The Absurd GOP

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Comey’s lawyer are trying to get the charges against him dismissed, arguing that the appointment of Allison Halligan was unlawful. In support of this argument, they are citing legal opinions from Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Samuel Alito, and Aileen Cannon.

My joy borders on the inexpressible.

Boru

They've likely got a good case.  The appeals court is giving the government the side-eye in the remarkably similar Alina Habba case.

SCOTUS won't care. They've already demonstrated their pretzel logic regarding precedent. Does anyone think the will abide their own precedent despite any contradictions? I don't. I predict a Trumpian "I was just joking" moment, or a "no, no, we were misunderstood."

This court doesn't give a shit about consistency. The majority, after all, claims to want to read the Constitution from the viewpoint of the Framers, yet this same majority asserts that our Constitution permits autocracy -- when that was the last thing the Framers wanted. If they don't care about such a grand inconsistency as that, does anyone think a decision they made a few months ago will cause problems? I don't.