Michigan's AG Nessel Joins The ICE Tracking Bandwagon

The Detroit News:  Nessel launches ICE, fed action tracker as agency urges cooperation

Yes, the Democrat Attorney  General of a state is launching a tracker for people to report Federal immigration enforcement activity.

Again, we note that it was a most prominent Democrat, President Barack Obama, who successfully sued the states and ensured that enforcement of immigration laws is solely a federal matter.

Now why would she want a tracker?  Maybe because all these illegal aliens who support Democrats in Michigan are being removed: 

The Detroit News:  Venezuelan man accused of entering U.S. illegally arrested in Hazel Park

The Detroit News:  'Godfather of Chaldean Mafia' deported to the Middle East, attorney says

The Midwesterner: Detroit ICE raid ends in arrest of twice-deported illegal immigrant — and two agitators

The tracking will lead to more encounters like these: Bird-flipping driver pleads guilty to 'brake checking' Border Patrol van, and perhaps produce a martyr for the cause or two as Democrats believe they have a right to resist arrest after they try to obstruct immigration enforcement activities. 

What could possibly go wrong? 

AG Nessel Folds To Her Progressive Base

The Detroit Free Press: Michigan AG Dana Nessel drops all charges against U-M pro-Palestinian protesters

In yet another example of two-tier justice when Democrats are in  charge, Attorney general Dana Nessel has dropped all charges against the pro-Hamas protestors at University of Michigan.

One cannot imagine her doing so for non-leftist approved criminal acts during protests.

Since she is most likely be running for a US Senate seat this year, she had to shore up her leftist progressive base by supporting the pro-Hamas wing, and this is the result.

AG Nessel Dips Into Hawaii Case Not Even Knowing Michigan's Laws

So our Democrat Attorney general Dana Nessel, decided to join in an amicus brief supporting the appeal of the overturn of Hawaii's ban on butterfly knives, calling them exceptionally dangerous weapons (quick clue, they're not).

The Detroit Free Press: Hawaii seeks to reinstate butterfly knives ban: Nessel, attorneys general support state

Here's the fun part:  Butterfly knives are completely legal to own in Michigan, as indeed they are in most states.  As long as they are openly carried in Michigan it is perfectly legal to not just own it but carry it, too. Michigan also allows out the front automatic knives and switchblades as well, the horror.

I certainly hope it is pointed out during the appeal that this "extremely dangerous weapon" she complains about is perfectly legal to own in her own state of  Michigan - and neither has the sky fallen here nor has there been a rash of ballisong attacks.

Of course, she could try arguing that Hawaiians are either dumber, more dangerous, or criminal-prone than Michigan residents, but given Detroit and other  Democrat-dominated crime zones, methinks that argument has been dulled. Verily one would think that the court should disqualify anything she has to say on the matter on those grounds alone.

Lawfare: It's Awfully Convenient When All Sides Are Playing For The Same Team

So Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit against Michigan's 1931 law banning abortions - even though it is not in effect, has not been enforced nor even threatened to be enforced against anyone,  and thus there is no case nor controversy before the court. But that didn't stop Planned Parenthood which has sought an injunction to prevent the law that is not being enforced from possibly being enforced in the future.

"Defending" the law, but not really, is AG Dana Nessel, who is busily acceding to the Defendant;s injunction of the law and hasn't argued that it should be dismissed due to the lack of case or controversy. She has also graciously announced she will not appeal the judge's decision to place an injunction on the law. How convenient.

Considering that AG Nessel has already announced she would not enforce the law under any circumstances, before she even "defended" this case, her lack of basic legal diligence defending on behalf of the People of Michigan it is rather unsurprising.

So that's both sides working together for the same result.

Even better, the judge in the case? She's a donor to Planned Parenthood and had represented Planned Parenthood in a major case in 1997.

Gleicher disclosed early on in the case that she was an annual donor to Planned Parenthood and had represented them in the key 1997 abortion rights case. Gleicher said she could remain unbiased.

Sure, of course she could.  

By the way, that 1997 case, Planned Parenthood lost and the Court of Appeals said there was no state right to an Abortion - but in this case Judge Gelicher is now finding one and trying to ignore and get around the 1997 ruling and claim there is a such a right in the Michigan Constitution.

In short, all three players in this case, Plaintiff, Defendant, and Judge are on the same side here. That's not how this is supposed to work.

Again, this should have been dismissed outright as there is not yet any case or controversy nor any attempt to even enforce the 1931 law yet.  Instead its been heard and all players are busy working to get the same result. This is the Democrats playing with the justice system for purely political ends and

Regardless of your thoughts, feelings, or views on abortion, this is a travesty of the law and not how the court system is supposed to operate. 

Update:  It turns out not only is Nessel importantly and improperly declining to appeal, but Nessel threw the case from the outset and the fix was well and truly in from the get-go:  Michigan conservative activists want Court of Appeals to overturn abortion law injunction:

"The attorney general, who already declined to file a motion to dismiss or file a brief opposing the requested preliminary injunction on the merits, now cheers her own defeat and the Court of Claims’ purported injunction," reads a portion of the center's filing with the court of appeals.

So, she did not file a motion to dismiss for lack of a case or controversy, and she didn't even file a brief opposing the injunction. This would be called malpractice if it was any other attorney and any other client.

Dear AG Nessel: Better To Remain Silent And Be Thought A Fool Than To Speak And Remove All Doubt, And Remiove All Doubt You Did

But with Nessel there is no doubt that she is indeed a fool.  A politically useful one for mouthing Democrat talking points mind you, but a fool all the same.

An hour after it had already been announced that the terrorist in the Hostage situation at the Texas synagogue was demanding the release of a convicted Islamic terrorist, AG Nessel was busy publicly worrying the attack was a possible hate crime caused by a white supremacist.

Washington Free Beacon: Michigan’s Dana Nessel Speculates ‘White Supremacy’ to Blame for Texas Synagogue Terrorist Attack

Why exactly is our state's AG going into a hypothetical contrary to existing evidence during an actual hostage situation in another state?  Why is she (and Psaki, the media (attacker is a British citizen" - way to bury the lede, wot?), and the FBI for that matter) so quick to try to distract attention from a clearly Islamic act of terrorism?

I will note she has yet to make any correction to her inane statement nor to specifically condemn Islamic Terrorism.

At Least Smart Enough To Not Let The Fox Into The Henhouse

While Oxford schools and school officials and their policies and decisions may (or may not - it's complicated - to be discussed in another post) bear some culpability for the shooting deaths of four students at the hands of the pretty clearly mentally ill killer, they're not completely stupid.

The Detroit Free Press: Nessel: Oxford rejected offer of independent review

No kidding, you don't invite someone who can prosecute you with criminal charges into a high-profile case where people are looking for scalps to do an "independent review" of what you did or did not do.

Attorney General Nessel is rather butt-hurt by this rejection:

"I thought, 'What better agency to conduct a special review than the Michigan Department of Attorney General?' We learned, just a short while ago, that the school district has turned down our offer and it said they're going to go with a private security firm instead to conduct an internal review."

. . .

"I'm disappointed, quite honestly," Nessel said on CNN.'

Get used to disappointment there Nessel.

Yes,  it would hardly be an independent review especially when she's stating live in a tv interview that her office can helpfully bring criminal and civil charges against the people she would be "independently reviewing".

No idea at all why Oxford School officials  wouldn't jump to take that offer, right?

Given the antics and posturing of Oakland County's progressive prosecutor in this case already, adding yet another prosecuting official into the mix, who also wants to keep her name in the headlines would hardly be conducive to a true independent review of the facts and policies that may have contributed to this event.

No Surprise There - Michigan's Democrat AG Won't Investigate Dem Gov Over Nursing Home Deaths

To absolutely no one's surprise, Michigan's Attorney General Dana Nessel has announced she won't investigate Governor Half-Whit for her actions in causing the deaths of thousands of Michigan nursing home residents by ordering those nursing homes to take in coronavirus positive patients.

The Detroit News: Attorney General Nessel won't investigate Gov. Whitmer's nursing home policies

Sadly for the Dems, Gov Half-Whit lacks a sexual abuse scandal to get rid of her as is the case with Cuomo and his killing of thousands  of nursing home patients in New York with the same order.

On the plus side, the new Republican Macomb County prosecutor is calling for such an investigation and appears poised to carry one out.

The Detroit Free Press: Macomb prosecutor wants to review COVID-19 nursing home deaths for possible crimes

Of course, should a Republican retake the governorship or the Attorney general position, the Democrats have now set a precedent for criminal investigations and prosecution of governors for acts they may or may not have committed once they leave office.

Michigan's Democrat AG Prosecuting Political Enemies - What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

So our current rather partisan Democrat Attorney General Dana Nessel has decided to file criminal charges against former Republican Governor Rick Snyder over the Flint Water Crisis.

The Detroit News: Michigan plans to charge ex-Gov. Snyder in Flint water probe

Let's of course disregard how the damage in Flint was caused by the combination of factors: a rapacious Detroit Water board, local Democrats making decisions, decisions of state level bureaucrats, and bureaucrats at the EPA that advised the state and city with an erroneous and insufficient additives standard, leading to a breakdown of the protective coating in lead pipes and causing the crisis.

In short, Snyder, whatever his faults, and there were many, was not the main cause of the Flint water crisis by a long shot.

The problem of course is prosecuting your political opponents can easily backfire and this will be a bad precedent to set. Aside from the chilling effect to prevent Republicans from running for office lest they win and then get prosecuted for acts that occur during their administration, there's a flipside to this decision.

After all, the next Republican AG, to remain consistent with this precedent, must prosecute our current Governor Whitmer for her criminal negligence, if not reckless indifference causing death.  

After all, by her very hand she directly ordered nursing homes to take in those infected with Covid - those executive orders are signed by her with no layer of bureaucrats or anyone else issuing those orders.  Her issuance of that order and doubling-down on that order led directly to the deaths of thousands in those nursing homes - far many more than died or were harmed in Flint. 

Are the Democrats really stupid enough to play this game?  Do they think they will never be out of power where their own precedents can be turned against them? Stay tuned to find out.

Update:  Well, they are charging Snyder with willful neglect of duty, and the former state health director with involuntary manslaughter.   If anyone doesn't think that Both Gov. Whitmer and her Department of Health head Dr. Khaldun can't be charged with similar charges for their actions in terms of Covid and nursing homes once control of the executive branch flips they're kidding themselves.     Real nice precedent you're setting here Dems.

The Fox Has Investigated The Affair At The Michigan Henhouse, And Announced Nothing Untoward Had Occured

Surprising no one, our Democrat AG Nessel has "investigated" the act of our Democrat Governor in having one of her Democrat campaign contributors and part of her reelection apparatus given a no-bid contract for contact tracing earlier this year and has announced nothing criminal had occurred.  This, even after the governor was caught lying about having any knowledge of the contract.

The Detroit News: Nessel's office finds no evidence of criminal conduct in contact-tracing controversy

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said her office found "no evidence of criminal conduct" after investigating a state contract for tracking the spread of COVID-19 that involved a Democratic political consultant.

Nessel released a 29-page report Wednesday on her staff's inquiry into the agreement with Great Lakes Community Engagement, which is tied to Democratic consultant Michael Kolehouse.

However, the report noted that the Attorney General's Office was unable to interview three "critical individuals," including a central figure in the arrangement, Andrea Taverna, the Department of Health and Human Services' senior adviser on opioid strategy.

Taverna was in charge of developing the contact tracing program. Also, Lynn Sutfin, spokeswoman for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, and Sarah Lyon-Callo, the state's top epidemiologist, didn't agree to interviews, according to the report.

Rather interesting how "critical individuals" can avoid being interviewed regarding their conduct, thereby forestalling the investigation. Why, it's almost as if the investigators don't really want to interview them at all. That must be nice, and rather convenient, too.

Dear AG Nessel: You're A Shanda Fur Die Goyim

The Yiddish term A shanda fur die goyim is one rich in European and American Jewish History,

The polite modern translation is:  Dear Jewish idiot, you're making Jews look bad in front of non-Jews, cut it out you moron.

Ok, the expression in Yiddish, a shanda fur die goyim, literally means “a shame before the nations,” describing embarrassing behavior by a Jew where a non-Jew can witness it. 

It's letting the team down, ok?

By either definition, Michigan's Attorney General Dana Nessel qualifies as being a shanda fur die goyim, in spades.

 Daily Wire: Michigan AG Slams People Wishing ‘Merry Christmas’ After Trump Warning

Nessel wrote, “I remember the first time I was at a store with my son and an employee said ‘Merry Christmas’ to us. My son looked devastated as asked ‘Are we the only people who don’t celebrate Christmas?’ I answered ‘No, and we are just as American as everyone else.’ Glad @JoeBiden knows that.

Say what?!?  You actually tweeted such silliness?

I'm sorry, either I'd wager $20 on 'things that didn't really happen', or, Ms. Nessel, if your son really is "devastated" by someone wishing him Merry Christmas, you're doing parenting very, very wrong. 

I'm not sure if she's destroying her son as a man by fighting "toxic masculinity",  and raising him as an emasculated fragile flower, or what.  Quite simply, if a child falls apart when someone wishes them a Merry Christmas, you best toughen them up, a lot, and raise them better.  

Heck, its not like AG Nessel is an observant Jew offended by Merry Christmas. Instead, it's because she's a progressive first and a Jew as a distant second or perhaps even a distant third.

Guess what?  As a Jew I have absolutely no problem wishing Christians a Merry Christmas, I do it all the time. No harm is done by it to me, nor to the recipient of the words.  Indeed, it happens to be a nice thing to say to your Christian friends at Christmas.

Nor do I take offense, nor does any harm occur, when someone happens to say cheerfully Merry Christmas to me.  Such a cheerful departing statement happened today even, a few times no less, and nothing bad happened - at all. After all, this is a majority Christian country and it's not like I'm wearing an f'ing yellow badge to let someone know I'm not Christian -- and it's a good thing that's the case.

Someone saying Merry Christmas to you is quite simply not a cause for offense nor for you to be devastated.  Instead you smile, wish them a Merry Christmas in return, and be on your way.  This is not hard, difficult, nor in any way painful, at all. It's really quite simple.

In short AG Nessel, grow up, teach your son how to grow up, and quit being such a shanda fur die goyim.

Michigan Court Of Appeals Slaps Down Secretary Of State's Polling Place Carry Ban Appeal

That was quite an expedited denial of an appeal.

The Detroit Free Press: Michigan Court of Appeals denies Benson appeal, says open carry at polls is legal

It's pretty clear her edict banning carry at the polls was improper  and in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act and Michigan Law.

Not content to lose badly twice, AG Nasty Nessel and Secretary Benson are vowing to appeal this to the Michigan Supreme Court.

In short, who you vote for as a judge matters, as the panel here were all Republican justices, and yes, these days that matters.

Gov Half Whit And AG To Hillsdale: Your Graduation Ceremony Is Prohibited. Hillsdale To Giov And AG: You Ever Hear Of The First Amendment?

Hillsdale College had announced that they were going to do an in-person outdoor graduation ceremony for their grads, with 6 feet social distancing, masks, sanitation, the works.

Both Governor Half-Whit and our AG Nasty Nessel quickly stated such a gathering was verboten, with a capital V.

Hillsdale responded that this was a once in a lifetime event for their hardworking graduates, and hadn't the governor just been seen mask-less among hundreds of people protesting, and Hillsdale was similarly exercising their First Amendment rights to assembly and in a safer manner than the governor to boot.

The Hillsdale County Sheriff Office when asked about enforcing the Governor and AG's ban noted they had better and more important things to do than enforce the Governor's ban on such a gathering and were too busy doing actual law enforcement activities to worry about such triffles.

The graduation ceremony went ahead uninterrupted, and congrats to the grads of Hillsdale and to the college for honoring its grads in a safe manner and standing up for their constitutional rights.

The Detroit News: Hillsdale College to host in-person graduation; AG office says event is prohibited

The Detroit News: Hillsdale College holds in-person commencement, defying Whitmer, AG

Gov Half-Whit Caught Lying Yet Again

This one is more serious than the boat story,

Remember if you will, how Michigan just happened to select a no-bid contract to a major Democrat Donor firm working on her reelection campaign for contact tracing.

She the stated she had nothing to do with it, no idea how it was approved, and the whole thing was just an "Unnecessary Distraction", and tried to blame it all on underlings at the health department doing it without her knowledge.

Looks like that was a lie as well, the directives to go with the contract came form her office.

Washington Free Beacon: Internal Emails Contradict Michigan Governor’s Story on Controversial Coronavirus Contracts Whitmer's office gave 'green light' on contract awarded to Dem consulting firm

I'm sure that Gov Half-Whit's pet AG Dana Nessel is all over this in her investigation and will certainly not cover this malfeasance up, at all.

Yep, if you believe this very partisan AG will act in a non-partisan way and seek the actual truth of this rather than bury it, I happen to have a real nice bridge connecting the upper and lower peninsula of Michigan for sale at a great price - but only if you act today!