Posted on 02/22/2021 2:50:06 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden’s nominee for attorney general, will appear for his confirmation hearing vowing to prioritize civil rights, combat extremist attacks and ensure the Justice Department remains politically independent.
Garland, a federal appeals court judge who was snubbed by Republicans for a seat on the Supreme Court in 2016, will appear Monday before the Senate Judiciary Committee and is widely expected to sail through his confirmation process with bipartisan support.
In his own prepared remarks, Garland focuses on prioritizing policing and civil rights to combat racial discrimination — he says America doesn’t “yet have equal justice” — as well as confronting the rise in extremist violence and domestic terror threats and restoring the department’s political independence after years of controversial decisions and turmoil.
“Communities of color and other minorities still face discrimination in housing, education, employment, and the criminal justice system; and bear the brunt of the harm caused by pandemic, pollution, and climate change,” Garland says.
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White privileged in control out to destroy the white majority in this country
Racial division is a tool, not the goal.
The goal is ensuring the interregnum becomes permanent.
The republic stays dead.
This is the kind of scum who will make sure if you put a period in the wrong place on a 4473 you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of federal law.
Garland to focus on civil rights, political independence both of which will be hunted down and eliminated
“and ensure the Justice Department remains politically independent”
Stopped reading there.
Sounds like another 4 years of race baiting
Independent as in Eric Holder’s Justice Dept?
“...Garland to focus on civil rights, political independence ..”
Oh that will strike terror in the hearts of MS 13.
“...as well as confronting the rise in extremist violence and domestic terror threats ...”
Excellent...finally someone is going to fight antifa and BLM!
so law and order are out the window - am so pleased he never made it to ECOTUS
This is a GOOD TEST. If he’s really independent, he’ll be looking at Biden and other Democrats. If he’s a political hack, then he won’t.
Obviously we expect him to be a political hack, and if he is, then he proves McConnelll and the Republicans right in keeping him off the Supreme Court, because Justice Roberts said there are no political hacks on the Supreme Court.
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