bripat9643
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He has the power to fire his cabinet members just like Nixon, he doesn't have the right to abuse his power..... in Nixon's articles of impeachment he was not only charged with obstruction, he was charged with "Abuse of Power", so although the president has the right to hire and fire among many things he has the power to do, but he can't ABUSE that power.....as example, he can't simply fire the FBI Director investigating him or his wife or his son or his campaign manager or in this case investigating his national security advisor, for committing a crime....That would be an ABUSE of his power.No, according to Dershowitz, the constitution which is the law gives the president the authority to do certain things such as firing cabinet memembers and their subordinates. Following the law in excercising his power is not obstructing the law.According to the man in the op he is because Hillary is and anyone who isn't a peon is.So the president is above the law ?
I saw him on Fox News tonight and that was his message. Politicians, if high enough, are above the law.
And he didn't mean it as a slur, he was speaking from the heart.
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The constitution gives the president a bunch of authority. The constitution is the highest law of the land. Following that law by definition is not being above the law.
There is no crime in the federal registry called "abuse of power." Congress can impeach a president for anything. They can use actual criminal statutes as a basis, or they can make things up. They can impeach him for having bad taste if they like, Impeachment is a political process, not a legal process.