George Conway, spouse of Kellyanne Conway co-oped an opinion piece for the NY Times in which he claims that Trump's appointment of interim Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, is unconstitutional.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/08/opinion/trump-attorney-general-sessions-unconstitutional.html
[snip]The president is evading the requirement to seek the Senate’s advice and consent for the nation’s chief law enforcement officer and the person who will oversee the Mueller investigation.
It means that Mr. Trump’s installation of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general of the United States after forcing the resignation of Jeff Sessions is unconstitutional. It’s illegal. And it means that anything Mr. Whitaker does, or tries to do, in that position is invalid.[/snip]
Also, from the Huffington Post; https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/george-conway-new-york-times-op-ed_us_5be47732e4b0e843889555ac
“President Trump’s installation of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general of the United States after forcing the resignation of Jeff Sessions is unconstitutional. It’s illegal. And it means that anything Mr. Whitaker does, or tries to do, in that position is invalid,” said Conway, a lawyer, in a piece co-written by former acting U.S. Solicitor General Neal K. Katyal.
Take em to court and see if these opinions hold water or not.
Agreed....needs to go to Court. Legal Beagles should be working overtime to identify who has Standing before the Court.
Gee, guess we should not have sunset that Independent Counsel Statute RIGHT AFTER USING IT. God we send blithering idiots to DC to run this country.
George Conway, spouse of Kellyanne Conway co-oped an opinion piece for the NY Times in which he claims that Trump's appointment of interim Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, is unconstitutional.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/08/opinion/trump-attorney-general-sessions-unconstitutional.html
[snip]The president is evading the requirement to seek the Senate’s advice and consent for the nation’s chief law enforcement officer and the person who will oversee the Mueller investigation.
It means that Mr. Trump’s installation of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general of the United States after forcing the resignation of Jeff Sessions is unconstitutional. It’s illegal. And it means that anything Mr. Whitaker does, or tries to do, in that position is invalid.[/snip]
Also, from the Huffington Post; https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/george-conway-new-york-times-op-ed_us_5be47732e4b0e843889555ac
“President Trump’s installation of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general of the United States after forcing the resignation of Jeff Sessions is unconstitutional. It’s illegal. And it means that anything Mr. Whitaker does, or tries to do, in that position is invalid,” said Conway, a lawyer, in a piece co-written by former acting U.S. Solicitor General Neal K. Katyal.
One of the reasons the Deputy Attorney General is confirmed by Congress is to avoid this kind of mess when an AG steps down or is removed. Bypassing the Deputy AG to stick an unconfirmed person into the position does raise some legal concerns. This will be interesting to see play out.
Opinions are like assholes.
Since when is the left concerned with something being constitutional?George Conway, spouse of Kellyanne Conway co-oped an opinion piece for the NY Times in which he claims that Trump's appointment of interim Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, is unconstitutional.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/08/opinion/trump-attorney-general-sessions-unconstitutional.html
[snip]The president is evading the requirement to seek the Senate’s advice and consent for the nation’s chief law enforcement officer and the person who will oversee the Mueller investigation.
It means that Mr. Trump’s installation of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general of the United States after forcing the resignation of Jeff Sessions is unconstitutional. It’s illegal. And it means that anything Mr. Whitaker does, or tries to do, in that position is invalid.[/snip]
Also, from the Huffington Post; https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/george-conway-new-york-times-op-ed_us_5be47732e4b0e843889555ac
“President Trump’s installation of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general of the United States after forcing the resignation of Jeff Sessions is unconstitutional. It’s illegal. And it means that anything Mr. Whitaker does, or tries to do, in that position is invalid,” said Conway, a lawyer, in a piece co-written by former acting U.S. Solicitor General Neal K. Katyal.
I strongly suspect Trump does not care. This appointment is to derail the Mueller investigation and that will be accomplished long before anything can be done about the legality of this.
Trump has officially given the Constitution and the rule of law a giant middle finger and the Republicans are pretending it did not happen.
Opinions are like assholes.
Since when is the left concerned with something being constitutional?
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George Conway, spouse of Kellyanne Conway co-oped an opinion piece for the NY Times in which he claims that Trump's appointment of interim Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, is unconstitutional.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/08/opinion/trump-attorney-general-sessions-unconstitutional.html
[snip]The president is evading the requirement to seek the Senate’s advice and consent for the nation’s chief law enforcement officer and the person who will oversee the Mueller investigation.
It means that Mr. Trump’s installation of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general of the United States after forcing the resignation of Jeff Sessions is unconstitutional. It’s illegal. And it means that anything Mr. Whitaker does, or tries to do, in that position is invalid.[/snip]
Also, from the Huffington Post; https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/george-conway-new-york-times-op-ed_us_5be47732e4b0e843889555ac
“President Trump’s installation of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general of the United States after forcing the resignation of Jeff Sessions is unconstitutional. It’s illegal. And it means that anything Mr. Whitaker does, or tries to do, in that position is invalid,” said Conway, a lawyer, in a piece co-written by former acting U.S. Solicitor General Neal K. Katyal.
And most assholes are trump supporters.
Sadly, I think the USA has become the BRA...The Banana Republic of America.
And most assholes are trump supporters.
So I guess you are a Trump supporter?
Nope but you are.
George Conway, spouse of Kellyanne Conway co-oped an opinion piece for the NY Times in which he claims that Trump's appointment of interim Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, is unconstitutional.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/08/opinion/trump-attorney-general-sessions-unconstitutional.html
[snip]The president is evading the requirement to seek the Senate’s advice and consent for the nation’s chief law enforcement officer and the person who will oversee the Mueller investigation.
It means that Mr. Trump’s installation of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general of the United States after forcing the resignation of Jeff Sessions is unconstitutional. It’s illegal. And it means that anything Mr. Whitaker does, or tries to do, in that position is invalid.[/snip]
Also, from the Huffington Post; https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/george-conway-new-york-times-op-ed_us_5be47732e4b0e843889555ac
“President Trump’s installation of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general of the United States after forcing the resignation of Jeff Sessions is unconstitutional. It’s illegal. And it means that anything Mr. Whitaker does, or tries to do, in that position is invalid,” said Conway, a lawyer, in a piece co-written by former acting U.S. Solicitor General Neal K. Katyal.
Complete, and utter MADEUP BULL****.
The ACTUAL LAW, regarding INTERIM or ACTING officials:
What’s Trump’s authority for superseding the AG Succession statute? He’s undoubtedly invoking the Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 (VRA), which provides (5 U.S.C. § 3345(a)(3)) that the President “may direct an officer or employee of [an] Executive agency to perform the functions and duties of [a] vacant office,” provided that the officer or employee has served, for at least 90 days during the year before the vacancy, in a position for which the pay is at least the level of GS-15—a criterion that Matthew Whitaker satisfies.
The Department of Justice’s formal view is that the VRA provides the President with an alternative authority, in addition to the AG Succession Act, to designate who shall perform the AG’s functions and duties during a vacancy in the office . Thus, for example, when AG Alberto Gonzales resigned in 2007, President George W. Bush named the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division, Peter Keisler, to be the Acting Attorney General, when the AG Succession Order in effect at the time, issued pursuant to the AG Succession Act, would have assigned those functions to the Solicitor General, then Paul Clement.
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