Kellyanne CONway, master purveyor of “alternative facts,” has even been called out by her own husband, who is also a lawyer, and co-authored an op-ed piece arguing that Trump’s tyrannical effort to bypass the statutory laws of succession and appoint an interim “acting” Attorney General who is…
a) utterly unqualified
b) clearly biased based on public statements that demand recusal, and
c) ineligible on constitutional and statutory grounds because he has never been confirmed by the Senate, as required by the Constitution.
The law on interim succession is clear, as is the Constitutional requirement that an interim “acting” cabinet level department head must be someone who has passed a previous senate confirmation.
The law — both in statute and in the Constitution — is clear that the Deputy Attorney General, who was appointed by Trump and confirmed by the Senate, is the rightful interim “acting” Attorney General until a permanent new appointee can be nominated and confirmed.
Kellyanne CONway, master purveyor of “alternative facts,” has even been called out by her own husband, who is also a lawyer, and co-authored an op-ed piece arguing that Trump’s tyrannical effort to bypass the statutory laws of succession and appoint an interim “acting” Attorney General who is…
a) utterly unqualified
b) clearly biased based on public statements that demand recusal, and
c) ineligible on constitutional and statutory grounds because he has never been confirmed by the Senate, as required by the Constitution.
The law on interim succession is clear, as is the Constitutional requirement that an interim “acting” cabinet level department head must be someone who has passed a previous senate confirmation.
The law — both in statute and in the Constitution — is clear that the Deputy Attorney General, who was appointed by Trump and confirmed by the Senate, is the rightful interim “acting” Attorney General until a permanent new appointee can be nominated and confirmed.