Author: NY Sun Editorials
The views of the Author are not necessarily the views of Enigmose
Do not wait. That is the part of wisdom for President Trump and Attorney General Barr as the United States seeks to end its wrongful prosecution of General Michael Flynn. It is for the United States to petition the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit for a writ of mandamus against Judge Emmet Sullivan. A newspaper is not a lawyer. Our advice, though, could not be more emphatic: Do ... not ... wait.
We say that because with every passing week it will be harder to stop Judge Sullivan from violating the constitutional restrictions on the power of our courts. The courts may decide only actual cases and controversies. When both sides desire to end their dispute, the power of the court to act is over. Judge Sullivan seems so emotionally invested in this case that he chafes at that restriction. Meantime America and General Flynn are both being damaged.
This is exactly the kind of situation for which the extraordinary writs exist. The four main extraordinary writs are habeas corpus, certiorari, mandamus, and prohibition. The first requires that an individual be given his day in court. The second is how a court grants a review. Mandamus is a command that something be done. Prohibition is a command that something not be done. The latter two beckon here.
Mandamus and prohibition are covered in Rule 21 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. It states that once any docket fee is paid, the circuit’s clerk must put the matter on the docket. If we were the solicitor general of the United States — a stretch to be sure — we’d make clear that our petition is being filed on an emergency basis. To underline the emergency, we’d appear at the circuit courthouse in person. Read More
How the Obama Administration Shattered the Rule of Law
Or - is our basic understanding of rule of law at risk?
This week, former President Barack Obama reemerged from hibernation to lecture Americans about the threat to rule of law posed by the Trump administration. As America found out over the past two weeks, Flynn wasn't supposed to be the subject of any investigation at all: The FBI had decided to close an investigation into Flynn in January 2017. Obama himself asked James Comey about the Flynn-Kislyak communications. Comey upped the ante: He avoided following normal FBI-White House protocols in order to interview Flynn, and Comey's deputy director, Andrew McCabe, avoided informing Flynn of his rights. . . notes between top FBI officials at the time said, "What's our goal? Truth/Admission or to get him to lie, so we can prosecute him or get him fired? Read More
Flynn and the Anatomy of a Political Narrative
Obama officials and FBI collaborated to invent the ‘Russian collusion’ narrative
FBI coordinated very closely with the Obama White House on the investigation of Michael Flynn, while the Obama Justice Department was asleep at the switch. That is among the most revealing takeaways from Thursday’s decision by Attorney General Bill Barr to pull the plug on the prosecution of Flynn, who fleetingly served as President Trump’s first National Security Advisor. Read More
'No Precedent' for Flynn Motion?
Obama Should Talk to His Former AG Eric HolderObama has suddenly reinjected himself back into politics by having a private conversation leaked that reflects badly on the current White House occupant.
Obama should have hired some fact-checkers for his statements. Or perhaps he should have called Eric Holder, his former attorney general, who no doubt, could have enlightened him. Turley writes, “Holder moved to dismiss such a case based on prosecutorial errors in front of the very same judge, Judge Emmet Sullivan. Read More
A Time to Hate, Its not Too Late
Not one single slime in the swamp has been brought to justice. There is a time to love and a time to hate. This is a time to hate.
I accepted the rules of the game. Obama was president. He won fair and square because the Republicans serially put up two milquetoast opponents who were incapable of offering a vision or articulating a message that inspired. Trump has been the chief executive for more than three years, and he has proven to be a great president but incapable of cleaning the swamp. Not one single slime in the swamp has been brought to justice. There is a time to love and a time to hate. This is a time to hate. Read More
Obama is panicking
President Obama is on the warpath
After seeming years of silence, and plenty of billionaire vacays, President Obama is on the warpath. - And if so, that's not surprising. A huge Obama White House effort to spy on a political opponent and prevent him from serving in public office is slowly being exposed.
So the ridiculous carp about President Trump's coronavirus crisis leadership being 'absolute chaos' is nonsense, a naked bid to knock down President Trump.
And his Flynn complaint is complete nonsense. Read More
Key Obama Meeting Was Held to Ensure FBI Russia Collusion Probe Wasn't Discovered by the Trump Administration
What did Obama Know and when did he Know it?
I mean, we shouldn’t be too shocked about this I guess, given the scale of the anti-Trump operation executed by the Obama administration. Then-President Obama had to have known. If not, then he wasn’t in control of the executive.
Susan Rice's bizarre Inauguration Day email about that meeting helps explain the campaign of leaks, lies, and obstruction that followed. Read More
