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kpete

(71,994 posts)
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 05:14 PM Dec 2018

Whoa. This is a Very Big Deal. Pelosi Names Douglas N. Letter New General Counsel Of The House

The news that Doug will serve as the top lawyer for the House of Representatives means that Nancy Pelosi & other Dems will have the benefit of sterling legal advice as they advance a legislative agenda, and as they seek to impose accountability on the Trump White House/agencies.








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Whoa. This is a Very Big Deal. Pelosi Names Douglas N. Letter New General Counsel Of The House (Original Post) kpete Dec 2018 OP
Good. They have our Democracy in their hands. spanone Dec 2018 #1
They do, indeed, spanone! MaryMagdaline Dec 2018 #3
Brilliant! Thank You, Nancy and Dems! Cha Dec 2018 #2
Deliver the Letter, the sooner the better Achilleaze Dec 2018 #4
Like this graphic! calimary Dec 2018 #13
Has she been elected Speaker or is this because she was formerly speaker? underpants Dec 2018 #5
She was elected leader of the House Dems earlier this month. She's in charge of the Party taking TeamPooka Dec 2018 #22
Ok. Thanks. Nt underpants Dec 2018 #30
Technically she is "Speaker Designate Pelosi". grantcart Dec 2018 #35
Good. nt SunSeeker Dec 2018 #6
The Letter of the law will be applied malaise Dec 2018 #7
Beat me to it! DemoTex Dec 2018 #9
Yes indeed - that wrote itself malaise Dec 2018 #10
This is indeed a very big deal Gothmog Dec 2018 #8
Whoo-Hoo! FirstLight Dec 2018 #11
I'm going to start a fire just on the friction lunatica Dec 2018 #12
Wow! MyOwnPeace Dec 2018 #14
Good, it means she ain't playin. Volaris Dec 2018 #15
Bringin' out the BIG GUNS. Building the team. trof Dec 2018 #16
Constitutional expertise. Be still my heart. Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #17
Good news. gademocrat7 Dec 2018 #18
The Letter jayschool2013 Dec 2018 #19
I prefer the Joe Cocker version.... SidDithers Dec 2018 #40
I know Trumpbillies that hate her most of all... czarjak Dec 2018 #20
Rudy Giuliani vs. Doug Letter louis c Dec 2018 #21
Ah ha!! So *that's* where the best people are!!! RichardRay Dec 2018 #23
Pelosi isn't going to ask this guy to do anything illegal, unethical, etc YessirAtsaFact Dec 2018 #25
excellent gristy Dec 2018 #24
The Best News! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2018 #26
thank you both, Pelosi and Letter! Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2018 #27
I heard on CNN that she was also looking to hire a chief investigator too. BigmanPigman Dec 2018 #28
Yee haw... llmart Dec 2018 #29
How NICE to start reading POSITIVE news!!!!!! ailsagirl Dec 2018 #31
How can Pelosi do anything official? She's not yet been elected speaker, right? nt LAS14 Dec 2018 #32
The Democrats already elected her earlier in December. Haggis for Breakfast Dec 2018 #34
That was for Democratic leader. Not speaker of the house. That requires the whole house. Try to . LAS14 Dec 2018 #38
Let's see now . . . Haggis for Breakfast Dec 2018 #42
Yes, but it's not official yet. So I'm wondering how she gets to officially make hires. You're... LAS14 Dec 2018 #43
Ask yourself this Haggis for Breakfast Dec 2018 #44
From Neal Katyal Gothmog Dec 2018 #33
How will House Counsel Letter (who has made over 200 oral arguments grantcart Dec 2018 #36
This is like getting Willie Mays in his prime grantcart Dec 2018 #37
Good one! BlueJac Dec 2018 #39
House Democrats are staffing up Gothmog Dec 2018 #41

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
4. Deliver the Letter, the sooner the better
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 05:23 PM
Dec 2018

Postman, Postman, don't be slow.
Be like Elvis: go, go, go.

calimary

(81,280 posts)
13. Like this graphic!
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 06:02 PM
Dec 2018

And I LOVE our Once-and-Future Speaker of the House!

And when he delivers his snake of the union speech there she’ll be, sitting above and behind. A looming figure lurking uncomfortably close - because she’ll be in almost EVERY shot of that podium.

I personally will enjoy that vision as a partial payback for the deliberate lurking he did to Hillary during that one debate. Lurking. Menacing. Attempted intimidation. An attempt to distract the viewer. He probably knows from television that the eye will instinctively wander toward the movement in the picture.

There’ll she’ll be. Nancy Pelosi will be that potentially menacing figure looming behind him, bringing possible danger. Payback, you bastard! Eat it. Those photos that night will get all kinds of extra play, as the pundits will carry on about the metaphor in that setting.

During the State of the Union speech, what you see on display is the line of succession. President, Vice President, AND Speaker of the House. The Big Three in the worst-case scenario leadership composite. SHE’S next in line after Pence. SHE’S a full-in member of that monolithically exclusive club. The three top-tier leaders.

Get ready for commentary noting how “there’s Nancy” and what that symbolizes.

underpants

(182,814 posts)
5. Has she been elected Speaker or is this because she was formerly speaker?
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 05:26 PM
Dec 2018

Or has she been voted/named to lead the transition?

TeamPooka

(24,227 posts)
22. She was elected leader of the House Dems earlier this month. She's in charge of the Party taking
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 07:21 PM
Dec 2018

power and as such does the hires for these positions

Gothmog

(145,274 posts)
8. This is indeed a very big deal
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 05:38 PM
Dec 2018

There will be a ton of litigation on the enforcement of subpoenas next year

MyOwnPeace

(16,927 posts)
14. Wow!
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 06:09 PM
Dec 2018

Somebody to serve in our government that actually has experience - hiring nothing but the best!

Volaris

(10,271 posts)
15. Good, it means she ain't playin.
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 06:18 PM
Dec 2018

It means she wants the law as well as well as the courts on her side, and the way you get them is with a damn good atty who knows his shit. This way, when the miscreant crew in the WH gets all uppity with their fake news bullshit, Nancy and hers can take it to court, present the facts to a judge, and slam the door on the WHs collective dick.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
17. Constitutional expertise. Be still my heart.
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 06:20 PM
Dec 2018

This makes my heart beat a little faster. Sounds like a good move.

czarjak

(11,277 posts)
20. I know Trumpbillies that hate her most of all...
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 07:14 PM
Dec 2018

(And that’s a lot of hate) I’m gonna love it, BTW.

 

louis c

(8,652 posts)
21. Rudy Giuliani vs. Doug Letter
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 07:18 PM
Dec 2018

In this corner, a fucking no good rat named Rudy. In the opposing corner, a legal lion named Doug.

Let the games begin.

YessirAtsaFact

(2,064 posts)
25. Pelosi isn't going to ask this guy to do anything illegal, unethical, etc
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 07:32 PM
Dec 2018

Trump is the worst client on earth and he will do things that put his attorneys in legal jeopardy. That makes it hard to hire good attorneys.

They don't want to get indicted.

BigmanPigman

(51,593 posts)
28. I heard on CNN that she was also looking to hire a chief investigator too.
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 07:55 PM
Dec 2018

Since I see she has hired her lawyer already, I guess the investigator will quickly follow. She means business...good! Good riddance Nunes!

llmart

(15,540 posts)
29. Yee haw...
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 08:22 PM
Dec 2018

let the games begin on January 3rd. Can't wait to see the orange menace squirm when Nancy has him on the ropes. This is his worst nightmare beginning.

LAS14

(13,783 posts)
38. That was for Democratic leader. Not speaker of the house. That requires the whole house. Try to .
Sat Dec 29, 2018, 11:48 AM
Dec 2018

..keep up.

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
42. Let's see now . . .
Sat Dec 29, 2018, 11:30 PM
Dec 2018
WHAT PARTY is the MAJORITY party in the new 2019 House of Representatives . . . Oh yes, it's the Democrats, who SOLIDLY support Nancy Pelosi and have made it abundantly clear that they want her as the incoming SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. It doesn't matter what vote the republiCAN'Ts cast. It's not even relevant. But then neither are you.

LAS14

(13,783 posts)
43. Yes, but it's not official yet. So I'm wondering how she gets to officially make hires. You're...
Sun Dec 30, 2018, 09:55 AM
Dec 2018

... really not being very nice.

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
44. Ask yourself this
Sun Dec 30, 2018, 09:49 PM
Dec 2018

In FOUR days, will your question be relevant ?

Look up the expression "Forgone Conclusion."

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
36. How will House Counsel Letter (who has made over 200 oral arguments
Sat Dec 29, 2018, 01:22 AM
Dec 2018

Before appellate and the Supreme Court) ever. Be able to match the brilliant legal strategies of the likes of Sessions, Whitaker and the other nameless bozos working for the Reps.

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
37. This is like getting Willie Mays in his prime
Sat Dec 29, 2018, 01:29 AM
Dec 2018

When they had a going away party at the DOJ Chief Justice Roberts came to wish him well.
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