Barr Pressed Durham To Find Flaws in Russia Investigation

 Everything we suspected about the Durham probe of the Russia investigation has been proven true by a sterling bit of journalism by New York Times reporters.

Durham, though a prosecutor with a reputation for rectitude, succumbed to Donald Trump’s importuning and the corrupt prodding of AG William Barr and tried to manufacture a false narrative that would condemn Hillary Clinton and justify the wild claims of a Deep State conspiracy spewed by Trump and Fox Network propagandists.
Durham came up with nothing other than two failed prosecutions, disaffected colleagues who resigned rather than be associated with his tainted report and a damaged reputation. Barr, notwithstanding his belated recognition of Trump’s chicanery, will leave a dark stain in the history of the Department of Justice.

The Classified Documents Fiasco

 

The Biden administration has handed Donald Trump a get out of jail free card, at least so far as the Mar-A-Largo documents case is concerned. Granted there is a vast difference between the circumstances underlying Trump’s retention of multiple top-secret documents and obstruction of their recovery and Biden’s apparently minor slip up which was speedily remedied.
The American public, the right-wing media and Republican politicians are not known for drawing fine distinctions. The sure to be raised defense of “whataboutism” will likely persuade the Justice Department to forego an otherwise slam dunk prosecution of Mr. Trump, knowing that it may be extremely difficult to convince a jury to unanimously agree that there a rational basis to treat the two matters differently

South Carolina Constitution Includes Right to Abortion

 

The satisfaction being enjoyed by supporters of a woman's right to abortion, stemming from a decision of the South Carolina Supreme Court, unfortunately, may be short-lived. The court struck down a state law which banned abortion after six weeks, finding it to be violative of the right to privacy explicitly provided for in the state's constitution.

However, the United States Supreme Court may soon render a decision that strips state courts of the power to interpret their own constitutions and confers unfettered authority upon state legislatures to do so. If the US Supreme Court so decides, abortion rights will be imperiled in a host of states and the democratic principle of separation of powers will be shattered.