The Contemptuous Merrick Garland
Republicans hold Merrick Garland in contempt. This has long been true, but on Wednesday the GOP-controlled House of Representatives made it official. In a near-total party-line vote, with only Rep. Dave Joyce (R–Ohio) crossing the aisle, House Republicans voted to hold the attorney general in contempt of Congress for refusing to release recordings of an interview President Joe Biden did with Special Counsel Robert Hur as part of the president's classified documents case. Back in February, Hur controversially declined to prosecute Biden for keeping classified documents at his private residence,...