Remember this name....

[Ted King]

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018...afort.html

The most likely explanation for Ellis’ conduct, then, is that he is applying “stare Scalia.” The late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia famously believed that a president had “complete control over investigation and prosecution of violations of the law,” leading him to condemn special investigations that excluded the chief executive. Yet Scalia expressed this view in dissent, and it is still not the law today. Further, the law governing the special counsel does not place it outside the command of the Justice Department, which is an executive branch agency ultimately controlled by the president—so any concerns about the special counsel’s excessive independence are unfounded. Ellis’ dismay at the Manafort prosecution seems to arise more from a theoretical, Scalia-esque objection to the special counsel’s wide-ranging investigation than a genuine qualm about its legality. Should he dismiss all or some of the charges, Mueller’s team will directly appeal his ruling to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where they will very likely win. But Ellis’ decision could still do political damage, giving Trump a talking point in his ongoing rants against the special counsel’s “witch hunt.”

As to the last underlined quote - duh, Trump jumped on it immediately. This is bigley news in the Trump-o-sphere, I'm sure.

[max]

More weekend funnies:

Wild eep wrote:
As you are wrong in 99.9% of your posts. I’ll not make note of that name.

DeusxMac wrote:
[quote=Dennis S]
"As one of swampy's threads grows longer, the probability of her being proved wrong approaches one."

The three specialists of being wrong discussing their unique area of expertise.....

[Pam]

I will if you will

[max]

Pam wrote:
I will if you will

Remember the name of Judge Ellis?

Sure, unlike this crowd he sounds like an interesting individual with principles, willing to ask questions, not easily swayed by popular bs.....

[bfd]

What questions? What popular bs? Seems like the good judge T.S. Ellis the turd is right in the toilet with the rest of the denialistas…

[$tevie]

Lemon Drop wrote:
[quote=swampy]
T. S. Ellis.

out of the corner of my eye, at a quick glance, thought this was going to be a thread about Prufrock... That's how I read it at first glance, too.

[Janit]

$tevie wrote:
[quote=Lemon Drop]
[quote=swampy]
T. S. Ellis.

out of the corner of my eye, at a quick glance, thought this was going to be a thread about Prufrock... That's how I read it at first glance, too.
Me too. I guess we are the "effete intellectual" set.

[rjmacs]

T.S. Ellis is a brand of American judicial blowhard of long tradition. He likes to spout and grandstand from the bench, but at the end of his screeds he'll toss in a qualifier like, "I'm not saying that the claim is illegitimate under the law, mind you," which is what he did in this case.

He rails on and on (because he has a literal platform and audience), but when it comes time to write the opinion he will often revert to the legal standard in force. This is because being overturned or dismissed by a higher court hurts your judicial reputation and professional standing. T.S. Ellis was sought as a judge because he would hurt the public case against Mueller, and he might rule unfavorably toward him to the extent legally permissible. He won't do anything that substantively sidelines Mueller because the law is on Mueller's side. But he'll make a stink during the process, because he craves attention.

[hal]

rjmacs wrote:
T.S. Ellis is a brand of American judicial blowhard of long tradition. He likes to spout and grandstand from the bench, but at the end of his screeds he'll toss in a qualifier like, "I'm not saying that the claim is illegitimate under the law, mind you," which is what he did in this case.

He rails on and on (because he has a literal platform and audience), but when it comes time to write the opinion he will often revert to the legal standard in force. This is because being overturned or dismissed by a higher court hurts your judicial reputation and professional standing. T.S. Ellis was sought as a judge because he would hurt the public case against Mueller, and he might rule unfavorably toward him to the extent legally permissible. He won't do anything that substantively sidelines Mueller because the law is on Mueller's side. But he'll make a stink during the process, because he craves attention.

You sound like you've known him for years...

[NewtonMP2100]

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