William J. Murphy

Good Government Advocate: US Constitution, Rule of Law, Accountability, Transparency; U.S. Army Veteran; Associate Professor @ NEIT:
Political Science/Economics

[William J. Murphy @wjmurphy2]

@patrickmadrid Thank you, Patrick. This is an excellent explanation. Is it also true that we should "keep Christ on the cross" in our own minds because in fact his suffering is not over. Our sinfulness causes Him tremendous suffering. I believe Jesus' conversations with Padre Pio indicated this

[Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee]

FISA 702 is too often used to spy on Americans WITHOUT A WARRANT!

The Firm™️ wants Congress to reauthorize FISA 702 next week—without a warrant requirement OR meaningful debate—by attaching it to a massive spending bill.

That’s unacceptable.

Please like & share if you agree.

[William J. Murphy @wjmurphy2]

@abbydphillip @mehdirhasan @zeteo_news Israel is far more self-sufficient militarily than you allow. The IDF defense budget is about $24 billion annually and U.S. military assistance represents only about 16 percent of this.

[Rep. Dan Bishop @RepDanBishop]

Completely unacceptable. The censors don’t get to set the rules for congressional oversight.

Use the power of the purse to bring this recalcitrant administration to heel.

[William J. Murphy @wjmurphy2]

@RepDanBishop The best approach is for Congress to severely punish any executive branch personnel who obstruct its investigations using the inherent contempt power which authorizes fines, incarceration & other sanctions after conviction in legislative floor trials. https://t.co/ziOtUcsiE3

[William J. Murphy @wjmurphy2]

The best approach is for Congress to severely punish any executive branch personnel who obstruct its investigations using the inherent contempt power which authorizes fines, incarceration & other sanctions after conviction in legislative floor trials. https://t.co/ziOtUcsiE3

[Mollie @MZHemingway]

State Department threatening to obstruct ‘censorship’ investigation: House GOP https://t.co/K6wM3C1xyC via @dcexaminer

[William J. Murphy @wjmurphy2]

@MZHemingway @dcexaminer The best approach is for Congress to severely punish any executive branch personnel who obstruct its investigations using the inherent contempt power which authorizes fines, incarceration & other sanctions after conviction in legislative floor trials. https://t.co/ziOtUcsiE3

[Jason Foster @JsnFostr]

Truly. @TheJusticeDept certainly didn’t treat Christopher Steele the same way. Here’s the declassified criminal referral.

It informed @TheJusticeDept that Steele’s claims to the @FBI as repeatedly described by the gov’t to the FISA court were directly contradicted by his sworn admissions during related litigation in London (bottom of memo p. 4).

No indictment. No serious investigation.

Steele’s claims weren’t hidden deep in the FBI’s files and ignored for years. Instead they served as the fuel for years of bizarre hysteria where people who wanted to believe them assumed they were true and insisted that it was up to others to disprove them.

https://t.co/gHaFYT4x2V

[William J. Murphy @wjmurphy2]

@krassenstein He should have said that no one should vote for any bill written outside the normal committee process and not disclosed publicly. Regular order exists for a reason. It is intended to prevent bad policy.

[Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee]

Does it make any difference if the bill has been declared a must-pass proposal by the media, including @WSJ, which — apparently without ever seeing the bill — declared that any Republican voting against it would be harming national security just to score cheap political points?

[William J. Murphy @wjmurphy2]

@BasedMikeLee Thank you @BasedMikeLee. The legislative process has deteriorated so badly that few are noting the unhealthiness for the nation of this dysfunction. The media describes the legislation as "bipartisan" when it should be contemned as the illegitimate product of a corrupt process.

[William J. Murphy @wjmurphy2]

@bill_mcgonigle @RepThomasMassie Exactly right @bill_mcgonigle. Congress should adopt @GoodGovNow’s inherent contempt fines proposal which would enable either House to unilaterally impose $25,000 fines/day up to a max of $250,000 after conviction in legislative trials https://t.co/ziOtUcsiE3

[Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee]

Biden loves the Ukraine/border deal.

So does Schumer.

So does McConnell.

And the MSM.

The rest of us haven’t seen it.

But we’re nervous about it.

Partly because of what we know about it.

Partly because of what we don’t know.

And partly because of who likes it.

[William J. Murphy @wjmurphy2]

@RepJamesComer @seanhannity Congress should not allow witnesses to delay its investigations as Hunter Biden has done in this instance. Refusing to appear, delaying & inconveniencing Congress is contempt that should be punished even if the witness appears for testimony later.

[William J. Murphy @wjmurphy2]

@KassyDillon @RubinReport You can decline to have your photo taken. It is a pilot program and not mandatory. Just tell the TSA personnel you don't want your picture taken and step to the side of the camera. In many airports there is also a lane with no camera.

[William J. Murphy @wjmurphy2]

@jackwil10870687 @JsnFostr @mirandadevine @tristanleavitt @SpeakerMcCarthy @Jim_Jordan @RepJasonSmith @RepJamesComer 2/2 House resolutions imposing inherent contempt fines are the legal & constitutional equivalents of court orders given the analogous nature of the contempt powers of the two branches as affirmed by SCOTUS. They therefore provide sufficient legal basis for collection actions.

[William J. Murphy @wjmurphy2]

@jackwil10870687 @JsnFostr @mirandadevine @tristanleavitt @SpeakerMcCarthy @Jim_Jordan @RepJasonSmith @RepJamesComer 1/2 Congressional authority to punish contempt with fines includes the power to collect such fines unilaterally without the assistance of courts & and using the same methods available to other creditors.

[Greg Abbott @GregAbbott_TX]

Texas has transported over 100,000 migrants to sanctuary cities to relieve overwhelmed border towns.

Until Biden reverses course on his open border policies, Texas will continue transporting migrants to these cities.

We will not back down on our efforts to secure the border.

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

How does the DC swamp deny you representation?

Unrelated, unpopular, and unconstitutional legislation is inserted into a popular bill.

This week, they’re extending the FISA 702 warrantless surveillance program by attaching it to the annual bill that authorizes our US military.