Merrick Garland Plays Dumb on a DOJ Atrocity

There is no doubt that he grasps how wrong he is.

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Attorney General Merrick Garland testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021.

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Merrick Garland turns out to be a political hack.

The attorney general very much enjoys his reputation as a distinguished former federal appellate judge and wants to be seen in his current incarnation as a wise, moderate progressive. Those types, we should know by now, are always progressives first. Their “moderation” reflects not skepticism about statist goals but awareness of the need to maintain political viability by not overdoing the pace of Change! It is a moderation too feeble, too blah, to temper the passionate self-righteousness, extortionate tendencies, and deep pockets of the Bolshevik Left that now dominates the Democratic Party.

Andrew C. McCarthy

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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