I will have the honor of appearing today as part of the confirmation hearings in the Senate Judiciary Committee for Loretta Lynch, nominee to serve as United States Attorney General. Below is my written testimony for the hearing today.
Here is the full list of witnesses appearing today:
Sharyl Attkisson
Investigative Journalist
David Barlow
Partner
Sidley Austin LLP
David A. Clarke, Jr.
Sheriff
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Catherine Engelbrecht
Founder
True The Vote
Janice K. Fedarcyk
Fedarcyk Consulting LLC
Stephen H. Legomsky
John S. Lehmann University Professor
School of Law at Washington University
The Reverend Doctor Clarence Newsome
Cincinnati , OH
Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz
Professor Of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies Cato Institute
Jonathan Turley
Professor, J.B. And Maurice C. Shapiro Chair Of Public Interest Law
George Washington University Law School
Washington , DC
The full committee hearing resumes this morning at 10 a.m. in Committee Room 216 in the Hart Senate Office Building.
Here is my testimony: Statement.Lynch Nomination.Turley Testimony.Senate
We should all be cognizant of what Nick likes and dislikes and act in accordance to that….dont’cha know? I will give Professor a Turley credit that he allows critisicm of himself on his own blog. It perplexes me that he engaged in that shameful display at the hearing, but I trust he knew what he was doing. Some here have said he was being used, I think he is far too intelligent to allow himself to be manipulated in such a way. The reason he sat there with those people on that panel is something he must’ve given much thought to, I suspect, I don’t know, because unlike Nick, I can’t speak for Professor Turley.
Inga – I find it fascinating that Turley allows people on here to pretend to be something they are not. I am sure he has some reason behind it, but I have always wondered about the value in it.
nick:
“Former “friends” turning on someone is antithetical to how we fiercely loyal Italians are.”
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Now you are making me belly laugh! “Fiercely Loyal Italians”? We’re the guys who changed sides twice in the two world wars. Thankfully we ended up on the winning one both times but let’s not rewrite history to prove your point.
As for the cult of personality quip, I have to say the irony in your words is also riotously funny. JT is a big boy with a national platform, a million dollar payday coming, and the smarts to decide for — and defend — himself. As you eloquently put it, I’m just the “ham an’ egger, ambulance chaser for podunk Dixie.” He has nothing to fear from me. It’s always the opinion of the Court of Public Opinion that matters in a democracy (as I continually say) and I’m just pleading my case. It’s not personal. You, on the other hand, come off as the court jester parroting the party line and girding for the attack on anyone with whom you disagree. You have a particular disdain for women, which, if your talking Italians (or more properly Italian-Americans), is quite un-Italian.
Come over to the light there nick, you’ll be lots happier, your blood pressure will drop and you’ll be lots more fun. Right now you’ve got prig written all over you, as many here — who are not me — have observed.
Laser, Christopher Hitchens wrote passionately about people he considered friends abandoning him when he approved the Iraq War. Anyone who had read him over the years knew of his love for the Kurds, the people most oppressed by Saddam. But, that mattered not. Bush was evil and if you support ANYTHING by him you are no longer my friend. It floored the quite urbane Hitchens. Some of the disapproval of JT is that. Only it’s “You can’t support ANYTHING the Republicans say.” I see JT’s stance as righteous. They see it as against their leader. But, here’s the nasty variable. The toxic mix of people w/ the “You’re either w/ us or you’re against us” w/ personal inside baseball stuff. What this shows, like it did w/ Hitchens, is the total intolerance liberals have for people who don’t toe the line. And, the pettiness of folks that had their hands slapped.
This president got elected and re-elected due to Bush and Cheyne’s disastrous policies, and racists who were uncomfortable to be racists and coped with that discomfort by voting for a guy of color even though his content of character was so poorly developed , as is revealed by him on daily basis , both verbally and non verbally . This opinion maybe very hard to digest by people who consider everyone as a racist who is critical of this president.
Nick,
Open discussion is a plus for the Professor and his knowledge and dedication to the Constitution are well esteemed it their own “writes” (obvious bias bent right nit withstanding).
Be that as it may, in my opine, all the intellectuals bantering here appear to lack content, in many ways, on all sides of many lines in the sand.
One yearns for the day of purity, when facts be stated and wants assail naught. For tge tidings of human growth always wane, in direct proportiin to the vanity aims.
LOL! “As noted by Media Matters.” That says it all. JT handles criticism quite well. He has not deleted any comments here or restrained criticism of him in any way. He laughed when the buffoonish Pat Leahy asked him about how much he was paid. JT has a thick skin. I dislike malcontents who used to praise him coming back here to trash him. It’s not about his testimony. That’s the pretext. It’s personal w/ them. But, this is America, they get to trash, and I get to call them on it and say it’s horseshit. Former “friends” turning on someone is antithetical to how we fiercely loyal Italians are.
Pararie Rose, I hoped she was, but in my past dealings with her and then with her second comment to me it was clear that she wasn’t. I often agree with you on your perspective, but this time I cant, sorry. She was being a condescending to me and my grown children and being overly suspicious of schools in emphasizing that we teach them US History as our parents knew it, because the schools would not teach the truth. If my daughter and son in law thought that their children weren’t being educated correctly, they would intervene. As far as US History and my own parents, that would be impossible, as my parents were in Europe until the end of WW2.
I do understand the need for parents to be involved and engaged in their children’s school curricula, my grandchildren’s public school is filled with those kind of parents, thankfully. There was a time that I was quite upset, when my grandkids school, which is in the most conservative county in Wisconsin, in the most conservative area in that county, did not televise the President’s “Welcome back to school” speech to the children. That was outrageous.
JT shows what integrity and love of the Constitution really is, and it brings out the malcontents to trash him and his blog. The cult leader must be protected, and nothing is sacred but the leader himself.
Inga,
“mature gentleman”?!?!? That is the most elegant and polite way I have ever been called an old fart.
Regarding learning. Many years ago, I had a friend who wrote, “The day you stop learning new things is the day you died, and just haven’t started to stink yet.” I find it interesting, in a sad kind of way, that some people actually seem proud of having a closed mind and lack of curiosity.
I was delighted to discover Netflix is streaming some of the best of the TED Talks. I was blown away by this one by futurist Juan Enriquez: “Will Our Kids Be a Different Species.” The talk is very serious, but he has the presentation skills of a stand-up comic.
Chuck – oddly enough, I have seen ALL the TEDTalks that Netflix has offered for streaming.
We will test L.L.’s administration, Real quick. As, it would appear, by the DOJ higher ups who most recently departed – that there may be a different mindset afoot.
FIRST thing that should be addressed, is a New Deputy Director for the EOUST.
Inga,
I think Sandi was trying to compliment you. You commented that you hoped your children got history teachers as good as those Mespo had. As I read it, Sandi seemed to think your perspective on history would go far in giving your grandkids a good understanding of history if they were not fortunate in having great history teachers. Therefore, you are a good resource.
“Talk to your grandchildren about the history you grew up with because the books leave out a lot and overemphasize the blips. Give them your knowledge about history without the distortions in the books and classrooms. Truth is the best history you can give. And explain why the books are different.”
Po, no worries, I “got” you.
Did the majority not vote for President Obama, not once but twice? Seems as if that keeps getting forgotten. How many times have we heard “He’s not my President”?
Chuck, I’m glad you read the article and enjoyed it. I know you’re not one to stop learning and seeing things in a new fresh way, despite being a mature gentleman.😉
Sandi, my grandchildren’s school is one of the top rated public schools in Wisconsin. I do not doubt that the education they are recieving is exemplary. Perhaps you should be concerned with your own grandchildren and not give me advice regarding the education of my own, as IF you knew better than I or my grandchildren’s parents on how best to educate them.
Inga – I would be concerned about the education any child is receiving in any public school in the United States. Even the good ones are bad. The average college freshman now reads at a 7th grade level. Does that make you feel good about your school? About your grandchildren?
I found it very offensive the way democrats treated turley , one told him that it was the “republican house” not the “house” that sued , then another said that he was being uncivil to say anything bad about the administration’s behavior . Wish Turley had responded that reps who voted represent the majority of Americans and only the minority did not , and in our system we respect the decision of majority .
po
Poseidon, ppsshh. Thor can whip Poseidon any day of the week, twice on Thursday.
pete – that is because Thursday was Thorsday.
The people on the Senate Panel spoke out because they were never asked by the Democratic Senate. The House had many of them several times. In the House meetings Holder was often mentioned, not in a complementary way. This first time with the Senate was an education for liberals.
Inga,
Liked the link. Fun with language is always….well, fun. I am always a fan of original ways of looking at things.
BTW, Jim Wright is in fine form as he takes off on the Dumbest Congressman in America. Title of the piece is, The Boogeyman is Gonna Get You!
Inga, I meant US and world history. What did we learn from our parents and family members about WWII. The Korean War, Vietnam, and our lives before and after 9/11. JFK, Johnson, Civil Rights. The long agony of melding black with white and its ups and downs. Tell them your perspective because who knows what they will teach in ten years.