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 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 161-177 next last
To: Alter Kaker

“Stand for what is right”...

Not your job, Sally...you defend the LAW, not your feelings.

“Right” is highly subjective...what is “right” to you, may be wrong to someone else.


41 posted on 01/30/2017 4:01:49 PM PST by FrankR (You're only enslaved to the extent of the charity that you receive!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Alter Kaker

I smell their gambit here. Force Trump to fire her and go all Archibald Cox in the aftermath.


42 posted on 01/30/2017 4:02:08 PM PST by dirtboy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Alter Kaker

Fire her. Tonight!


43 posted on 01/30/2017 4:02:10 PM PST by libertylover (In 2016 small-town America got tired of being governed by people who don't know a boy from a girl.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: phoneman08

If you mean committee vote, tomorrow 9:30 AM. Nothing schedule for after that yet.


44 posted on 01/30/2017 4:03:17 PM PST by Voluntaryist
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies]

To: Alter Kaker

Unless I am missing something, she should be fired tonight and a new Acting appointed who is someone vetted by the transition team as willing to support the Trump Administration. Trump can’t leave her in charge until Sessions is confirmed to maintain credibility and control.


45 posted on 01/30/2017 4:03:24 PM PST by Truth29
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Alter Kaker

I wasn’t aware that Lynch had resigned/left already. When did that happen? Did she jump in the river? Or perhaps something more fatal/final???


46 posted on 01/30/2017 4:03:38 PM PST by Thank You Rush
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: dirtboy

100% right. The whole purpose is to trick Trump into firing her.


47 posted on 01/30/2017 4:03:55 PM PST by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 42 | View Replies]

To: Alter Kaker

Where’re ya gonna be working next month, Sally?......


48 posted on 01/30/2017 4:04:01 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Thank You Rush

Lynch resigned noon on January 20 along with virtually all other Obama political appointees.


49 posted on 01/30/2017 4:04:33 PM PST by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 46 | View Replies]

To: Alter Kaker

Perp walk her ass out of the building.


50 posted on 01/30/2017 4:04:57 PM PST by TADSLOS (Reset Underway!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Alter Kaker

Well bye.. Don’t let the door hit you in the butt..


51 posted on 01/30/2017 4:05:19 PM PST by Davy Crocket
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Alter Kaker

Maybe the AG is illegitimate.


52 posted on 01/30/2017 4:05:22 PM PST by rovenstinez
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Alter Kaker
SALLY Q YATES

53 posted on 01/30/2017 4:05:38 PM PST by henbane
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: tinyowl

54 posted on 01/30/2017 4:05:43 PM PST by Rebelbase
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Rome2000
This is like an episode of the Twilight Zone.

It's a country falling (or being pushed) into civil war, I think.

55 posted on 01/30/2017 4:06:07 PM PST by madprof98
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Alter Kaker

Don’t fire her. Tell her to defend the executive order or resign or you’ll be fired.


56 posted on 01/30/2017 4:06:28 PM PST by DugwayDuke ("A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: rovenstinez

So the Obama-ites have chosen not to defend a policy that was based on essentially the Obama list of these same seven nations....


57 posted on 01/30/2017 4:06:42 PM PST by Chauncey Gardiner
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Intolerant in NJ

Where will Sally be working tomorrow?


58 posted on 01/30/2017 4:06:47 PM PST by BobNative
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 48 | View Replies]

To: americas.best.days...

In my opinion, I do think Trumps team mishandled this whole thing. They didn’t include current Visa holders and Green card holders and did’t communicate first with DHS and others of the EO ahead of time of the impact of the EO which didn’t at first include these folks who were in mid air travelling. This is the mess we find ourselves in now.


59 posted on 01/30/2017 4:07:21 PM PST by Engedi
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 33 | View Replies]

To: dirtboy
"I smell their gambit here. Force Trump to fire her and go all Archibald Cox in the aftermath."

Then do what Ford did to Lee Iococca when they wanted to slide line him. They have him a job running a warehouse with a crappy linoleum floor he got hint and left. I am sure Justice has a supply or printing Dept. Make her the head of it. She'll find her own level....

60 posted on 01/30/2017 4:07:36 PM PST by taildragger (Do you hear the people singing? The Song of Angry Men!....)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 42 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 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