Posted on 01/31/2017 11:25:03 AM PST by Zakeet
THE BIG IDEA: Back in 2015, when the idea of Donald Trump in the Oval Office seemed far-fetched, Jeff Sessions wanted to know whether Sally Yates was willing to stand up to the president.
"You have to watch out, because people will be asking you to do things you just need to say no about," the Alabama senator told her during her confirmation hearing to become deputy attorney general. "Do you think the attorney general has the responsibility to say no to the president if he asks for something that's improper? A lot of people have defended the [Loretta] Lynch nomination, for example, by saying: 'Well, he appoints somebody who's going to execute his views. What's wrong with that?' But if the views the president wants to execute are unlawful, should the attorney general or the deputy attorney general say no?"
"Senator, I believe that the attorney general or the deputy attorney general has the obligation to follow the law and the Constitution, and to give their independent legal advice to the president," Yates said.
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The Donald is giving Libtards a bad case of the vapors ... again.
Trump sacking acting A.G. raises new questions about his respect for the rule of law
Why? Was it unlawful?
Quite the opposite. The AG showed she couldn’t follow the law.
“Quite the opposite. The AG showed she couldnt follow the law.”
Exactly.
The opposite is true! WAPO = fake news
They wrote that headline with a straight face. Unreal.
Such irony, such illiteracy, such projection.
Who pays any attention to the Post?
The B was a political appointee - what’s the problem? That DJT didn’t sack the entire lot of 0bama appointees in one fell swoop?
They need two people to write this trash?
Hasn’t just about every legal expert said today that Trump was in the right?
She was fired for not enforcing the law...and that means Trump doesn’t respect the law?
I’ve found listening to Shawn SpicEr is a daily necessity when reading the news today. The EO was cleared by her own Dept of Justice - she chose NOT to follow the law that her own dept said WAS LEGAL - that’s why she was fired !!!
WaPo - Fake News 24/7
Really? This is unlawful? LOLOL!! Ship these subversives to the middle east.
Someone needs to tell the Washington COMPOST to go SUCK A LEMON..Trump is President he can HIRE and FIRE whoever the heck he pleases
Comparing apples and pineapples.
Yeah!
She was going to violate it.
He was within his rights.
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