oh well.
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posted on
06/04/2010 6:37:35 PM PDT
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government -- Thomas Paine)
To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
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posted on
06/04/2010 6:38:24 PM PDT
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government -- Thomas Paine)
To: patriotspride
[“ Clinton may have some interest”, ]
Which trumps the interest of 300 million citizens in the lifetime appointment of a Supreme Court justice?
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posted on
06/04/2010 6:43:15 PM PDT
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government -- Thomas Paine)
To: COUNTrecount
Imagine if Bush did this.
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posted on
06/04/2010 6:45:55 PM PDT
by
redgolum
("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
To: COUNTrecount
No one seems to believe me when I say that whatever O wants, he’ll get. Even after November, he’ll simply bypass Congress via eo’s & regs.
To: Little Pig
I’m having a little trouble coming up with “may use executive privilege” from “ does not intend to assert exective privilege”. Is it just me? Oh good...I thought it was just me!
To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; blueyon; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...
Robert Bauer, counsel to Obama, implied the president may use executive privilege to hide some memos Elena Kagan wrote when she served in the Clinton White House.
...and may as well have continued, "There's been discussion up here about this, and we got laughing about it, figuring, hey, why not try this, we've been getting away with much worse that this."
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posted on
06/04/2010 7:32:26 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: COUNTrecount
Would Clinton’s representative be Sandy “Socks” Berger?
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posted on
06/04/2010 8:02:22 PM PDT
by
austinaero
((More Bark, Less Wag))
To: bamahead
He certainly is a gay little commie.
LLS
To: Sir Gawain
Exactly as he has done. And now Zero can say “It’s not my fault.”
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posted on
06/04/2010 8:37:33 PM PDT
by
Renderofveils
(My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music. - Nabokov)
To: Sir Gawain
How exactly is Clinton going to withhold documents?
Did you forget the sarcasm tag? This question operates under two very bold presumptions. One: Bubba is interested in the law. Clearly he is not burdened by such a conscience. Two: Anyone in a serious position of power would call him on it. Issa might. Palin might. Cheney might. The entire left would cheer him as their champion restored to his sordid "glory."
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posted on
06/04/2010 8:43:52 PM PDT
by
Renderofveils
(My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music. - Nabokov)
To: COUNTrecount
Ha! Executive Privilege sends exactly what kind of message?
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posted on
06/04/2010 8:45:32 PM PDT
by
b4its2late
(Why does a slight tax increase cost you $200 and a substantial tax cut save you 30 cents?)
To: P-Marlowe
an aside, re: "The Greatest Honor History Can Bestow is the Title of Peacemaker"
-- too bad for Nixon's legacy, that's the kind of squishy liberalism that Nixon & co. were all too prone to embrace ... even if ....like GW Bush.... Nixon was so loathed by many fellow liberals. The greatest title history can bestow is
DEFENDER OF FREEDOM!!
If that also results in a lasting peace in the near term then so very much the better -- but this idea of "peace" above all else is the kind of squishy pseudo-idealism which sounds nice but frequently leads to subservience before the vicious enemies of freedom (whether communist or Islamist or fascist or combinations thereof). It's ALWAYS possible to have "peace" on the terms of the enemies of freedom.
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posted on
06/04/2010 9:04:10 PM PDT
by
Enchante
("The great enemy of clear language is insincerity." -- George Orwell --)
To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe
Like Obama, his past is under lock and key also.
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posted on
06/04/2010 9:52:32 PM PDT
by
tina07
(In loving memory of my father,WWII Vet. CBI 10/16/42-12/17/45, d. 11/1/85 -Happy B'day Daddy 2/20/23)
To: COUNTrecount
Most transparent administration in history. :)
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posted on
06/04/2010 9:53:52 PM PDT
by
Tzimisce
(No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
To: Enchante
"The Greatest Honor History Can Bestow is the Title of Peacemaker"
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posted on
06/04/2010 10:03:10 PM PDT
by
P-Marlowe
(LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
To: COUNTrecount
Republicans could use the rising tide against Obama to fight this, but I sense they’re so damned scared of losing any of the momentum (which isn’t to their credit but to the Tea Partiers) that they won’t do a damned thing against this awful pick.
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posted on
06/05/2010 5:39:05 AM PDT
by
Darkwolf377
("You seem to believe that stupidity is a virtue. Why is that so?"-Flight of the Phoenix)
To: Little Pig
I’m having a little trouble coming up with “may use executive privilege” from “ does not intend to assert exective privilege”. Is it just me?No, it's not just you. Having said that, it clearly is a shot across the bow--he doesn't INTEND to do this, not that he's NOT going to do this, but if he's forced by ugly personal attacks from Republicans blah blah blah...
COuld be nothing, but how can we relax with this guy?
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posted on
06/05/2010 5:40:44 AM PDT
by
Darkwolf377
("You seem to believe that stupidity is a virtue. Why is that so?"-Flight of the Phoenix)
To: Chode
” pearls on a dyke, looks as out of place a a pig roast at a mosque “
LOL!
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posted on
06/05/2010 6:35:25 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(Support our troops....and vote out the RINOS!)
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