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Unprecedented power': William Barr blasts federal judges over nationwide injunctions
Washington Times ^ | May 21 | Jeff Mordock

Posted on 05/21/2019 6:20:42 PM PDT by Oscar in Batangas

Attorney General William P. Barr on Thursday railed against federal courts issuing nationwide injunctions blocking President Trump from implementing his policies, saying they wield “unprecedented power.”

In a speech before the American Law Institute, Mr. Barr said such injunctions block politicians of all stripes from enacting the voters’ will.

“One judge can, in effect, cancel the policy with the stroke of the pen,” he said. “No official in the United States government can exercise that kind of nationwide power, with the sole exception of the president

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: ag; agbarr; barr; federaljudges; williambarr
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Who knew that an attorney general could also make america great again!
1 posted on 05/21/2019 6:20:42 PM PDT by Oscar in Batangas
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To: Oscar in Batangas

spot on, Mr Barr


2 posted on 05/21/2019 6:22:48 PM PDT by ptsal
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To: Oscar in Batangas

They will pay dearly for calling him a liar.


3 posted on 05/21/2019 6:22:54 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: Oscar in Batangas

A.G Barr Must be a FReeper.

Anybody know his site name???


4 posted on 05/21/2019 6:23:18 PM PDT by Oscar in Batangas (Jan. 20, 2017, 12:00 PM: The End of an ERROR)
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To: Oscar in Batangas

Well is right. One district judge can veto the president and congress for that matter.

Maybe there should be a law that says if a district judge is overruled nine times in the course of their tenure, they are automatically impeached and removed from the bench.


5 posted on 05/21/2019 6:24:58 PM PDT by Gahanna Bob
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To: Oscar in Batangas

The AG may be a fellow traveler in the Swamp with these Deep Staters, but now they’ve riled him up, first with the contempt charge in Congress, and then crooked federal judges gumming up the works against the president. Bad move by the RATs. I think AG Barr wants to get these fools as much as the president does!


6 posted on 05/21/2019 6:25:28 PM PDT by dowcaet
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To: Oscar in Batangas

But wait a minute. I thought Barr was a super secret Deep State plant?

2nd best AG of all time! (You know who’s #1)


7 posted on 05/21/2019 6:26:45 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Isn't it funny that the very people who scream "My body, my choice" wants a say in your healthcare?)
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To: Oscar in Batangas

Is it wrong that I feel slightly attracted to this man lol :)


8 posted on 05/21/2019 6:27:03 PM PDT by terart
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To: Oscar in Batangas

Time to Release Half of what your have Mr. President.


9 posted on 05/21/2019 6:27:04 PM PDT by samadams2000 (Get your houses in order.)
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To: Oscar in Batangas

This is my official Mea Culpa. I had feared Mr. Barr too much of a swamp denizen. It is becoming increasingly clear that no matter what else he may be, he is in fact a Great American.


10 posted on 05/21/2019 6:27:17 PM PDT by Kudsman (Im trying to love the tolerant left. They make it very hard to do.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Who?


11 posted on 05/21/2019 6:28:14 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: Gahanna Bob

I kind of like that.

But you know some circuit court judge with just overrule it nationwide ;>}


12 posted on 05/21/2019 6:28:28 PM PDT by Oscar in Batangas (Jan. 20, 2017, 12:00 PM: The End of an ERROR)
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To: Oscar in Batangas

AG Barr, don’t fall into the trap. Less talk, more action. Of course what’s been going on is insane. So why haven’t their been law suits against rogue judges with their political agenda? The Supreme Court should put an end to this. The way it is now, since President Trump took office, our vote has been nullified by an out-of-control Judicial system.


13 posted on 05/21/2019 6:30:37 PM PDT by grania ("We're all just pawns in their game")
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To: Oscar in Batangas

These judges need to be removed by any means necessary.


14 posted on 05/21/2019 6:32:56 PM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Who?


15 posted on 05/21/2019 6:33:23 PM PDT by LibertyWoman
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To: Gahanna Bob

9 times? I’ll give them 1 and they have to go stand before the USSC to explain their constitutional reasoning for their decision. If they don’t convince the court, then they are removed. They would be required to explain why president “A” was allowed to do something and why president “B” isn’t based upon their judgement.


16 posted on 05/21/2019 6:33:40 PM PDT by shotgun
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Bobby Kennnedy? Sorry, couldn’t resist since you failed to name your favorite.


17 posted on 05/21/2019 6:34:34 PM PDT by richardtavor
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To: Oscar in Batangas

Damn right.

Get back to only having their rulings affect their actual jurisdictions. Its actually unconstitutional, its a massive judicial overreach no one has stepped in to reign in.

The 9th circuit does not have jurisdiction over the entire usa.


18 posted on 05/21/2019 6:34:57 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Gahanna Bob

SCOTUS has managed to hallucinate right to abortion and homosexual marriage. The lower courts are pretty much just following the lead, none of these hallucinations starts at the top, they are simply endorsed by the top.


19 posted on 05/21/2019 6:35:39 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Oscar in Batangas

Sounds like someone heard Justice Thomas on this issue. Thomas is itching to write a majority opinion on this. I hope Barr is as good on immigration as he is on everything else.


20 posted on 05/21/2019 6:36:38 PM PDT by cdcdawg (If white, western culture makes you feel out of place, THAT IS BECAUSE IT IS NOT YOUR PLACE!)
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