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onenote

(45,608 posts)

6. Nope.

Reply to malaise (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 05:27 PM

Aug 21

Not going to happen. Nor should it. First, it was a case of first impression. Second, her appointment was valid from late March until July 1. Third, if accepting an invalid appointment was grounds for being disbarred, then the three Obama recess appointees to the NLRB and Richard Cordray to the Consumer Financial Protection Board -- all held to be unlawful by the Supreme Court -- should have been disbarred.

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