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In reply to the discussion: K&R for Sally Yates! [View all]Bernardo de La Paz
(60,320 posts)21. It might be an illegal firing, like in 1973, and a moment that brings down tRump
On November 14, 1973, federal District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell ruled that the dismissal of Cox was illegal, in the absence of a finding of extraordinary impropriety as specified in the regulation establishing the special prosecutor's office.[8] Congress was infuriated by the act, which was seen as a gross abuse of presidential power. The public sent in an unusually large number of telegrams to both the White House and Congress.[9][10] Less than a week after the Saturday Night Massacre, an Oliver Quayle poll for NBC News showed that for the first time, a plurality of U.S. citizens now supported impeachment of Nixon, with 44% in favor, 43% opposed, and 13% undecided, with a sampling error of 2 to 3 percent.[11] In the days that followed, numerous resolutions of impeachment against the president were introduced in Congress -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Massacre
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It might be an illegal firing, like in 1973, and a moment that brings down tRump
Bernardo de La Paz
Jan 2017
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