Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Acting Attorney General Orders Justice Dept. Not to Defend Refugee Ban
NY TIMES ^ | 1/30/2017 | Mario Apuzzo and Eric Lichtblau

Posted on 01/30/2017 3:48:13 PM PST by Alter Kaker

WASHINGTON — Acting Attorney General Sally Q. Yates, a holdover from the Obama administration, ordered the Justice Department on Monday not to defend President Trump’s executive order on immigration in court.

“I am responsible for ensuring that the positions we take in court remain consistent with this institution’s solemn obligation to always seek justice and stand for what is right,” Ms. Yates wrote in a letter to Justice Department lawyers. “At present, I am not convinced that the defense of the executive order is consistent with these responsibilities nor am I convinced that the executive order is lawful.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News
KEYWORDS: ag; aliens; attorneygeneral; bhodoj; doj; first100days; obamasfault; obamunism; sallyqyates; sallyyates; sallyyayes; shadowgovernment; trump; trump45; willfuldefiance
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 81-100101-120121-140 ... 161-177 next last
To: Alter Kaker

Isn’t it past time for the Senate majority to go nuclear and confirm the new AG??


101 posted on 01/30/2017 4:35:58 PM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: butlerweave

Considering that Zero popped up out of his hole to, yes, as usual, instigate violence and rioting without knowing all the facts, I’d say she took her cue from him.


102 posted on 01/30/2017 4:37:20 PM PST by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you." President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 25 | View Replies]

To: Menehune56

They seem to be laying back....letting Trump go it alone. B@stards.


103 posted on 01/30/2017 4:37:49 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (****happy dance**** BIGLY!!!! Shadilay!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 101 | View Replies]

To: Alter Kaker

That’s easy to fix with just two words... and Trump knows them well from his TV show.


104 posted on 01/30/2017 4:37:55 PM PST by ataDude (.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Alter Kaker

HONOLULU, Dec 21 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to announce on Monday that U.S. Attorney Sally Yates will be his nominee for deputy attorney general, the No. 2 position at the Justice Department, a U.S. official said.

Yates, 54, currently serves as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia where she is known as a close ally of outgoing U.S. Attorney Eric Holder’s Justice Department.

She is a vocal proponent of Holder’s policies on lowering incarceration rates by cutting jail time for low-level drug offenders.

During her time as a federal prosecutor in Georgia, Yates led several high-profile cases, including the successful prosecution of Eric Rudolph, who bombed a building in Atlanta during the 1996 Olympics.

Some Republicans, including Senators Ted Cruz, Mike Lee and David Vitter, have threatened to hold up confirmation of the new attorney general, who would oversee Yates, over disagreements with Obama’s new immigration policy.

If confirmed, Yates will replace outgoing Deputy Attorney General James Cole, who is leaving in January and has not announced future plans.

The choice of Yates signals that little may change at the Justice Department after Holder leaves the post.

Yates currently serves on Holder’s advisory committee of U.S. attorneys under the leadership of Loretta Lynch, Obama’s pick to be the next attorney general.

“Their very effective partnership leading the U.S. attorney community will be taken to a whole new level,” said U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Paul Fishman, who previously led the committee. (Editing by Eric Walsh)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/21/sally-yates-deputy-attorney-general_n_6363576.html


105 posted on 01/30/2017 4:38:21 PM PST by amorphous
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: All
Is a coup underway? Seriously, Obama comes back today and encourages protests, we see Dems everywhere chiming in, McConnell and Republicans stand silent, now the acting AG, and Obama political operative, stabs President Trump in the back. Who will Republicans and Americans stand with?

My vote and support stand with President Trump.

106 posted on 01/30/2017 4:41:01 PM PST by Reno89519 (Drain the Swamp is not party specific. Lyn' Ted is still a liar, Good riddance to him.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: amorphous

Thanks!


107 posted on 01/30/2017 4:42:12 PM PST by HollyB
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 105 | View Replies]

To: oldasrocks

Not sure but if she is high enough on the ladder to be acting AG, she has probably been around long enough to prove her liberal bones.


108 posted on 01/30/2017 4:42:29 PM PST by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 90 | View Replies]

To: Alter Kaker

Here's Silly Quillian Yates and Jimmy Comey testifying about something before the Senate at some time in the past.



109 posted on 01/30/2017 4:43:44 PM PST by Heart-Rest ("Well done is better than well said." - Benjamin Franklin)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: phoneman08; LaybackLenny

https://twitter.com/MAGAtrump5/status/826227661378719745


110 posted on 01/30/2017 4:44:15 PM PST by Voluntaryist
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 80 | View Replies]

To: taildragger

Exactly... even better... match insults with insults... find someone under her that she passed over for promotion and put him/her above her head.... have that person reassign her.


111 posted on 01/30/2017 4:45:11 PM PST by leakinInTheBlueSea
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 60 | View Replies]

To: Alter Kaker
This is getting freakin bizarre.
112 posted on 01/30/2017 4:46:14 PM PST by servantboy777
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Alter Kaker

she needs to be forced to step down


113 posted on 01/30/2017 4:46:52 PM PST by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Alter Kaker

114 posted on 01/30/2017 4:47:02 PM PST by wastedyears (President of the United States Donald J. Trump)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Alter Kaker

I hear its lovely this time of year in Barrow, Alaska. The only town in America above the Artic Circle. Only accessible by ship or air, I believe. Buy a vacant building Trump, name it a federal office building, and transfer her there.

115 posted on 01/30/2017 4:47:03 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: phoneman08

Tomorrow. But with the backlog from delays today, it might take an extra day or two.


116 posted on 01/30/2017 4:47:45 PM PST by dangus
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies]

To: oldasrocks

Checked her bio, She joined DOJ in Georgia office in 1989, made U.S. Attorney in 2010 after twenty years as assistant U.S. attorney. Not sure what that says about her fitness. That’s a long time without a promotion.


117 posted on 01/30/2017 4:47:48 PM PST by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 90 | View Replies]

To: All
President Trump just now on Twitter:

Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump 1 minute ago

The Democrats are delaying my cabinet picks for purely political reasons. They have nothing going but to obstruct. Now have an Obama A.G.

118 posted on 01/30/2017 4:48:40 PM PST by Reno89519 (Drain the Swamp is not party specific. Lyn' Ted is still a liar, Good riddance to him.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: rovenstinez

You’d think the Senators would be quick to confirm one of their own to be Attorney General. I guess hating and opposing Trump is more important.


119 posted on 01/30/2017 4:49:25 PM PST by Spiridon
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Reno89519

Provision 2C
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/13/executive-order-providing-order-succession-within-department-justice

I’m guessing Trump will usr this soon.


120 posted on 01/30/2017 4:49:27 PM PST by Voluntaryist
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 118 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 81-100101-120121-140 ... 161-177 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson