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White House, Trump family slam impeachment witness for 'classless' Barron Trump reference

[WASHINGTONTIMES] The White House Wednesday slammed a constitutional scholar for referencing 13-year-old Barron Trump during the House Judiciary Committee’s impeachment hearing.

Pamela Karlan, a Stanford law professor, was asked how the powers of a president differ from that of a British king.

Ms. Karlan said kings had virtually unlimited authority while the Constitution limits presidential powers. To illustrate her point, she referenced President Trump’s son, Barron.

"The Constitution says there can be no titles of nobility, so while the president can name his son Barron, he can’t make him a baron," Ms. Karlan said to laughter and applause in the hearing room.

But the White House wasn’t amused. The Trump campaign questioned why the president’s son was fodder for the hearing, but not Hunter Biden. President Trump pressing the Ukraine president to probe Hunter Biden’s ties to a Ukrainian gas company has been at the center of the impeachment inquiry.

White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham also criticized the comment.

"Classless move by a Democratic ’witness," she said via Twitter. Prof Karlan uses a teenage boy who has nothing to do with this joke of a hearing (and deserves privacy) as a punchline. And what’s worse, it’s met by laughter in the hearing room. What is being done to this country is no laughing matter."

Later in the hearing, Rep. Matt Gaetz scolded Ms. Karlan for her comment.

"When you make a little joke about the president’s 13-year-old son, it does not make you look credible, it makes you look mean," the Florida Republican said.

Posted by Fred 2019-12-05 00:33|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 Speaking of amusing biographical tidbits... Wikipedia alleges that Karlan's partner "is currently a lecturer at Stanford Law School, where she teaches courses that combine law and fiction writing."

Posted by Spanky Munster1456 2019-12-05 06:58|| 2019-12-05 06:58|| Front Page Top

#2 And speaking of 2020 "All in the Family" re-hashes set at prestigious California law schools... "Two Ls!"

Posted by Spanky Munster1456 2019-12-05 07:03|| 2019-12-05 07:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Ms. Karlan said kings had virtually unlimited authority

She maybe a lawyer but she is historically ignorant.
Charles I literally lost his head over his transgression of separation of powers. Parliament said they could only levy and raise taxes. Charles disagreed. The resultant civil war still lives with us today in so many way and its consequences were woven into our Constitution because it was written by former British subjects.

Credentialed not educated.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-12-05 07:59|| 2019-12-05 07:59|| Front Page Top

#4 And the Shitshow
keeps rolling
along

First Schifferbrains the aspiring Hollywood screenwriter scripts his own fake call transcript.

Now we have a lesb!an law professor and wannabe cable TV megacontract talking head lecturing us with junk pseudo-history.

We are ruled by morons.,

Posted by Lex 2019-12-05 09:27|| 2019-12-05 09:27|| Front Page Top

#5 Sounds like her thinking isn't too magna

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-12-05 09:37|| 2019-12-05 09:37|| Front Page Top

#6 Did anyone ask the perfesser to clarify for the girls & boys the origins of the term star chamber?

Posted by Lex 2019-12-05 10:11|| 2019-12-05 10:11|| Front Page Top

#7 Karlan did everything possible to hide her hate, then like a rose in the desert, her hate shined down for all to see...

Posted by 49 Pan 2019-12-05 12:32|| 2019-12-05 12:32|| Front Page Top

#8 Bitter, spiteful bitch. Her testimony should be stricken from the record because she impeached herself with her obvious bias and hatred.

Further, this little comment was obviously rehearsed and set up by this little softball:

It all started in response to a question from Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee. “So, kings could do no wrong because the king's word was law. And contrary to what President Trump has said, Article 2 does not have--give him the power to do anything he wants,” she said.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-12-05 14:06|| 2019-12-05 14:06|| Front Page Top

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