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'Impeach - The Case against Donald Trump'
Author Neal Ketyal has a new book out, and he makes some truly excellent points in the following interview
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Former Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal argues that there are three "high crimes" that he says the president is "clearly" guilty of. He explains to Steve Kornacki why, because of those alleged high crimes, he feels the House must impeach Trump and the Senate should remove him from office.
Former Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal argues that there are three "high crimes" that he says the president is "clearly" guilty of. He explains to Steve Kornacki why, because of those alleged high crimes, he feels the House must impeach Trump and the Senate should remove him from office.
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Neal Katyal makes an unimpeachable case, concise but comprehensive, for impeachment. The author of Impeach knows the law and how to practice it. An attorney who has argued 39 cases before the Supreme Court, Neal Katyal was Acting Solicitor General for the United States in the Obama administration. He is also a law professor at George Washington University.
He goes to the heart of the matter by quoting today’s vice president, Michael Pence, when he served in the House of Representatives in 2008: “This business of high crimes and misdemeanors goes to the question of whether or not the person serving as President of the United States put their own interests, their personal interests, ahead of public service.”
This statement Katyal calls the “Pence Standard” and refers to it throughout the book. The author says he is not a partisan but an “extreme centrist”—determined to apply the same legal yardstick to every case regardless of its party connection. Though this book attacks a Republican president, Katyal earlier clerked for today’s Chief Justice, John Roberts, and supported Trump’s appointments of justices Neal Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh.
Katyal addresses some basic questions: Why our founders (and Pence) would have impeached Trump. What high crimes and misdemeanors are and are not. Why we need to impeach Trump and why this is different from Mueller. Why we can’t wait until the next election. To understand what are impeachable offenses, Katyal reviews the impeachment cases of presidents Tyler, Johnson, Nixon, and Clinton.
Digging into the charges against Trump, Katyal examines the evidence that Trump accepted and sought information from a foreign government to help him against a political rival; that he withheld security assistance to Ukraine and then asked for a favor to release it. He reviews the July 25 phone conversation with President Zelensky, and observes that Trump never once discussed U.S. national interests or Ukraine’s war with Russia.
The anonymous whistleblower complaint against Trump, as Katyal reports, was not sent to Congress for weeks after it was submitted to the intelligence community inspector general on August 22. This aspect of the story takes Katyal back to 1777 when two naval officers reported that their commander had tortured British prisoners. When the two whistleblowers were fired, the Continental Congress compensated them and passed a whistleblower protection act.
Katyal himself defended a whistleblower who, after 9/11, complained that the government was reducing the number of TSA marshals on flights. The Supreme Court in an opinion by Chief Justice Roberts gave the whistleblower his life back. President Trump, however, has demanded unmasking today’s whistleblower, calling him almost a “spy.”
This book is nothing if not up to date. Published in November 2019, it refers to many events and documents released as recently as September. To be sure, much of the material has already been in the public domain, but Katyal with his legal mind analyzes it in a novel way. For example: If the president really wanted Ukrainians to investigate a case, he would not demand that they announce their decision to do so, because this would tip off the suspects. Nor would the State Department budget to promote anticorruption in Ukraine have been cut from $30 to $13 million......
Neal Katyal makes an unimpeachable case, concise but comprehensive, for impeachment. The author of Impeach knows the law and how to practice it. An attorney who has argued 39 cases before the Supreme Court, Neal Katyal was Acting Solicitor General for the United States in the Obama administration. He is also a law professor at George Washington University.
He goes to the heart of the matter by quoting today’s vice president, Michael Pence, when he served in the House of Representatives in 2008: “This business of high crimes and misdemeanors goes to the question of whether or not the person serving as President of the United States put their own interests, their personal interests, ahead of public service.”
This statement Katyal calls the “Pence Standard” and refers to it throughout the book. The author says he is not a partisan but an “extreme centrist”—determined to apply the same legal yardstick to every case regardless of its party connection. Though this book attacks a Republican president, Katyal earlier clerked for today’s Chief Justice, John Roberts, and supported Trump’s appointments of justices Neal Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh.
Katyal addresses some basic questions: Why our founders (and Pence) would have impeached Trump. What high crimes and misdemeanors are and are not. Why we need to impeach Trump and why this is different from Mueller. Why we can’t wait until the next election. To understand what are impeachable offenses, Katyal reviews the impeachment cases of presidents Tyler, Johnson, Nixon, and Clinton.
Digging into the charges against Trump, Katyal examines the evidence that Trump accepted and sought information from a foreign government to help him against a political rival; that he withheld security assistance to Ukraine and then asked for a favor to release it. He reviews the July 25 phone conversation with President Zelensky, and observes that Trump never once discussed U.S. national interests or Ukraine’s war with Russia.
The anonymous whistleblower complaint against Trump, as Katyal reports, was not sent to Congress for weeks after it was submitted to the intelligence community inspector general on August 22. This aspect of the story takes Katyal back to 1777 when two naval officers reported that their commander had tortured British prisoners. When the two whistleblowers were fired, the Continental Congress compensated them and passed a whistleblower protection act.
Katyal himself defended a whistleblower who, after 9/11, complained that the government was reducing the number of TSA marshals on flights. The Supreme Court in an opinion by Chief Justice Roberts gave the whistleblower his life back. President Trump, however, has demanded unmasking today’s whistleblower, calling him almost a “spy.”
This book is nothing if not up to date. Published in November 2019, it refers to many events and documents released as recently as September. To be sure, much of the material has already been in the public domain, but Katyal with his legal mind analyzes it in a novel way. For example: If the president really wanted Ukrainians to investigate a case, he would not demand that they announce their decision to do so, because this would tip off the suspects. Nor would the State Department budget to promote anticorruption in Ukraine have been cut from $30 to $13 million......
I dont often go to church !
But when I do 
Its to hear some damn fine words,
If you are a graduate of the youtube college of vox-pop thinking then this is not for you
Its to hear some damn fine words,
If you are a graduate of the youtube college of vox-pop thinking then this is not for you
Whats your favorite part of Christmas?
As the hustle and bustle of the festive season approaches, I ve noticed alot of friends , and family have different parts of the season they enjoy. I know friends who enjoy giving to the less fortunate, and I have some friends who enjoy the family gatherings. And we all know someone who couldn t be bothered getting into the Christmas spirit,
Myself I enjoy seeing people ,whether it be out shopping , or chatting with a neighbor in good spirits,
And oh yes I am rather fond of the christmas baking, and who doesn t love the look in the eye of a little one, when Santa Claus is mentioned
Whats your favorite part of the Christmas season,
A surprise from them.....
The moment that I will never forget....so sweet of them who planned this for me.....
They gave me surprise birthday party....love you all my students.....[img
They gave me surprise birthday party....love you all my students.....[img
ALLEMAN, SOMEONE, EVERYONE AND NO ONE
Once upon a time there were 4 individuals who had the following names:
everyone - someone - everyone - and nobody.
There was an important job to do,
and they just asked everyone to do it.
Alleman, however, was convinced that someone would.
Everyone could have done it, but in reality no one did it.
Someone was angry because it was actually the work of everyone!
But everyone thought everyone could have done it,
and nobody doubted that someone would.
After all, everyone reproached everyone
because nobody had done what someone normally could have done. MORALITY
Without wishing to reproach everyone, it
would be good that everyone would do what he has to do,
without, however , having a false hope
that someone would have done it in his place.
Because the experience shows
that where someone expects something to be done,
they generally do not find anyone!
CONCLUSION
I am going to send this message to everyone,
so that someone can forward it to everyone without forgetting anyone.
everyone - someone - everyone - and nobody.
There was an important job to do,
and they just asked everyone to do it.
Alleman, however, was convinced that someone would.
Everyone could have done it, but in reality no one did it.
Someone was angry because it was actually the work of everyone!
But everyone thought everyone could have done it,
and nobody doubted that someone would.
After all, everyone reproached everyone
because nobody had done what someone normally could have done. MORALITY
Without wishing to reproach everyone, it
would be good that everyone would do what he has to do,
without, however , having a false hope
that someone would have done it in his place.
Because the experience shows
that where someone expects something to be done,
they generally do not find anyone!
CONCLUSION
I am going to send this message to everyone,
so that someone can forward it to everyone without forgetting anyone.
So tonight at the Karaoke club
near me, there was no Karaoke. Instead there was a DJ, somehow booked there from Baltimore over 100 miles away.I got there after 9 having decided my best priority tonight was to barbecue some NY Steaks on sale for only $4.99 a pound.
Very tasty.
If you know the place you know most of the Karaoke crowd is both regulars and they are there to belt out 1960s Country Western music. Yeah sure, sometimes they wil jump yp into the 70s and try a little Meatloaf or Blondie, but mostly Merle Haggert and Johnny Cash. To say inner city Baltimore contemporary left them cold is perhaps an understatement. Maybe we could blame the profanity or the words bragging of robbing stores and shooting moms, whatever. The bartender told me most of the regulars had left by 8pm. In fact almost eveyone had left and the place was nearly deserted. Out on the deck in back where the music could not penetrate the steel door a few former employees were smoking cigarettes, nursing fireballs and complaining about the booking agent.
A car pulled into the parking lot and three of the aging, drunk, (2 former but fired) female bartenders went inside to scope out the new arrivals. In minutes they returned horrified that although 4 women had arrived, one of them was a tranny. I and the other customer hiding on the deck were told 'it is over 6 feet tall, and has a choker on her neck so you can';t see the adams apple.
Eventually an attractive woman over 6 feet tall with a choker on her neck came out to smoke a cigarrete. To the obvious discomfort of the older crones she stayed and attempted to talk to the other man. He stated he had to go to the bathroom and went inside. I asked her to sit at my table and she did not, but she did come over to talk. I learned she was born in the US but had gone to Germany a decade ago and was only 1 week back in the US with her female HS buddies of long ago...We did not speak of sex changes. Instead we talked about music. We talked about N. Tesla. We talked about the G-7 and how she felt about it living in Germany. We talked about Syrian refugees. I found her to be much more knowledgable about current events than the usual patron of the establishment. I learned she spoke multiple languages and currently teaches English ESL in Europe. I found her to be one of the most pleasant and enjoyable persons to speak with I have encountered there in over a decade. She shared her Facebook page with me and I sent a friend request so we could meet another time. Her friends grew bored and left and she with them. Hopefully we will communicate later this week.
The red neck former female employees on the deck were very catty about her after she left. I was curious so using the information on the Facebook page I did some googling. The redneck women who were opposed to her even existing, well one lives in a rented trailer and the otehr one takes turns shacking up with different male customers of the place. However my new friend with the neck chokler, she owns 3 companies in Europe and owns 4 web pages. I can document she is fluent in at least 4 languages. She is heavily involved in Me Too at a protest organizer level. She has bonafide (i.e., she owns) residences in 3 countries. . She got speeding tickets in S. Carolina but has had no other run ins (compared to the jealous crones, all 3 of whom are convicted drug felons).
My take? I am happy to have met my new friend and hope to see more of her before she goes back to Europe.
Very tasty.
If you know the place you know most of the Karaoke crowd is both regulars and they are there to belt out 1960s Country Western music. Yeah sure, sometimes they wil jump yp into the 70s and try a little Meatloaf or Blondie, but mostly Merle Haggert and Johnny Cash. To say inner city Baltimore contemporary left them cold is perhaps an understatement. Maybe we could blame the profanity or the words bragging of robbing stores and shooting moms, whatever. The bartender told me most of the regulars had left by 8pm. In fact almost eveyone had left and the place was nearly deserted. Out on the deck in back where the music could not penetrate the steel door a few former employees were smoking cigarettes, nursing fireballs and complaining about the booking agent.
A car pulled into the parking lot and three of the aging, drunk, (2 former but fired) female bartenders went inside to scope out the new arrivals. In minutes they returned horrified that although 4 women had arrived, one of them was a tranny. I and the other customer hiding on the deck were told 'it is over 6 feet tall, and has a choker on her neck so you can';t see the adams apple.
Eventually an attractive woman over 6 feet tall with a choker on her neck came out to smoke a cigarrete. To the obvious discomfort of the older crones she stayed and attempted to talk to the other man. He stated he had to go to the bathroom and went inside. I asked her to sit at my table and she did not, but she did come over to talk. I learned she was born in the US but had gone to Germany a decade ago and was only 1 week back in the US with her female HS buddies of long ago...We did not speak of sex changes. Instead we talked about music. We talked about N. Tesla. We talked about the G-7 and how she felt about it living in Germany. We talked about Syrian refugees. I found her to be much more knowledgable about current events than the usual patron of the establishment. I learned she spoke multiple languages and currently teaches English ESL in Europe. I found her to be one of the most pleasant and enjoyable persons to speak with I have encountered there in over a decade. She shared her Facebook page with me and I sent a friend request so we could meet another time. Her friends grew bored and left and she with them. Hopefully we will communicate later this week.
The red neck former female employees on the deck were very catty about her after she left. I was curious so using the information on the Facebook page I did some googling. The redneck women who were opposed to her even existing, well one lives in a rented trailer and the otehr one takes turns shacking up with different male customers of the place. However my new friend with the neck chokler, she owns 3 companies in Europe and owns 4 web pages. I can document she is fluent in at least 4 languages. She is heavily involved in Me Too at a protest organizer level. She has bonafide (i.e., she owns) residences in 3 countries. . She got speeding tickets in S. Carolina but has had no other run ins (compared to the jealous crones, all 3 of whom are convicted drug felons).
My take? I am happy to have met my new friend and hope to see more of her before she goes back to Europe.
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