Tag: Merrick Garland

Garland Attempts to Silence Opponents, but They Will Vote

Commentary As of this writing, at least eleven the school boards associations of at least 11 states have withdrawn from the National School Boards Association. I hope the number will rise to 50. As many readers will know, the NSBA, a left-wing lobbying group, made headlines a couple of weeks ago. Merrick Garland, attorney general…


Political Lies That Can’t be Refuted

Commentary Way back in 1967, in that brief window of time between the media’s notice of the sexual revolution and its dawning awareness of second wave feminism, Hollywood made a movie called “A Guide for the Married Man,” which celebrated the joys of (male) adultery. Nowadays Tinseltown may practice it but doesn’t (usually) preach it; then…


AG Garland Defends Memo Targeting Parents After NSBA Letter Is Withdrawn

Attorney General Merrick Garland said Wednesday that it was appropriate for the Department of Justice to send a memo on school boards despite a National School Boards Association (NSBA) decision to withdraw its letter comparing parent protesters to domestic terrorists. During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Garland attempted to distance the Department of Justice (DOJ)’s memo…


AG Garland: School Board ‘Domestic Terrorism’ Letter Underpinned Decision to Launch Probe

On Oct. 4, Attorney General Merrick Garland launched an investigation into violence against educators, declaring that there has been a “disturbing spike” in threats of violence against school administrators, board members, teachers, and staff in recent months. According to information revealed on Oct. 21 during a House Committee on the Judiciary oversight hearing, Garland’s assertion…


Michigan and Virginia Parents Sue AG Garland Over Order to Investigate Violent Threats Against Teachers, School Boards

A group of parents from Michigan and Virginia has sued Attorney General Merrick Garland, alleging his recent order on investigating threats against educators misuses his office’s powers. Garland, a Biden nominee, on Oct. 4 in a memorandum directed the FBI and U.S. attorneys to draw up plans to target parents who threaten violence or attempt to…


A Politicized Administration Punishes Dissenters With ‘the Process’

Commentary As I mentioned in this space last July, the politicization of the United States’ armed forces, already underway under President Barack Obama, has been kicked into a higher gear by the Biden administration and its tame general, Mark Milley, by using the Capitol incursion of last Jan. 6 as pretext. By repeatedly and consistently…


AG Merrick Garland Has Conflict of Interest in Order of Probes Into Parents: Activists

Attorney General Merrick Garland has a conflict of interest in his order to federal officials to target parents who are suspected of intimidating, harassing, or being violent towards school staffers, activists say. Garland in an Oct. 4 memorandum directed FBI agents and U.S. attorneys to address what he described as “a disturbing spike” in such…


Thank Goodness Merrick Garland’s Not on the Supreme Court

Commentary Mitch McConnell is not always the most popular guy among conservatives or Republicans in general. Just today he’s taking incoming for caving on the short-term debt ceiling. But we can certainly score one solid A+ for him during his tenure. Back when he was majority leader, near the end of the Obama administration, he…


Department of Justice Limits Use of Chokeholds, ‘No-Knock’ Raids

Federal officers will be more limited in using chokeholds and “no-knock” raids moving forward, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday. Chokeholds cannot be used against a person unless officers believe that person poses an imminent danger of death or serious physical injury to an officer or another person, federal law enforcement agencies were told in…


DOJ Exploring Ways to ‘Challenge’ Texas Pro-Life Law

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is looking into ways it can challenge a new law in Texas that makes illegal abortions done after a fetal heartbeat is detected, according to Attorney General Merrick Garland. Garland disclosed the effort as he emphasized that federal authorities will crack down on anybody who seeks to use violence or intimidation to…