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Sunday, May 21st, 2017

 Sheriff David Clarke Is Determined to Suspend Habeas Corpus and Shred the Bill of Rights

Author:     John Nichols
Source:     The Nation
Publication Date:     19 May 17
 Link:  Sheriff David Clarke Is Determined to Suspend Habeas Corpus and Shred the Bill of Rights
Stephan:   Here's another Trump zombie. When I first saw Sheriff Dave with his fake medals, and bully boy affect, I just thought him sad. I could not imagine anyone seriously considering him for a significant post. And that was reinforced when, a little later, I read that he plagiarized much of his master's thesis. Of course he did, he's one of those pious, sanctimonious bullies who think they are above the law. Lo and behold he is about to take a senior position in the Trump administration. As if that were not bad enough, he doesn't like the most fundamental principle of the American legal system, Habeas Corpus, and wants to change it, jail journalists, and more or less put the Bill of Rights aside. Here's the story.

 

David Clarke Jr. at an NRA convention in Louisville, Kentucky.
Credit: Mark Humphrey

Donald Trump is shredding the Constitution. But he can’t do it on his own. He needs a lot of help to advance an agenda that aggressively assaults the rule of law, the separation of powers, freedom of the press, and the basic liberties of Americans.

Trump’s got Attorney General Jeff Sessions on the job of attacking voting-rights and civil-rights protections. He’s got House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell shutting down the system of checks and balances. But the work of undermining basic liberties is a big task, even for an authoritarian president, so Trump is reportedly calling in reinforcements.

Meet Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr., an ardent ally of President Trump and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, who announced on Wednesday that he would leave his elected post to become an assistant secretary in the Trump administration’s Department of Homeland Security. Though DHS officials have so far declined to confirm the move, Clarke says, “I’m looking forward […]

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