Lewdog
Gold Member
No counter-argument? Do you understand how the justice system works? Congress makes laws, The Supreme Court interprets the laws, and the DoJ enforces it. The DoJ including the AG doesn't just do what the POTUS says... they enforce the LAWS set forth by Congress and the Constitution, and how they have been interpreted over the years by the Supreme Court. As much as everyone wants to believe the POTUS has supreme power, he doesn't.
Ok, show me one supreme court decision that says the president doesn't have the authority to tell the DOJ what to do. All constitutional federal law enforcement authority is derived from Article 2, Section 3, he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed. He, in that phrase, is the POTUS. You can pretend that the DOJ is part of the judicial branch all you want, that doesn't make it true. If you want that changed, see Article 5.
BTW, your dear leader instructed the DOJ not to defend a federal law called DOMA, was that obstruction of justice?
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Numbnuts, what is so hard to understand? The President appoints the AG to run the DoJ. The AG's job is to uphold the laws of the land... UNLESS the President tells the AG to NOT enforce a law that contradicts the law of a state, ie. legalized marijuana.
As much as the President may like, he CAN NOT go around telling Jeff Sessions every single person to investigate.
Well dipstick he appoints everyone in his cabinet, do you think he doesn't have the authority to tell Tillerson or Mattis what to do? Of course he does, they all work at the pleasure of the president. And no he doesn't have time to tell Sessions every person to investigate, he can lay out the priorities for the DOJ and if he disagrees on how they are handling a particular case, he has every authority to tell them.
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Dumbass, Tillerson and Mattis aren't trying to enforce laws on citizens...
The President DOES NOT have the authority to tell the DoJ who they can or can not investigate.
Still waiting on a court citation to that effect. Get back to me when you get one, I'm not going to keep pointing out obvious constitutional authorities of the president. What you need to do is put down the cup of kool aid and do your own research.
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