This is potentially very good news, IF The Donald actually decides to wield this power. IF. Do not forget J. Sessions and Company have been around for months, with the president openly saying it’s not working out. Yet Mr. Trump does not actually put the hammer down and fire the A.G.
Mr. Trump can use this possibility as a bargaining tool.
This, I do expect him to do in short order.
Maybe it’s time to write a speech or two about the notorious 9th Circuit Court. Let them sweat a little bit.
They are not beyond reproach after all!
And then there is that meddling dolt in Hawaii as well.
The important question is who is eligible. Are there sitting judges in federal courts not approved by the Senate? I doubt it.
I suspect he is biding his time and will act immediately aftter the November elections.
This has nothing to do with the Judiciary. These are administrative law judges - these are not the ones in District and Circuit courts already nominated and approved by the Senate. Those folks are going no where.
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He should start writing cryptic tweets hinting that he will be firing them
Good news! This ruling is so needed.
“This is potentially very good news, IF The Donald actually decides to wield this power. IF. Do not forget J. Sessions and Company have been around for months, with the president openly saying it’s not working out. Yet Mr. Trump does not actually put the hammer down and fire the A.G.”
I wouldn’t take the above as an example of Trump failing to weild his authority.
There are several reasons why Trump would want to cultivate the impression that he and the DOJ are “at odds” when they are not:
Foremost, is the fact that the Mueller investigation is being run from within the DOJ, and will (believe it or not) eventually be concluded with no findings of wrongdoing by Donald J. Trump. This will be a huge disappointment for those hoping to impeach and remove him, and they will immediately cry fowl and attempt to spin the entire investigation as a whitewash by a Trump friendly DOJ. The only trouble is the DOJ doesn’t seem at all Trump friendly, so this ploy will fail - in large part due to Trump’s painstaking effort to hold the DOJ at arms length and cultivate the appearance that he is at odds with the DOJ and AG.
Also, Trump’s implied campaign promise to “lock her up” may not be a politically wise promise to keep. Prosecuting Obama administration ex officials can easily be spun as political retribution - which would only reinforce the left’s caracature of Trump as an abuser of power.
Since any such prosecutions would come out of the DOJ, it would benifit Trump to distance himself, to avoid the authoritarian meme from the Left - or, if the prosecutions fall short of the expectations of his most bloodthirsty of supporters - to insulate Trump from the disappointment as well.
Trump’s decision to distance himself from his DOJ and AG may wind up proving to be the smartest thing he ever did.
This is potentially very good news, IF The Donald actually decides to wield this power. IF. Do not forget J. Sessions and Company have been around for months
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The fact that Rosenweasel is STILL there after obstructing justice, covering up for the cabal, threatening congress, destroying the public’s confidence in the DOJ, and creating a constitutional crisis is not encouraging. It doesn’t appear that Trum will ever put the hammer down on this arrogant little POS or his rogue agency.