I am quite certain President Biden expected Republican AGs to fight the decision to demand vaccinations for employers.

After all, there are 24 Democratic Attorney Generals applauding and standing with President Biden regarding the dissent of the Texas Abortion Law.

September 15, 2021
By John Kruzel

Two dozen Democratic attorneys general on Wednesday (click here) threw their weight behind the Biden administration’s effort to block Texas’s new abortion law.

In an amicus brief, the group argued that Texas’s restrictive measure lies in “direct contravention” of Supreme Court precedent tracing back to its 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, which first recognized a constitutional right to abortion.

“Today, virtually no one can obtain an abortion in Texas,” read the brief, which was filed in an Austin-based federal court. “In order to obtain abortion care, patients now have to travel out-of-state, which makes abortion for many people too difficult, too time-intensive, and too costly.”...

All anyone has to do is look at the DeSantis agenda regarding cruise ships and know there was going to be a backlash to the president's executive order.

September 13, 2021
By Dara Kam

A former Florida Supreme Court justice (click here) and a former appellate-court chief judge have lined up in support of a Santa Rosa Beach attorney who’s the focus of twin investigations after he sued Gov. Ron DeSantis for refusing to shut down state beaches last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Daniel Uhlfelder garnered national headlines for donning a Grim Reaper costume to criticize DeSantis’ handling of the pandemic. As COVID-19 cases surged throughout the state in March 2020, Uhlfelder filed a lawsuit asking a judge to order the governor to close beaches and issue a “safer-at-home” order to curb the spread of the virus....

The investigations by this presidential hopeful or vice-presidential hopeful are STANDARD for elected officials that practice abuse of power. Tell me that wasn't the case with Trump that wanted to create legal barriers for every opponent to his whims. Do I see a pattern among Republicans, even in Georgia?

I am not surprised these AGs are confronting the White House regarding NECESSARY vaccines to end the disease, variants, and deaths of this virus. They don't care about anything EXCEPT an underlying understanding that LIBERTY is far more precious than life. That is laughable since one has to be alive to appreciate liberty, but, that is the disastrous Republican party and their priorities.

Then there is the criminal Texas AG that will use every distraction available to cry out there is a conspiracy against Liberty to deflect any guilt he may have. The Republican Party is in very poor condition when it comes to the idea that a democracy guarantees liberties and to overthrow it is not in a citizen's best interest.

Republicans will cry over aborted fetuses, but, never blink an eye over the deaths of citizens due to high drug prices and insurance that doesn't pay for it or the deaths that can be avoided with a simple mRNA vaccine.

Oh, by the way, today would be a good day for the conservatives on the Supreme Court for the Shadow Docket in case they think the country is not watching and distracted by Obsessive Compulsive social content.

Ruth, are you watching this mess? 

Recently, Justice Breyer stated he would like to see term limits on the Supreme Court justices. 

I agree and I disagree at the same time. I think term limits would be a way of battling back from private strategies as carried out by the Federalist Society. There would be less incentive to think they could load "the bench" while Moscow Mitch manipulates the dissolving of the legitimacy of the Supreme Court. 

HOWEVER

Term limits would have to be an Amendment to the USA Constitution. That is a two-thirds majority in the Congress in both houses and two-thirds of the states ratifying it within two years. It does not solve the problem now.

Adding more justices can be conducted by the legislative branch of the government to balance the WRONGFUL political intent of the current five justices that just can't help themselves to power the USA Constitution never gave them. 

I don't see opposition to adding justices at this point. They can also be eliminated later. I am sure the American people are fully fed up with the current court's corruption by the power agenda displayed over the Texas abortion bill.

Did the USA Justice Department under the current Attorney General assess the findings of the Mueller investigation?

I am assuming Mr. Durham has the opinion of an equal to Mr. Sussmann when it comes to the law and cybersecurity. Cyber experts have their own way of walking and talking. I think there is a lot of wiggle room for them when it comes to the law. Cyber security changes on a regular basis due to an incredible desire in the world to hunt and peck at every security wall. So, the idea there is a law that actually applies to this very fluid technology is wrong on it's face.

I hope Dr. Durham has done an excellent job, but, my initial impression is that the charges won't hold water.

September 16, 2021
By Ken Dilanian

Washington - The special counsel (click here) appointed by President Donald Trump’s Justice Department to probe the Russia investigation has charged a prominent Democratic lawyer with making a false statement to the FBI by not disclosing he was working for multiple clients, including the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign.

Special counsel John Durham charged lawyer Michael Sussman over a statement during a Sept. 19, 2016 meeting between Sussmann and the then-FBI general counsel, James Baker, at which Sussman told Baker about suspicions relating to alleged secret communications between the Trump campaign and Russia. The suspicions were later determined to be unfounded.

According to the indictment, "During the meeting, Sussmann lied about the capacity in which he was providing the allegations to the FBI. Specifically, Sussmann stated falsely that he was not doing his work on the aforementioned allegations ‘for any client,’ which led the FBI General Counsel to understand that Sussmann was acting as a good citizen merely passing along information, not as a paid advocate or political operative."

"In fact, Sussmann acted on behalf of specific clients, namely a U.S. Technology Industry Executive, a U.S. Internet Company, and the Hillary Clinton Presidential Campaign.”

The indictment says the lie was material because it misled the FBI “about the political nature of his work.”...

There were many resignations during the Trump administration and under former AG Barr. It is appropriate to bring those that worked with the Mueller investigation back or at least invite them to send any comments that might bring more information to the Department of Justice as to a swiftly closed investigation that never left the DRAFT form.

September 11, 2020

By Edward H. Mahoney

Federal prosecutor Nora Dannehy, (click here) a top aide to U.S. Attorney John H. Durham in his Russia investigation, has quietly resigned — at least partly out of concern that the investigative team is being pressed for political reasons to produce a report before its work is done, colleagues said.

Dannehy, a highly regarded prosecutor who has worked with or for Durham for decades, informed colleagues in the U.S. Attorney’s office in New Haven of her resignation from the Department of Justice by email Thursday evening. The short email was a brief farewell message and said nothing about political pressure, her work for Durham or what the Durham team has produced, according to people who received it....

What is Macron talking about? This will make democracies stronger.

25 August 2021

NATO and Australia (click here) have been engaged in dialogue and cooperation since 2005. Australia is one of a range of countries beyond the Euro-Atlantic area, often referred to as “partners across the globe”.

In a joint political declaration in June 2012, NATO and Australia signalled their commitment to strengthening cooperation.2013, work continues to advance the relationship through an Individual Partnership and Cooperation Programme. This agreement was renewed in 2019....

Australia has been a really good friend to the USA. It has acted as an extension of NATO for a least a decade. Australia was in Afghanistan when the war was still taking casualties and Australians died there. I guess the EU wasn't represented and it has Macron angry as one of the five legal nuclear nations.

Maybe Macron is worried that other democracies will have USA technology without France benefitting from it. Why can't there be French partners observing and assisting if necessary in all the plans for updating Australia's navy?

September 16, 2021
By Roger Cohen and Michael D. Shear

Furious over President Biden’s announcement (click here) of a deal to help Australia deploy nuclear-powered submarines, French officials in Washington on Thursday angrily canceled a gala at their Washington embassy to protest what they called a rash and sudden policy decision that resembled those of former President Donald J. Trump.

The event commemorating the “240th Anniversary of the Battle of the Capes,” which was to have taken place Friday evening at the French embassy and aboard a French frigate in Baltimore, will not happen, according to the official. France’s top naval officer, who had traveled to Washington for the event celebrating their navy’s help with America’s battle for independence in 1781, will return to Paris early instead.

The gala’s cancellation was an immediate reflection of the rage felt among French officials and diplomats in the wake of the submarine deal, which Mr. Biden announced at the White House on Wednesday with the leaders of Australia and Britain joining virtually....

Another South Carolina lawyer with no respect for the rule of law to the point of self-assassination attempt.

The State of South Carolina contributes less than 1 percent to the USA GDP which is garnered from tourism centered around Myrtle Beach, Charleston, and Hilton Head. They call that an economy?

Previous to the Child Tax Credit for all USA families, South Carolina was enjoying a 22 percent poverty rate for families with over 300,000 children in those families. The percentage of Black children (43%) and Hispanic/ Latino children (45%) in poverty is about three times the percent of white children (15%). The state is no different from other impoverished southern states can't seem to get any real economic strength. South Carolina is dependent on federal dollars to support it's population and that is especially true of minority people (click here). Then an attorney can't pay his bills and hires an assassin to bring in his insurance money.  Should there be insurance in South Carolina greater than the annual earnings of any person?

Where are the ethical investigations into the grossly bad politics in that state? Lawyers such as this should not have their law licenses. Murdaugh has obvious mental health issues and I am not sure that is true for many others that simply find oppression a way to manage minorities within states favoring racism.

September 16, 2021

By Ryan W. Miller

Hampton, South Carolina - Alex Murdaugh, (click here) the prominent South Carolina lawyer at the center of multiple state investigations, turned himself into police Thursday afternoon.

Murdaugh was charged with insurance fraud, conspiracy to commit insurance fraud and filing a false police report, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division said. He was booked at the Hampton County Detention Center.

State police this week listed him as a co-defendant in a botched scheme to arrange his murder in order for his life insurance policy to be paid out to his son. Multiple death investigations, including those of his wife and youngest son, remain swirling around the case.

"I can assure you that SLED agents will continue working to bring justice to anyone involved with any criminal act associated with these ongoing investigations," Chief Mark Keel said. "The arrests in this case are only the first step in that process."...

This is absolutely magnificent in every way, especially considering General Milley's discussion with China to avert war.

There are just no reasons that can defend this decision as a poor decision. There is no trusting China and Australia is very vulnerable. There is no way China can get by without The West. 

A couple hug at Hong Kong's International Airport on July 18, 2021, the day before a deadline by the British government which allows Hong Kong residents the right to visit the UK if not eligible to enter under an existing immigration route.

The citizens of Hong Kong that understand and embrace democracy are now called "activist families." I doubt they would agree that they are activist at all. They were living legally and within the Hong Kong treaty and now they have to run for their lives. I would not call that activism which is supposed to bring enlightenment to otherwise obscure realities. The people of Hong Kong were robbed of their freedom and they are victims to China's expansionist agenda.

China is Australia's largest two-way trading partner (click here) in goods and services, accounting for nearly one third (31 per cent) of our trade with the world. Two-way trade with China declined 3 per cent in 2020, totalling $245 billion (Australia’s global two-way trade declined 13 per cent during this period). Our goods and services exports to China totalled $159 billion in 2020, down 6 per cent compared to 2019. This decline largely reflects reduced services exports as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic (down 36 per cent in 2020). A series of trade restrictive measures by China has also impacted Australian goods exports to China, which were around 7 per cent lower in the second half of 2020, compared to the second half of 2019.

China, no different than Communist Russia, has an expansionist agenda. That is all too obvious with it's movement into the ocean waters bordering the country. Then there is the vicious handling of Hong Kong (click here). And where are the complaints about Hong Kong? Taiwan is mistreated by China (click here). If it weren't for Taiwan's semiconductor company (click here), the people of Taiwan would be completely disregarded. Why would anyone believe China would not act against the freedom and government of Australia at the first opportunity. It is nonsense.

This treaty between the UK, USA, and Australia is long overdue. The nuclear-powered submarines are not armed with nuclear weapons. These are used for conventional warfare and FUELED in the only way the subs can be fueled without adding oil dependency to the country of Australia which has advocated in changes to energy due to the climate crisis for decades.

I think this is a great partnership and one that every American can and should be proud of in the Biden Presidency.