Posted on Aug 13, 2018
Trump-appointed judge upholds Mueller's legitimacy
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Damn, I didn’t know Mueller was “illegitimate.”
Trump-appointed judge upholds Mueller's legitimacy
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Office of the President (POTUS) Judiciary
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“"As a result, the special counsel is effectively removable at will," Friedrich write.
Though Friedrich, the first Trump-appointed judge to consider the matter, ultimately supported Mueller's validity, she left a trail of legal breadcrumbs suggesting she had doubts about some of the special counsel team's arguments. Friedrich found that existing laws "'do not explicitly authorize' the [Rosenstein] to appoint the Special Counsel, rejecting arguments by Mueller's team that several statutes backed up his appointment.”
“"As a result, the special counsel is effectively removable at will," Friedrich write.
Though Friedrich, the first Trump-appointed judge to consider the matter, ultimately supported Mueller's validity, she left a trail of legal breadcrumbs suggesting she had doubts about some of the special counsel team's arguments. Friedrich found that existing laws "'do not explicitly authorize' the [Rosenstein] to appoint the Special Counsel, rejecting arguments by Mueller's team that several statutes backed up his appointment.”
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SPC Kevin Ford
MCPO Roger Collins That pretty much matches most of our current understanding. Ultimately the DoJ started the investigation and they can end it. Politically, that’s another matter.
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MCPO Roger Collins
SPC Kevin Ford New York Times 1998.
“We will be setting a precedent that could seriously weaken the office of the Presidency,'' said Senator-elect Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, a member of the House Judiciary Committee. ''We will be substantially lowering the bar for removing a sitting President so that we will be in danger of all too frequently investigating Presidents and seeking to remove them from office.''
“We will be setting a precedent that could seriously weaken the office of the Presidency,'' said Senator-elect Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, a member of the House Judiciary Committee. ''We will be substantially lowering the bar for removing a sitting President so that we will be in danger of all too frequently investigating Presidents and seeking to remove them from office.''
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SPC Kevin Ford
MCPO Roger Collins - I’ve never been a fan of Bill Clinton. I used to call him the “wild weasel”. Schumer was right though. We have been in a political race to the bottom and the Republicans are much better at it than the disorganized Democrats at playing that game.
I think we disagree on Trump but perhaps we can agree the politics are not that great right now. Perhaps they never were.
I think we disagree on Trump but perhaps we can agree the politics are not that great right now. Perhaps they never were.
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MCPO Roger Collins
SPC Kevin Ford Even though we disagree on policy, you are one of the few that can hold a reasonable, sensible debate, Kevin.
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Strange Trump appointed judges uphold the law first, Obama appointed judges up hold political thought first.
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