Link , Link , Link , Link , [I continue to be incredibly proud of our service members assisting @FEMA on the front lines of the COVID-19 vaccination operation. Because of their hard work, we just passed the incredible milestone of 500,000 shots in arms in less than a month at @DeptofDefense supported sites.], Link , Link , [Garland’s traditional approach to the Justice Department’s role isn’t a guarantee against the next wannabe tyrant who finds a way into the White House. Nonetheless, Garland’s way is the smart way to revive the department today, and in the end it is probably the only way to do it. For starters, the idea that we could legislate a way to prevent Trump’s manifold corruptions is chimerical. Putting a principle like the necessary independence of the Justice Department into statutory language would be notoriously difficult and an invitation to unintended consequences. The laws regulating special counsels or independent prosecutors are a good example. There have been two attempts at specifically defining this insider/outsider role. The result either gave the prosecutor too much power (think Kenneth Starr’s boundless investigation of President Clinton) or too little (Atty. Gen. William Barr was able to ultimately control the message of Robert S. Mueller III’s Russia-2016 election investigation).]