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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
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To: LS

Good to hear.


141 posted on 01/30/2017 5:32:04 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: FrankR

You are exactly right.


142 posted on 01/30/2017 5:32:25 PM PST by Rusty0604 (bc)
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To: LS

Thank you


143 posted on 01/30/2017 5:32:27 PM PST by tapatio (In memory of my Dad 5-27-26 2-4-2010 and Mom 4-20-26 12-8-2012)
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To: Rusty0604

It was supposed to be non-political until Obama did away with the pretense.


144 posted on 01/30/2017 5:35:09 PM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: RKBA Democrat
You’re missing something: it’s a setup. She’s the bait in a trap. Look up Saturday Night Massacre under Nixon. Look up Saturday Night Massacre under Nixon.

So now when Trump fires people for insubordination, it's a Saturday Night Massacre all over again?

Come on folks.

Don't cower in the face of media false memes.

Fire her!

145 posted on 01/30/2017 5:35:20 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: Engedi

None of what you said was true.


146 posted on 01/30/2017 5:35:49 PM PST by mills044 (Don't Tread on Me)
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To: kabar

As stated earlier on this thread, this is exactly what the Dems want Trump to do. It gives them another platform to say the Administration is in chaos.

All Trump needs to do is get the word out to the DOJ that Sally is TEMPORARY AG. If a DOJ lawyer choses not to defend the wishes of the sitting President, when Sally is gone and Sessions is confirmed, THEIR services will no longer be needed. Put the attorneys on notice. Do you want a job, or would you rather play politics?

There are quite a few attorneys in the DOJ who don’t have enough time in for a pension and may not chose to follow Sally down on this sinking ship.

Don’t give the media and the Democrats another issue to undermine the Administration.


147 posted on 01/30/2017 5:36:35 PM PST by offduty
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To: Alter Kaker

You’re fired.


148 posted on 01/30/2017 5:37:24 PM PST by SoFloFreeper (Isaiah 25:8)
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To: Ancesthntr

As there has been a war going on in the intelligence communities during this election, you know those anti-globalist in that community are coming up with all kinds of background on her this afternoon along with the lawyers going through the laws figuring out how to deal with this in a very Trump manner. This might just be the highlight of this week.


150 posted on 01/30/2017 5:38:54 PM PST by Lady Heron
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To: Alter Kaker

Boy! Where have I been? I thought I’d taken in all the news since then but I guess not. A FReeper posted that interactive picture of the inauguration and I have been trying to spot people in the crowd AND find a woman he/she said I should see - so far, I haven’t found her...Must have been preoccupied with that map and then another FReeper told me to check out the people on the buildings from the picture as they appeared to be SS snipers and not cameramen. Interesting. I’m sure the SS snipers were on the job but maybe not as visible...


151 posted on 01/30/2017 5:40:33 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: offduty

I would almost recommend anybody at DOJ or State that is a registered rat or donated to HRC is GONE.


153 posted on 01/30/2017 5:45:30 PM PST by txhurl (Break's over, kids, back to WAR.)
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To: Alter Kaker

Bye, Bye Sally!


154 posted on 01/30/2017 5:47:41 PM PST by New Jersey Realist (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke)
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

You’re right.


155 posted on 01/30/2017 5:49:22 PM PST by Rusty0604 (bc)
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To: ataDude
That’s easy to fix with just two words...

She is a political appointee, so the two words suffice.

157 posted on 01/30/2017 5:56:59 PM PST by AndyJackson
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To: Alter Kaker

She better read HR 158 - Visa waiver and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act at Congress.Gov. Passed by Congress and signed by Barack Hussein Obama. It’s the law.


158 posted on 01/30/2017 6:01:35 PM PST by greeneyes
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To: Alter Kaker

Isn’t that the job of the White House Counsel anyway - not the Dept. of Justice?


159 posted on 01/30/2017 6:02:51 PM PST by greeneyes
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To: greeneyes

She is lying, she KNOWS the EO is legal and constitutional. Like many liberal hacks, she is putting her own policy preferences ahead of her professional duties.

Integrity? No, Schumer, she has no integrity. She is just another lying liberal hack.


160 posted on 01/30/2017 6:05:55 PM PST by Enchante (Hoping the Clintonistas are gone from our public life forever!!)
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