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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHere's the most crucial paragraph from the Mueller report (Rawstory)
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/04/heres-crucial-paragraph-mueller-report/....
Under applicable Supreme Court precedent, the Constitution does not categorically and permanently immunize a President for obstructing justice through the use of his Article II powers. The separation-of-powers doctrine authorizes Congress to protect official proceedings, including those of courts and grand juries, from corrupt, obstructive acts regardless of their source. We also concluded that any inroad on presidential authority that would occur from prohibiting corrupt acts does not undermine the Presidents ability to fulfill his constitutional mission. The term corruptly sets a demanding standard. It requires a concrete showing that a person acted with an intent to obtain an improper advantage for himself or someone else, inconsistent with official duty and the rights of others. A preclusion of corrupt official action does not diminish the Presidents ability to exercise Article II powers. For example, the proper supervision of criminal law does not demand freedom for the President to act with a corrupt intention of shielding himself from criminal punishment, avoiding financial liability, or preventing personal embarrassment. To the contrary, a statute that prohibits official action undertaken for such corrupt purposes furthers, rather than hinders, the impartial and evenhanded administration of the law. It also aligns with the Presidents constitutional duty to faithfully execute the laws. Finally, we concluded that in the rare case in which a criminal investigation of the Presidents conduct is justified, inquiries to determine whether the President acted for a corrupt motive should not permissibly chill his performance of his constitutionally assigned duties. The conclusion that Congress may apply the obstruction laws to the Presidents corrupt exercise of the powers of office accords with our constitutional system of checks and balances and the principle that no person is above the law.
This paragraph is so important because it lays out why the obstruction portion of the report matters. Attorney General Bill Barr has dismissed the obstruction charges, saying that because Mueller didnt make a determination about whether Trump committed a crime, it was up to him as the head of the Justice Department to make that call.
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Here's the most crucial paragraph from the Mueller report (Rawstory) (Original Post)
alwaysinasnit
Apr 2019
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Harker
(13,976 posts)1. We'll see about that. n/t
BigmanPigman
(51,566 posts)2. Congress had better check tRump's power and damn fast.
Get his taxes too! If they start impeachment investigations they can get to his taxes, no problem.
onit2day
(1,201 posts)3. It's up to congress to initiate checks and balances through impeachment
2naSalit
(86,323 posts)4. To quote the con in chief...
"We have no choice, no other choice." I think we should heed that as advice regarding impeachment.
Grammy23
(5,810 posts)5. If Congress does not step up and do what needs to be done --
we are well and truly f*cked. Turn out the lights. Close the doors. Were done.
alwaysinasnit
(5,059 posts)6. Absolutely agree.