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BaronChocula

(3,376 posts)
Thu Nov 30, 2023, 03:55 PM Nov 2023

Senate GOP stages hearing walkout to protest Supreme Court-related subpoenas [View all]

Source: The Hill

Tempers exploded at a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting Thursday before Democrats voted to subpoena a major conservative donor and a prominent conservative activist linked to the Supreme Court’s ethics scandals.

The Republican members of the committee stormed out of the hearing room in the Hart Building shortly before Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) called a vote on authorizing the subpoenas.

The meeting came after weeks of partisan fighting among members of the Judiciary Committee over plans to subpoena conservative donor Harlan Crow and activist Leonard Leo, the co-chairman of the Federalist Society, in response to reporting by ProPublica that revealed the two men played roles in taking conservative Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito on luxury vacations.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4335581-senate-gop-stages-hearing-walkout-to-protest-supreme-court-related-subpoenas/



Magas circling the wagons to preserve corruption of the Old White American Order.
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They were probably disappointed Mr.Bill Nov 2023 #1
Yea no surprise here. bluestarone Nov 2023 #2
This!! PortTack Nov 2023 #3
Lock the doors and change the combinations. usonian Nov 2023 #4
haha AllaN01Bear Nov 2023 #6
a nerve got hit. well whah. snork AllaN01Bear Nov 2023 #5
Lindsey "I think I'm going to Cry" Graham and his Murderer's Row of chickenshits make a valiant stab at drama. SalamanderSleeps Nov 2023 #7
I'm thinking more like kindergartners KS Toronado Nov 2023 #16
"It's like they never left high school." Middle School is more likely.... Evolve Dammit Nov 2023 #17
Look, let's be reasonable. OldBaldy1701E Nov 2023 #8
There won't be impeachments ExWhoDoesntCare Nov 2023 #21
Oh FUCK 'em. calimary Nov 2023 #9
Like cockroaches scurrying away when you shine the lights on them.... DemocraticPatriot Nov 2023 #10
Get lost, losers NBachers Nov 2023 #11
So was there a quorum? summer_in_TX Nov 2023 #12
Arguable. But some rule allowed them to authorize Durbin to issue the subpoenas. . ancianita Nov 2023 #14
They had a quorum to start the hearing. Them walking out could be construed as not voting. Angleae Nov 2023 #25
They know they're about to be exposed in every way, shape, form and fashion. onecaliberal Nov 2023 #13
The same thing's happening in Argentina, as synchronicity would have it - and for the same reasons peppertree Nov 2023 #15
He wants to be a dicktator and retribution Pres for life in the worst way. Buckle up. nt Evolve Dammit Nov 2023 #18
Exactamundo. He likes palling with 3rd world authoritarians like Macri, because that's his model of governance peppertree Nov 2023 #20
Indeed. SCOTUS in their current makeup is pretty f'ing scary. They will determine our direction, Evolve Dammit Nov 2023 #22
How interesting. How did you learn all this? mahina Dec 2023 #32
Jealous I'm guessing The Bopper Nov 2023 #19
After watching that video Durbin looked out-of-it or in a fog. Does he have memory problems? nt Hotler Nov 2023 #23
Oh, those poor snowflakes. republianmushroom Nov 2023 #24
Incoming House subpoena for George Soros in... LudwigPastorius Dec 2023 #26
Their naked aggression The Wizard Dec 2023 #27
That's theater to protect GOP donors and look at how hard we tried to keep you secret bucolic_frolic Dec 2023 #28
Giant snowflake size right up there with refusing to let Hunter testify. -nt sarchasm Dec 2023 #29
They have to emulate nwduke Dec 2023 #30
Statement from Texas Democratic Party LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2023 #31
Were they chanting? tonekat Dec 2023 #33
"This is an outrageous attempt to target private citizens without any legitimate legislative purpose," Cornyn Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2023 #34
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