01-31-2017, 08:37 AM
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directy from the Trump's admin pick, Jeff Sessions :
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But at Yates’ 2015 confirmation hearing, Sessions himself pressed her to agree that the DOJ has a responsibility to resist White House actions that are unlawful. Watch:
“Do you think the Attorney General has a responsibility to say no to the president if he asks for something improper?” Sessions asked. “[I]f the views a president wants to execute are unlawful, should the Attorney General or Deputy Attorney General say no?”
“Senator, I believe the Attorney General or Deputy Attorney General has an obligation to follow the law under the Constitution and to give their independent legal advice to the president,” Yates answered.
Later, Sessions underscored his belief that the Department of Justice’s top officers have a duty to tell the White House no when the law tilts against it.
“Like any CEO with a law firm, sometimes the lawyers have to tell the CEO, ‘Mr. CEO you can’t do that. Don’t do that. We’ll get us sued. It’s gonna be a violation of the law. You’ll regret it. Please.’ No matter how headstrong they might be. Do you feel that’s a duty of the Attorney General’s office?”
Yates agreed. Two years later, she declined to defend an unlawful White House action that has lost in every federal court to hear it so far. Jeff Sessions’ boss fired her.
In the White House statement on Yates’ firing, the administration signaled it is eager to tear down the wall between political expediency and the law.
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