Hi! Raise your hand if you know I am a published constitutional law scholar and that my legal scholarship has been cited in federal court opinions. 90% of you don't know. Now let's talk some Con Law and how law professors are preying on people's ignorance re: Mueller / Trump.
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The obstruction of justice paradox. The power to prosecute resides within the Presidency. How then could you obstruct your own investigation?
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Imagine Hillary Clinton had been elected POTUS. A US Attorney in Iowa, looking to make a name for herself, decides to indict Clinton for various crimes. Would that be democratic?
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If President Clinton had fired the US Attorney, would that be obstruction? Why? The power gives President Clinton that power.
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The democratic remedy against Trump is impeachment. Democratic officials (Article I) have the power to remove a democratically-elected official (Article II). The system is functioning exactly as it should be.
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P.S. Morrison v. Olson was wrongly decided and anyone who can't give you that case holding by heart is UNQUALIFIED to even begin to have this discussion about Trump and Mueller.https://www.cernovich.com/mueller-report-obstruction-collusion-trump/ …
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He was appointed by AG to serve as a Special Council for the DOJ which would have given him the authority to indict until he stepped down as SP
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And yet, he's done that for two years already, merely by existing in the position he occupied.
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