President Obama is in full spin mode this morning to sell Judge Merrick Garland
to voters, including this odd tweet from the White House:
"Merrick Garland would take no chances that someone who murdered innocent Americans might go free on a technicality." —@POTUS #SCOTUSnominee
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) March 16, 2016
A “technicality” is also referred to as “due process” or “civil rights” to some. Didn’t Obama teach constitutional law or something? Or maybe he skipped the day in law school where they covered this:
"free on a technicality" is reactionary garbage, as a phrase. https://t.co/Haxfq2x0qu
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) March 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/DanRiffle/status/710138897041395712
Goddamned FASCISTS! https://t.co/zWUn3v5qDe
— IWantNothingHat (@Popehat) March 16, 2016
When politicians like @WhiteHouse (supposedly a constitutional law expert) refer to technicalities, they mean what most of us call "rights."
— IWantNothingHat (@Popehat) March 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/ad_terrorem/status/710138731341156352
"and that, son, is why we blew Abdulrahman al-Awlaki to smithereens" https://t.co/VacWiArW9X
— ryan cooper (@ryanlcooper) March 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/AdamSerwer/status/710135293844791297
I was under the mistaken impression "technicalities" were what we might call "civil rights." https://t.co/VLIq75h0x6
— Jessica Pishko (@JessPish) March 16, 2016
This messaging is a great way to end up where Garland has no political constituency supporting him. https://t.co/20daoltzm4
— Jonathan Ladd (@jonmladd) March 16, 2016
Wtf is this https://t.co/6Mb1bSJ7Ft
— Matthijs Krul (@McCaineNL) March 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/adambeaugh/status/710137455484207104
Maybe Obama wants Garland to fail? People have questions, Mr. President:
https://twitter.com/AdamTaylorBates/status/710137313544765440
https://twitter.com/patrickmustdie/status/710137094119624704
I had a dream he meant, "My SCOTUS pick will ensure that someone who is innocent should go free." Right? https://t.co/VLIq75h0x6
— Jessica Pishko (@JessPish) March 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/rford/status/710136755140296705
https://twitter.com/talldarknweirdo/status/710136660336496640
https://twitter.com/CabouJ/status/710135891633807362
Those "technicalities", as you call them are the "Due Process" and "rule of law" you pay lip service to. https://t.co/X2GGWhTH4d
— (((Keith))) (@kkaplan) March 16, 2016
I'm pretty sure this is actually from @TheOnion. President can't be that clueless, can he? https://t.co/uKRDkef0gB
— Matt Haiduk (@matthaiduk) March 16, 2016
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