Litman: William Barr's a danger to democracy. He channels what the president wants (via latimesopinion)
Atty. Gen. William Barr defends the aggressive federal law-enforcement response to protests, including in Portland, Ore.As protests against federal agents grow in Portland, Black activists worry their message is getting lostIt’s no secret that the Democrats in Congress view Barr as Mephistopheles — dishonest, partisan, corrupt, even racist. He did nothing Tuesday to try to revise that view; in fact, he seemed indifferent to it.
For example, when he defended the highly unusual deployment of federal agents in Portland, Ore., Barr described a “Batman"-like dystopia in which a few U.S. marshals were beset night after night by a marauding horde of uncontrollable professional anarchists. If that were accurate, it would be hard to quibble with sending in the feds.
But Barr claims that Congress has delegated to the Commerce Department an ability to advance an Orwellian definition of “inhabitant.” He called it an “arguable position.” It isn’t arguable; it’s wrong.
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