Trump: I have a absolute right to do what I want with the DOJ (Page 2): Why are you asking?

Larry the Legend Loc: Not hiding in Milton

Dummy Boy wrote:

I would Loki's comments above, but I will reprint ... (show quote)

Why are you asking?

Dummy Boy Loc: Michigan

Larry the Legend wrote:

Why are you asking?

I asked because you believe the president can fire everyone at his (or her) disposal whenever he wishes.

Who, besides Mueller do you wish to be fired? Everyone?

MalG

What a ridiculous question. This is no longer 1789. Where in the Constitution are listed Departments of Labor, Transportation, Agriculture, Energy, Interior, Veteran Affairs, and Homeland Security? You want to get rid of them? The nation evolved. Example: In 1789 there was a navy but no Army; but there was a War Department. Cabinets members are approved by Congress on the assumption the Prez is rational. What a ridiculous question. This is no longer 1789. Where in the Constitution are listed Departments of Labor, Transportation, Agriculture, Energy, Interior, Veteran Affairs, and Homeland Security? You want to get rid of them? The nation evolved. Example: In 1789 there was a navy but no Army; but there was a War Department. Now we have a Defense Dept. Cabinets members are approved by Congress on the assumption the Prez is rational We, the sane guys, don’t want a dictator. Do You?

Dummy Boy Loc: Michigan

MalG wrote:

What a ridiculous question. This is no longer 178... (show quote)

....How many people does it take to run a government that no one wants?

The president is controlled by the Judiciary and Congress.

Ask President Trump why he doesn't understand that?

Loki Loc: Georgia

MalG wrote:

What a ridiculous question. This is no longer 178... (show quote)

I believe that you are the one who said that "Congress makes the laws and the president is not above the law." Congress created the office of Attorney General (head of the DOJ) and gave the president authority to fire him summarily.
This is not found in the Constitution. It is found in US statutory law enacted after the Constitution was ratified. 28 USC 503. If you are unsure of what this means, US law is contained in 53 titles, which were first codified in 1926. 28 USC 503 means Title 28 United States Code section 503. If my question was ridiculous, so was your statement that occasioned it. I answered you with facts, you answered with an opinion that has no basis in fact. Who is ridiculous?

One more thing; the Army was founded on September 29, 1789. Your statement that there was no army is incorrect.

Larry the Legend Loc: Not hiding in Milton

Dummy Boy wrote:

I asked because you believe the president can fire everyone at his (or her) disposal whenever he wishes.

Who, besides Mueller do you wish to be fired? Everyone?

Not 'believe', know. It's right there in black and white for all to read and understand. Except you, you don'r get to see it.

In any case, I don't recall expressing a preference, or even mentioning the name 'Mueller'; and even if I did have a preference, I'm hardly in a position to act on it, being the Non-President. Why are you asking me these nonsensical questions? And why are you attempting to attribute words and actions to me that are not mine?

Did we have our Wheaties this morning?

MalG

After the Revolutionary War, the Congress of the Confederation created the United States Army on 3 June 1784 to replace the disbanded Continental Army.[9][10] The United States Army considers itself descended from the Continental Army, and dates its institutional inception from the origin of that armed force in 1775.

Larry the Legend Loc: Not hiding in Milton

MalG wrote:

After the Revolutionary War, the Congress of the Confederation created the United States Army on 3 June 1784 to replace the disbanded Continental Army.[9][10] The United States Army considers itself descended from the Continental Army, and dates its institutional inception from the origin of that armed force in 1775.

That's all very well, but what does that have to do with a President controlling his own administration?

Loki Loc: Georgia

MalG wrote:

After the Revolutionary War, the Congress of the Confederation created the United States Army on 3 June 1784 to replace the disbanded Continental Army.[9][10] The United States Army considers itself descended from the Continental Army, and dates its institutional inception from the origin of that armed force in 1775.

This is all true, however, either way, your claim that there was no army in 1789 is incorrect. The actual date of the establishment of the United States Army is September 29, 1789. There was no United States in 1775. There was not even a Declaration of Independence in 1775.

Dummy Boy Loc: Michigan

Larry the Legend wrote:

Not 'believe', b know /b . It's right there in b... (show quote)

Who's we? Are you the queen of England?

Larry the Legend Loc: Not hiding in Milton

Dummy Boy wrote:

Who's we? Are you the queen of England?

Yet another superfluous inquiry. You know perfectly well who the 'we' I was referring to is. Now, kindly leave me alone. You know how upset you get when I highlight how intellectually inferior you are to the rest of us.

Dummy Boy Loc: Michigan

Larry the Legend wrote:

Yet another superfluous inquiry. You know perfectly well who the 'we' I was referring to is. Now, kindly leave me alone. You know how upset you get when I highlight how intellectually inferior you are to the rest of us.

You know I would be kind to leave you alone....don't respond.

peter11937 Loc: NYS

Dummy Boy wrote:

Who's we? Are you the queen of England?

NO, but he has a mouse in his pocket!

PeterS

Loki wrote:

Obama did say he had a right; he just acted as though he did.

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...

PeterS

Larry the Legend wrote:

As b your /b President, Trump has the authority ... (show quote)

Trump said he had absolute power to use the DoJ any way he wanted. I don't think he was talking about hiring and firing when he made his comment--of course with trump who knows what he was thinking, if anything, when words fall out of his mouth....