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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSessions as Secretary of Homeland Security? RICK PERRY...or CRUZ...as Attorney General?
Heres how Admiral Kelly and Ted Cruz just might save Sessions and Trumps buttBut Trump could nominate Sessions to be the Secretary of Homeland Security and then use the The Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 to laterally move in a new Attorney General absent consent from the senate on fitness for the position. Washington Post reporter Philip Bump had Georgetown Law professor Paul Butler explain this scenario.
So, in other words, if Sessions were to resign, President Trump could appoint, say, Rick Perry, the Secretary of Energy, to be the acting Attorney General? Bump asked.
The answer is yes, Prof. Butler replied.
Since Trump announced who would be replacing Priebus but not who would replace Kelly, there is rampant speculation that this is the first step in an effort to quash the Russia investigation.
I know its a crazy thought, but what if Trump tries to put Sessions at DHS as a way of getting a new Attorney General to fire Mueller? Tufts professor Dan Drezer wondered.
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/heres-how-admiral-kelly-and-ted-cruz-just-might-save-sessions-and-trumps-butt/
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Sessions as Secretary of Homeland Security? RICK PERRY...or CRUZ...as Attorney General? (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Jul 2017
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livetohike
(22,084 posts)1. Rick Perry!!! He can't even tie his own shoes. This is a joke.
The only person missing from this debacle is Sarah Palin and we'll probably see her as Energy Secretary soon .
bagelsforbreakfast
(1,427 posts)2. How did we get this guy as Attorney General?
Zoonart
(11,750 posts)3. Kill 'da wabbit.
tanyev
(42,360 posts)4. Well, a Ted Cruz honeymoon probably wouldn't last even a day.
Perry would certainly be more...malleable.