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1. Garland has a full page website at Federalist Society.

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Mon Feb 16, 2026, 09:06 PM

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'Nuf said?

https://fedsoc.org/bio/merrick-garland

On edit: corrected to Federalist Society (from Heritage Foundation). Apologies for error.

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Garland has a full page website at Federalist Society. SheltieLover 19 hrs ago #1

We have to understand our own complicity. OAITW r.2.0 19 hrs ago #3

No idea. Maybe deal eps cut? SheltieLover 19 hrs ago #10

Maybe because for some incomprehensible reason Dem presidents appoint pukes to AG & FBI? SheltieLover 19 hrs ago #13

Because Democrats are not qualified to be in law enforcement dalton99a 19 hrs ago #17

Riiiiight. SheltieLover 19 hrs ago #19

What year did we get the internet? BidenRocks 17 hrs ago #59

OMG. That's disgusting. Scrivener7 19 hrs ago #7

Yup, sure is. SheltieLover 19 hrs ago #8

And extremely disappointing ... I'll leave it at that. KPN 17 hrs ago #47

Do you have a URL for that? Disaffected 18 hrs ago #28

Sorry. It's the Federalist Society. Here is link. SheltieLover 17 hrs ago #55

We never had control Mr. Evil 17 hrs ago #52

Ghislaine Maxwell was still being charged. mysteryowl 17 hrs ago #53

same reason why Obama / Biden let 'em get away with lying their way into a WAR Skittles 19 hrs ago #2

How were they constrained, IYHO? OAITW r.2.0 19 hrs ago #4

they WEREN'T constrained Skittles 17 hrs ago #48

Epstein was already dead by 2020, and Maxwell's trial was pending. Ocelot II 19 hrs ago #5

OK, why no action after 2021? OAITW r.2.0 19 hrs ago #6

Because her appeal was still pending? Joinfortmill 18 hrs ago #34

That's not a reason iemanja 16 hrs ago #61

Ty for clarifying SheltieLover 19 hrs ago #14

I appreciate this response and I find it accurate kwolf68 18 hrs ago #30

Might interfere with pending/future charges/trials Joinfortmill 18 hrs ago #36

I applaud your calm and cool response BaronChocula 18 hrs ago #41

Exactly! Ocelot II 17 hrs ago #43

Thank you! betsuni 17 hrs ago #49

It didn't have the high profile it does now iemanja 16 hrs ago #63

Correct EXCEPT BaronChocula 16 hrs ago #67

This message was self-deleted by its author MichMan 15 hrs ago #68

The goal of blaming Democrats: they believe in rule of law/the system but the system is irrevocably corrupt betsuni 17 hrs ago #46

I'm not sure OP was talking about releasing the Maxwell files as much as keeping the issue alive. Ilikepurple 17 hrs ago #56

TY for posting the actual Legal Aspects Cha 17 hrs ago #58

They wanted to win on more pressing issues than Epstein, which some felt didn't matter after he got away ... marble falls 19 hrs ago #9

I am glad that this is a conversation that's happening without being hijacked. It's an important question. Scrivener7 19 hrs ago #11

See Ocelot's post 6 above SheltieLover 19 hrs ago #15

I can think of a few issues Raven123 19 hrs ago #12

Your response makes a lot of sense. OAITW r.2.0 18 hrs ago #24

What do you mean? tintinvotes 19 hrs ago #16

I think we ran out of time and, somehow, Trump got elected(?) again. OAITW r.2.0 19 hrs ago #20

I don't know why people don't know ... Whiskeytide 18 hrs ago #23

This is the context I appreciate. OAITW r.2.0 18 hrs ago #25

What if Merrick Garland is in the Epstein Files? OAITW r.2.0 19 hrs ago #18

If Garland were in the files... sheshe2 18 hrs ago #22

That would be too juicy, not to expose. OAITW r.2.0 18 hrs ago #26

The Maxwell appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court in 2025. Chemical Bill 18 hrs ago #21

I guess this is the ultimate takeaway. OAITW r.2.0 18 hrs ago #29

And we have, in the past, bent over backward to prevent them from whining. Scrivener7 8 hrs ago #76

TBF, they inherited a global crisis and thousands of Americans dying each week. viva la 18 hrs ago #27

Agree Deminpenn 18 hrs ago #40

The DOJ was not fighting COVID. We had other governmental departments whose job that was. THIS was the DOJ's job. Scrivener7 8 hrs ago #75

My understanding is Presidents stay out of ongoing investigations. Joinfortmill 18 hrs ago #31

Our side does. OAITW r.2.0 18 hrs ago #32

The irony of course is that right wing media (prior to Trump 2.0) progressoid 17 hrs ago #57

Because in 2020, krasnov was president. niyad 18 hrs ago #33

Fix to 2021. Thanks. OAITW r.2.0 18 hrs ago #35

There were far more pressing things going on in the country, like the pandemic. n/t valleyrogue 18 hrs ago #37

Ted Lieu: "Merrick Garland dropped the ball." BeyondGeography 18 hrs ago #38

Impossible! Orrex 17 hrs ago #44

The important thing is that Garland avoided the appearance of a politcal agenda. Orrex 18 hrs ago #39

The mistake with Garland was Deminpenn 18 hrs ago #42

You have to hand it to Garland. AloeVera 16 hrs ago #62

Exactly iemanja 16 hrs ago #64

i believe the situation demanded that we do that - we were historically and catastrophically negligent samsingh 17 hrs ago #45

Perhaps the Intelligence links SamuelTheThird 17 hrs ago #50

DOJ used to be independent under Biden Johnny2X2X 17 hrs ago #51

But that leaves the question: knowing what he knew, and he must have known, why did Garland not reveal something Scrivener7 8 hrs ago #71

I don't think he knew as much as we think Johnny2X2X 8 hrs ago #72

They had the Epstein files. He should have known. He should have been briefed on what was in them, and that Scrivener7 8 hrs ago #73

It took a literal act of Congress to get it released Johnny2X2X 7 hrs ago #77

Maxwell's trial didn't end till the end of 2021 zorbasd 17 hrs ago #54

They did not have to pause iemanja 16 hrs ago #65

The DOJ was not fighting Covid. The courts and court business continued just as other businesses continued. Scrivener7 8 hrs ago #74

Cost of EGGS lrucks1952 17 hrs ago #60

What MAGA thought had nothing to do iemanja 16 hrs ago #66

I ask myself that all the time DET 14 hrs ago #69

The files were sealed, because of the Maxell conviction and appeal standingtall 13 hrs ago #70