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Lint Head

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6. The opposition are usurping the power of

Reply to YarnAddict (Reply #5)

Sun Mar 15, 2015, 10:02 AM

Mar 2015

the Commander and Chief. Congress is not "coequal" in this situation. An objective investigation is not out of the question. Blowback worries be darned. It is an unfounded fear. I fear the destruction of the Constitution more than blowback. They took oaths to uphold it not destroy it. The President does not interfere with Congtess' defined duties and Congress should not interfere with his. For example. Congress can impeach the President but the President does not have that power.

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President Obama should ask the attorney general to investigate [View all] Lint Head Mar 2015 OP

Tie up the 47 in legal drama & then tie up Jeb in email b.s. misterhighwasted Mar 2015 #1

The Treasonous 47.They all want to go to heaven. Lint Head Mar 2015 #4

He's never done anything approximating that. delrem Mar 2015 #2

The thing about politics is this: randome Mar 2015 #20

At the end of the day, they all belong to the same club. nm rhett o rick Mar 2015 #3

Because nothing says tin pot dictatorship YarnAddict Mar 2015 #5

The opposition are usurping the power of Lint Head Mar 2015 #6

Congress IS a co-equal branch YarnAddict Mar 2015 #8

wrong. there are no exceptions to Congress being a co-equal. cali Mar 2015 #12

That will not occur. President Obama is far too smart to do that. MineralMan Mar 2015 #7

President Obama is no longer bound by anyone android fan Mar 2015 #9

President Obama is bound by his love of country. MineralMan Mar 2015 #10

No that is not a fact. It's an opinion- one which most legal experts disagree with cali Mar 2015 #13

Agree. ananda Mar 2015 #14

you seem to be deeply confused as to what is fact and what is opinion. cali Mar 2015 #22

there are no grounds for this. cali Mar 2015 #11

Yeah, so his legacy would be the guy who tried to send almost every opposition senator to prison. Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #15

never. cali Mar 2015 #16

Never. Nonsense seems to beget nonsense. cherokeeprogressive Mar 2015 #21

Perhaps he should issue an EO instructing the Justice Department NOT to enforce hughee99 Mar 2015 #17

to what ends? It's hardly as if the Logan Act is regularly used. cali Mar 2015 #18

So the republicans can protest this executive hughee99 Mar 2015 #19

Why would he ask the A.G. to carry out an embarrassing faceplant? dairydog91 Mar 2015 #23