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Graham opposes censuring Schumer over Supreme Court quote, worries it could lead to censure of Trump
CNN ^ | Updated 4:18 PM ET, Thu March 5, 2020 | By Ted Barrett and Clare Foran,

Posted on 03/06/2020 3:04:36 PM PST by conservative98

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To: Zathras

Just as I tried to tell all the believers in a “new” Lindsay that he would.


41 posted on 03/06/2020 3:45:49 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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Yeah, that’s a shocker, that Graham would protect one of his Senate Frat Bros.

As much of a shock as you would get from a half volt at one microamp.


42 posted on 03/06/2020 3:48:10 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: conservative98

What a squish.


43 posted on 03/06/2020 3:49:18 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
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To: conservative98

A presidential censure is the equivalent of a note home to mother!


44 posted on 03/06/2020 3:50:58 PM PST by Reily
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To: conservative98
Disappointing once again from Graham, if he's trying to claim moral equivalence between DJT suggesting recusal with Schumer threatening the justices with "they won't know what hit them."

Schumer's comments are unprecedented whereas every pol has criticized SC decisions.

the New York Sun recommends drastic action, implemented by the SC itself.

Title 18 is the part of our federal law that deals with criminal matters, and section 401 grants courts the power to punish contempt. The Nine could move against the senator sua sponte, meaning on the court’s own motion, by issuing a heavy fine, say, or seizing his law license, or worse.

..... the plain language of Section 401 says that “a court of the United States shall have power to punish by fine or imprisonment, or both, at its discretion, such contempt of its authority, and none other, as . . .” Then it lists the contempts that would open an individual to sanctions.

One is “misbehavior of any person” in the court’s “presence or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice”; two is “misbehavior” of “any” of the court’s “officers” in “their official transactions”; and three is “disobedience or resistance” to the court’s “lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree, or command.” So it looks like Mr. Schumer is in jeopardy of contempt in all three categories, including, because he’s a lawyer, the second one involving court officers.

45 posted on 03/06/2020 3:51:14 PM PST by chiller (As Davey Crockett once said: Be sure you're right. Then go ahead. I'm goin' ahead.)
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To: conservative98

Senator Graham needs to find his gonads.


46 posted on 03/06/2020 3:54:51 PM PST by Tudorfly (All things are possible within the will of God.)
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To: conservative98

Censure is pointless. Like most of what Senators do, just grandstanding and circular jerkulation.


47 posted on 03/06/2020 4:09:21 PM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: conservative98

Chuckie should have just threatened to hire hit men to take out any misbehaving Justices that voted the wrong way. After all, Trump had said stuff, so logically Chuckie had a “reasonable” excuse to threaten murder. I mean...It’s all Trump’s fault for goodness sake.


48 posted on 03/06/2020 4:10:35 PM PST by Sir Bangaz Cracka (wHAT A HOT STEAMING LOAD.)
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To: conservative98; All

Censure? What a joke. The Secret Service should have arrested and cuffed Schumer on the spot and thrown him in jail. Delay his hearing until after the November election.


49 posted on 03/06/2020 4:11:16 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

I’m picking up on that. LOL.


50 posted on 03/06/2020 4:11:20 PM PST by Rastus
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To: mass55th; All

Yup. Trump should ask Mark Levin to get involved in legal matters. Everyone else is a politically correct sissy.


51 posted on 03/06/2020 4:13:40 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: conservative98

I am not disturbed when someone criticizes the courts. It is a branch of government just like the other two, and the other two do not spare criticism of each other. The court therefore should not be sacrosanct.

However, criticism of the court, which Trump has justifiably done, is totally different from threatening justices on the court by name, which is what Schumer did.

Lindsay Graham is pathetic.


52 posted on 03/06/2020 4:25:08 PM PST by odawg
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To: MeganC

Chuck Schumer D-N.Y. threatened Justice Gorsuch and Kavanaugh. I believe his threat implied violence towards the Supreme Court Justices.
There has already been violence against Trump supporters, violence against the Republican baseball team resulting in severe injuries to Steve Scalise R-La., Antifa Violence against journalist Mr.Ngo, violence against students on college campuses by Democrats, etc. The perps are all supporters of Chuck Schumer. Is this the price the Justices will face from Chuck Schumer and his gang.
It seems that my Senator Lindsey Graham thinks Chuck Schumer’s words and actions are okey-donkey. I am Brooklyn born and would not ever consider threatening anyone, as Brooklyn born Chuck Schumer did.


53 posted on 03/06/2020 4:26:25 PM PST by Yolanda (Jussie Smollett hoax)
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To: conservative98

“I don’t want to start censuring everybody,”


Damn right Lindsey. Don’t make them mad! Don’t make them mad!

I am so sick of this appeasement BS!

Pelosi shreds the State of the Union address....nothing

Schitt commits perjury multitudes of times...nothing

Schumer goes to the Steps of the Supreme Court and threatens physical violence on two Justices! .....NOTHING!

(bad words) you, Lindsey!


54 posted on 03/06/2020 4:39:10 PM PST by Captain7seas (UN EXIT!)
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To: Tudorfly

“Senator Graham needs to find his gonads.”

His husband probably has them locked up in a lock box


55 posted on 03/06/2020 4:54:14 PM PST by 2CAVTrooper (Political Science degrees, so easy Obama has one.)
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To: conservative98

Hes a snake and not to be trusted.


56 posted on 03/06/2020 5:08:48 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: conservative98
We have a Mexican standoff. (Is that racist?)

The House will censure Trump, and, the Senate will censure UpChuckie. (I am going to have to retire UpChuckie, he is Jack Sh!t.)

57 posted on 03/06/2020 5:19:35 PM PST by depressed in 06 (60 in '20. Now, more than ever! (61, I didn't take into account Mittens.))
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To: 2CAVTrooper

Somebody took them at a 1-26 rest stop.


58 posted on 03/06/2020 5:48:40 PM PST by sport
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To: conservative98

“...they’re going to want to censure Trump...”

That is a poor excuse for not doing what is right.


59 posted on 03/06/2020 6:35:43 PM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: Colo9250

The entire GOPe Senate are cowards. Every damn one of them.


60 posted on 03/06/2020 7:28:05 PM PST by abbastanza
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