Trump: I have a absolute right to do what I want with the DOJ.
Dec 31, 2017 04:10:40 #
Larry the Legend wrote:
As b your /b President, Trump has the authority ... (show quote)
How is it that Reagan could make millions of illegal aliens eligible for citizenship and you people think he is a saint yet Obama tries to do the same thing for children who were brought to this country by their parents and you people want Obama's head on a platter.
And just how did Obama make Millions of illegals aliens eligible for SS? The only ones who would be eligible would be naturalized citizens so if you are talking about DACA they would have spent all their lives here so would only be eligible for their own benefits no one elses. I'm sure you conservatives fell like they are stealing form you but it would actually be the other way around. Ironic don't you think!
Dec 31, 2017 04:22:43 #
Loki wrote:
Perhaps you can find where the Constitution mentions a Department of Justice. The Director of the DOJ is the Attorney General and serves at the pleasure of the president. Congress has to confirm him, but he or she is subject to summary dismissal by the president. 28 USC 503. The office of Attorney General was created By Congress after the Constitution was ratified.
Well if Trump had supreme power over the DoJ then hiring and firing wouldn't be the only power he would have but telling them who they should and shouldn't prosecute as well. Now so long as you conservatives held power that wouldn't be a problem but eventually you would lose power and then the other side would then have their chance to do unto you as you did unto them. That's why I'm pretty sure Trumps thinking has nothing to do with the constitution and more to do with the powers he THINKS he should have...
Dec 31, 2017 04:46:54 #
Larry the Legend wrote:
As b your /b President, Trump has the authority ... (show quote)
Actually you are wrong. The president can only fire his or other presidential appointments--Mueller was not his appointment but was an appointment of Rosenstein who the president can fire--if he would like to. Our presidents have limited powers. While they can hire and fire their own staff they no power over personnel as a whole. If he could fire anyone and everyone then he could fire everyone investigating him now couldn't he and while you conservatives would applaud his move I'm sure the rest of the country wouldn't be too happy which is why such powers would never be given to a president. We have a president, not a dictator. You guys really should try to remember that...
Dec 31, 2017 06:18:32 #
PeterS wrote:
Obama did say he had a right and he acted like it? Well if he had a right shouldn't he act like it? You are making less and less sense now a days. Your conservative friends are rubbing off on you, too bad...
Did NOT say. My bad. Happy now?
Dec 31, 2017 07:06:36 #
Dec 31, 2017 07:36:57 #
PeterS wrote:
Well if Trump had supreme power over the DoJ then ... (show quote)
I said that Trump has the authority to fire the Attorney General who heads the DoJ. Where did you get the idea I said he could do more? He cannot fire the rank and file.
Dec 31, 2017 14:40:15 #
peter11937
Loc: NYS
Loki wrote:
I said that Trump has the authority to fire the Attorney General who heads the DoJ. Where did you get the idea I said he could do more? He cannot fire the rank and file.
But he can require their transfer to other offices like, say, Nome, Alaska.
Dec 31, 2017 17:08:57 #
fullspinzoo wrote:
You're pathetic. Obama was the closest thing to a dictator, and you know it. Obama is Anything But a President....He is a Dictator, a Tyrant....https://newrepublic.com/article/120347/obama-anything-president-tyrant-dictator-and-king
But Billy did it to!!!Pathetic!
Jan 2, 2018 09:30:55 #
Loki wrote:
I said that Trump has the authority to fire the Attorney General who heads the DoJ. Where did you get the idea I said he could do more? He cannot fire the rank and file.
I simply pointed out that Trumps power extends to more than just hiring and firing--or at least he thinks it does--which makes his belief that he has supreme power over the DoJ a tad bit dangerous...
Jan 2, 2018 09:46:04 #
okie don wrote:
Us ' old timers' remember when JFK wanted to "... (show quote)
That bullshit was debunked! Hillary. did not have the power to approve or reject the sale of Uranium to anyone!And she never revealed any classified information on her cell phone.
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