Alberto Gonzales’ dubious defense of Trump’s attack on Judge Curiel

Volokh Conspiracy     "Donald Trump’s claim that Judge Gonzalo Curiel, the federal judge presiding over the Trump University lawsuit is biased against him simply because he is “Mexican” has drawn nearly universal condemnation. Eugene Volokh offers a particularly thorough critique here. However, former Bush administration Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has (partially) come to Trump’s defense. Although Gonzales states that Trump was wrong to raise these issues in “a public manner,” he also claims that Trump’s accusations may have some legitimacy. His argument is less indefensible than Trump’s own. But only slightly."  

Andrew Volokh writes: No, Trump can’t get a Mexican American judge recused just because Trump wants to ‘build a wall’ to exclude illegal immigrants  . . . "First, a judge’s race, ethnicity, sex and the like aren’t grounds for recusal, even if the case directly involves questions that relate to one of those factors. Neither black nor white judges, for instance, have to recuse themselves from cases that involve alleged race discrimination by whites against blacks (or blacks against whites). Hispanic judges don’t have to recuse themselves from immigration cases that involve Hispanics or from cases that involve constitutional law, administrative law or immigration law questions that especially bear on Hispanic immigrants." . . .

Journalism, R. I. P.

Victor Davis Hanson  "For a variety of historical and cultural reasons, most of those who work in the media are progressives. They believe that government must undertake to fix an array of social maladies, such as income inequality, perceived racial and gender disparities, and the general dangerous superstitions, bad habits, and cultural baggage of those of less education than reporters, investigative journalists, and Internet and television commentators. 

"Yet sometimes simply reporting on society’s perceived ills does not offer quite a rich enough landscape in which to save humanity. And sometimes reality offers examples that confound the progressive ideology." . . .
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The prognosis of the entire article is this:

Recently, at an anti-Trump rally in San Diego, a Telemundo cameraman instructed protesters how to hold the Mexican flag to get the preferred video angle. On the other end of the journalistic spectrum, the iconic Katie Couric just released a documentary, Under the Gun, that was edited in an intellectually dishonest fashion to make it appear that clueless gun owners were stumped by a penetrating question from the narcissistic Couric — the documentary version of the disgraced Dan Rather’s fake-but-accurate National Guard memos, which were mythologized by Hollywood into the joke of a movie titled “Truth.” Couric now joins Rather, Brian Williams, Candy Crowley, and Jayson Blair in the pantheon of fallen fabulists and political operatives.

Two Americans Turn Table On Agenda Driven Univision Journalist…

"This is well worth watching.  It doesn’t need any set up, and is self explanatory for most:"

Ramadan or D-Day; which will Obama honor?

In Ramadan message, Obama takes swipe at Trump  . . . "Obama said he looks forward to hosting Muslims at the White House as the monthlong observation concludes in July." . . .

Guess What Obama Will Do to Commemorate D-Day  . . . "Today is D-Day. And what is Obama doing? He’s not somewhere honoring our veterans. He didn’t invite military leaders and veterans to the White House, instead bringing the Denver Broncos.

"This didn’t sit well with baseball great, Curt Schilling, who posted this on Facebook:

I’m now 100% convinced the President has absolutely zero concern with public opinion OR he’s subliminally telling us all to f--k off. On June 6th, 2016, the anniversary of the greatest invasion mankind has ever known, headed by our Greatest Generation, this ass invited the Denver Broncos to the White House. Screw logistics, you’re the president, you get what you want when you want it, this is again an intentional slight at our past, what an a-----e. It pains me to say things like that about our President but he clearly doesn’t give a s--t.

Remembering D-Day: then and now

I'm ashamed to recall when as a teenager how I made fun of old men who looked like this. Turns out I couldn't shine their shoes or carry their luggage. TD

Prominent Harvard Law professor: ‘The rule of law’ and ‘the First Amendment’ are ‘almost entirely without content’

Volokh Conspiracy

. . . "It’s always hard to trace the precise practical influence of academic ideas. But what are the odds that views like these have not influenced the perspective of the past couple of generations of liberal lawyers? And if Obama administration lawyers have at least a creeping suspicion that the concept of the rule of law is vacuous, and instead that law is just politics by another name as critical scholars have argued for decades, it’s easy to see how that would influence their decision-making, especially at the margins.

"And just to be clear, I think that Donald Trump does show contempt for the rule of law and the First Amendment, which I believe have plenty of “content.” In Trump’s case, I don’t think it’s a rejection of the concept of the rule of law as much as complete, willful ignorance of the principles underlying our legal system." . . .

Trump Supporter to Make Campaign Signs '10 Feet Taller' After Vandals Strike

'He's Doing a Lousy Job': Trump Rips Obama on Economy, Foreign Policy   "Donald Trump supporters in Washington state aren't backing down as vandals continue to destroy Trump campaign signs.

"Mark Nelson, a Trump supporter in Whatcom County, said that several signs have been damaged, including one that was doused with gasoline and set on fire Friday night." . . .

The Secret History: Obama Is a Nincompoop

Andrew Klavan   . . . "A while back — I can no longer locate the post — I advanced the notion that Barack Obama is a hapless schmuck. The theory was greeted with derision from both sides. Leftists, of course, were furious because it's clear to them that even their president's failures are a product of his genius. He's just too smart for the rest of us to comprehend what it is he's doing. Rightists were upset because I had offended their certainty that Obama is evil. Clearly every disaster of his administration was the result of his careful planning. He hated America so much that he had schemed and connived to lose her wars and damage her economy, and what a brilliant job he'd done.

"They were wrong. I was right. The man's a nincompoop. An economy that should be in a booming recovery has stalled. A war that was fought and won when Obama took office has to be fought all over again. The "Arab spring" has spiraled into an endless winter of discontent after the administration mishandled nearly every uprising in every nation. The most plausible explanation is neither genius nor evil, merely the incompetence of a boob." . . .

This abrasive First Couple are tearing America apart, class vs. class and race vs. race

Black Actress SLAMS Michelle Obama for Telling Graduates ‘America is Racist’  "Some things will never change: like Michelle Obama ‘encouraging’ graduates with ‘America is racist’ commencement speeches. Stacey Dash takes her down in this screed. Check it out…"

Michelle Obama addressed the graduates of Jackson State University, a historically black college in Mississippi, and capitalized on her audience by reminding them that racism is alive and well in America… because that’s encouraging to everyone’s futures, I guess.
This is par for the course, though, as her other commencement speeches are racially charged and very political, as well. But a lot of her speech this time was dedicated to defending her husband. As the Obama family approaches the end of their time at the White House, the president has been consumed with leaving behind a sterling legacy and frankly, he needs all the help he can get. And his wife went to bat for him:" . . .

This was even discussed in 2015: Here: This is the first lady of the United States that is instilling resentment into these kids for things that haven't even happened to them yet.

. . . "This is also the same woman who has is currently being sued for using taxpayer money to fund her lavish vacations.

"Clearly she is doing fine in this country that she feels has done so much harm to her."

And here:  Ann Coulter reacts to Michelle Obama taking on race in graduation speech

And you know, I think it is what you were saying, this is -- and I wrote a book about this. This is exactly as I predicted. We had finally got rid of a lot of this racial demagoguery in response to the O.J. verdict, and Obama and his enablers and the left-wing media have brought it back in order to gin up and keep a certain segment of the black community angry and voting against Republicans.

 

Now even the UK Daily Mail carries a story on the latest Bill and Hill expose'

Secret Service agent to release tell-all book about the Clinton White House and the culture that 'sickened' him
". . . 'Hillary was very rude to agents, and she didn't appear to like law enforcement or the military,' former Secret Service agent Lloyd Bulman recalled to Kessler.

" 'She wouldn't go over and meet military people or police officers, as most protectees do.

" 'She was just really rude to almost everybody. She'd act like she didn't want you around, like you were beneath her.'

"On another occasion, a member of the uniformed Secret Service once cheerfully greeted Mrs Clinton by saying 'Good morning, ma'am.'

"'F*** off,' is how she replied, according to Kessler's book.

Kessler explained in the book that when Mrs Clinton is in public, she smiles and acts graciously.

" 'As soon as the cameras are gone, her angry personality, nastiness, and imperiousness become evident,' he wrote." . . .

Show This to Anyone Who Says Hillary Is a Sane Alternative to Trump

PJ Media

"I'm all for the bad guys getting what they deserve, but the point here is that people are trying to say that this woman is the level-headed adult in the room when it comes to foreign policy. Look in those eyes and tell me there aren't more than a couple of screws loose here."

(h/t Ace of Spades HQ)

Shock Report on Jobs Signals Obama Economy Is on Brink of Recession

Larry Kudlow   "THE MAY JOBS REPORT IS A SHOCKER, WITH NONFARM PAYROLLS UP ONLY 38,000 AND PRIVATE JOBS UP A MERE 25,000. Investors and economists are making the case that this was a weird, one off, statistical glitch and that stronger employment is on the way. They might well be wrong.

"If you smooth out the numbers with a three month moving average, job increases have been slowing for five months. The three month pace in December was 281,000 jobs. In the May report, the pace nosedived to 107,000. The unemployment rate fell to 4.7%, largely because 458,000 people left the labor force. 

"This spells trouble for the economy. And if you step back and look at the whole business sector, a case can be made that the United States has been in a mild business recession for as much as a year, if not longer. 
"Take business fixed investment in equipment, software, plants, buildings, and so forth. This has been slowing for six straight quarters. It even went negative in the first quarter on a year on year basis." . . . 

Another book coming about the Clintons

Another anti-Clinton tell-all bookFor all of us who wondered what the Clintons were like in their private lives. However what passes itself off as a news article is nothing but a cheap commercial. Something like the Little Orphan Annie secret message urging little Ralphie: "Be sure to drink your ovaltine."


Former Secret Service officer Gary Byrne claims to expose the truth behind Hillary, Bill, and their public facade.
. . . "Posted directly outside President Clinton's Oval Office, Former Secret Service uniformed officer Gary Byrne reveals what he observed of Hillary Clinton's character and the culture inside the White House while protecting the First Family." . . . 

How Bernie Sanders's Socialism Funds Massive Income Inequality

American Thinker   "The next time Bernie Sanders does a sit-down interview with a major news anchor, he should be asked one simple question: why don’t you ever mention the huge one-percenter salaries and pensions given to government bureaucrats who administer socialist programs?

"After all, Bernie Sanders loves to rant against big corporations and Wall Street billionaires.  His solution is to grow government, create more bureaucracy, hire more bureaucrats, and secretly give more bonuses to socialist bureaucrats.  Today there are huge bonuses given to those who administer the hard-earned dollars of America’s middle class and poor workers.  While many are familiar with the $90,000 bonus given to the former TSA security chief, even after his TSA agents failed to detect 95% of the weapons and bombs brought through airports to test detection procedures last year, there are many people, mostly in education, who receive salaries so large they are difficult to believe." . . .