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Because Trump does not investigate himself, and the once independent Attorney General is now just another political arm of Trump, but with prosecutorial power a
by SubiculumCode 1y ago
Because Trump does not investigate himself, and the once independent Attorney General is now just another political arm of Trump, but with prosecutorial power and discrtion. We are in dark times.
- slt2021 1y agoalways have been, its just current admin is less subtle about it
- SubiculumCode 1y agoSo you say, but I've seen plenty of independence...see Trump's first term for some examples.
- Loughla 1y agoAnd you have hit the nail on the head for how Trump is operating this term. How can he do these things? Turns out they all could've, they just chose not to. Maybe we should strengthen the checks and balances, and Congress shouldn't abdicate ANY of its authority to the president. Maybe the system should work how it's supposed to instead of how is easiest.
- kube-system 1y ago> How can he do these things? > Turns out they all could've, they just chose not to. That's not really the case, there are plenty of actions which he has tried to implement but have been blocked by courts.
- jdminhbg 1y ago> the once independent Attorney General This has never been the case; JFK appointed his little brother AG. The problem is that the Congress should be investigating and prosecuting the president but will not.
- intermerda 1y ago> This has never been the case; Independence of the Justice Department has been the norm since and because of Watergate.
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- jdminhbg 1y agoIt's been a nice kind of fig leaf, but constitutionally the president is the AG's boss, so it doesn't make any sense for the AG to investigate the president. There's an entire branch of government given this power in the Constitution, they've just decided they don't want it.
- xp84 1y agoExactly. Congress doesn’t want any of their duties. War declaration? Nah, let the President do it and call it “not a war.” Budget? Well, technically we’ll appropriate funds, but we’ll only do a big CR once in a while. Tariff policy? Nah, let the President do it all with the “national security” loophole, no matter how absurd. Impeachment and removal? Well, not when it’s your party’s guy. For all the hate Trump gets, it’s Congress who’s created and who props up this monarchy.