#4
The Supremes are beginning to act with some wisdom. The decision regarding the penalty vs tax decision on ACA(ObamaCare)was a debacle. They should have driven a nail in that coffin then. Three good decisions in a row, NLRB recess appointments, Hobby Lobby and religious beliefs, and SEIU union decision. Can't say much for the liberals on the court; they marched in lock step with the Donk talking points and agenda on the last two decisions. However, they did go along on the NLRB decision.
#5
In my read, it was narrowly applied to smaller family owned companies not publicly traded corporations which Hobby Lobby is rather than say Walmart.
In the labor case, the state of Corruption Illinois had forced independent home care providers into unions and thus the extraction of protection money and reelection kickback union dues. The court left open the issue when dealing with full time traditionally classified government workers.
Posted by: Deacon Blues ||
06/30/2014 15:10 Comments ||
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#10
So Hobby Lobby employees can't get four types of abortion pills free, but do get 16 other types of the Pill for free. Just think this had to go all the way to the SC to decide that religious rights are covered in the Constitution.
A prime example of a First World Problem politicized and lawyered up to death.
Posted by: regular joe ||
06/30/2014 15:33 Comments ||
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#11
The Amish have long been exempted from military service due to their religious beliefs. The public funding of genocide as a birth control mechanism is permissible for Ginsberg and the other liberals. Strange, very strange.
#14
The wholesale slaughter of innocent people [Jews, the elderly, women and children] was a convenient outcome for some during the 20th Century as well. Why is the connection so illusive ?
#15
Hey - how about starting a Constitutionalist Religion?
Or maybe the Church of the Productively Employed? Attend 4-5 days a week, so much more religious than those others. Of course, government workers wouldn't qualify.
#16
"Might be a good idea, Iblis. But you'd have to go to church every Sunday to prove that you are sincere."
Sincerity is not an issue. As for worship, didn't Franklin say that beer is proof there is a God and that he loves us? I feel a spiritual moment coming on...
The attorney for embattled former IRS official Lois Lerner said that Republicans are denigrating an innocent woman for purely partisan purposes.
In an exclusive interview with Candy Crowley, attorney William Taylor said it's "convenient" for the GOP to suggest that Lerner's computer crash means something "nefarious" was going on. He said, "This is election-year politics. It's convenient to have a demon that they can create and point to."
Taylor said Lerner walked into her office one day and her computer screen was blue. Her hard drive had crashed. He said, "The truth is this was one of those things that happened. At the time she did everything she could to retrieve it. She reported it right away. And that's all there is to it."
Taylor said the reason he advised his client to plead the Fifth Amendment was because "there was no pretense that this would be a fair process" in the investigation led by Rep. Darrell Issa.
Issa said that Taylor "has said things that are not correct, or disingenuous or outright lied a number of times, it's been shown by e-mails. (An) attorney trying to get his client off the hook after flubbing and taking the fifth certainly will say and do a lot of things. But they're not held accountable."
Taylor maintained his client's innocence on all fronts, insisting that from the start "(Republicans') only purpose to have her there is to vilify her."
He said, "She has to go on living her life. She's been made to be a villain in a way that's very, very unfair."
#2
If the IRS had implemented anything remotely resembling a reasonable, functional and reliable data retention policy any "blue screen" on end user equipment would be totally irrelevant.
If Mr Taylor is telling the truth then the logical conclusion is that the IRS does not keep an archive documenting its activities in any meaningful way.
#4
You bet your ass they archive & have a(n electronic) document retention policy of W-2's, 1099's and the like - seven years in those cases. Any other excuse is 1,000% horseshit.
The next time it comes up with an IRS revenue agent, I'm going to use this 'lost the documents' excuse on behalf of one of my clients whilst mentioning Lois Lerner getting a pass with same. I'll let y'all know how the federal hack reacts to that one, like you really need to guess...
#6
At first, Slientbrick, I thought you had mis-typed "treason", but now I'm not so sure...
Posted by: Bobby ||
06/30/2014 7:43 Comments ||
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#7
Like all political lies, this is true in one sense. If she hadn't been caught breaking the law (after the fact), they wouldn't be bothering her. Bear in mind, the memos about the activities in question came out after the hard drives were allegedly damaged. So, she's basically set up on a paper crime.
The whole point of this was to smother the investigation, let her take her retirement, and go back to a 'no problems here' front. What they're basically admitting is that it's real easy for any supervisor in the IRS to single out anybody at random for persecution, and there aren't any checks in place to stop them. (Which people have been saying for years, but we're always told "it can't happen".
Posted by: ed in texas ||
06/30/2014 7:45 Comments ||
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#8
Attorney: Lerner John Mitchell vilified by GOP Democrats out of convenience
Remember - One set of rules for me, another set of rules for thee.
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In an exclusive interview with Candy Crowley, attorney William Taylor said it's "convenient" for the GOP to suggest that Lerner's computer crash means something "nefarious" was going on.
#12
Would the alleged 'hard drive crashes' at least represent 'material evidence" under the law ?
Material Evidence: Such evidence as is material to question in controversy and which must necessarily enter into the consideration of the controversy and which by itself or in connection with other evidence is determinative of the case.
#13
$1,000,000.00 ($1 Million Dollars) Texas Rep Gohmert wants to reward any IT guy confidentially would get a geeks attention. Guaranteed. Pass the Bounty Bill.
#14
Five years ago, Sonasoft promoted its data-retention services by claiming that the IRS trusted the company to back up its servers, and the agency contracted with Sonasoft for something until 2011. Last week, however, Sonasoft backed away from its 2009 claims, and now says that the contract never included services that would have archived e-mail servers.
Very suspicious.
Posted by: Deacon Blues ||
06/30/2014 12:18 Comments ||
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#16
#13, that sort of fails without adding tax free (cause you know who's going to go after the weasel informant) and relocation to a country of his/her choice.
#17
Did the computer EVR have a crash BEFORE the current troubles, No. Then arrest her and try her for "Willfull Computer Tampering" bet the computer won't crash again.
Posted by: Redneck Jim ||
06/30/2014 16:01 Comments ||
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#18
I'd like to see Sonasoft prosecuted for a violation of Truth in Advertising laws.
Posted by: Deacon Blues ||
06/30/2014 19:25 Comments ||
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#19
I thought I had typed treason actually. And in a way, it is treason. By their failure to properly keep records in accordance to the law, they are undermining the government of the United States. So if they can't cough up the emails, they should be punished. How about this if death is too much...one year in jail for every day they fail to turn over the emails.
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