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Fox legal analyst; Trump violated the law by appointing Matt Whitaker as acting attorney general
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/11/fox-news-legal-analyst-says-trump-violated-the-law-by-appointing-matt-whitaker-as-acting-attorney-general/Fox News legal analyst Andrew Napolitano....explained that Whitaker was not confirmed by the Senate and therefore violates the law.
Under the law, the person running the Department of Justice must have been approved by the United States Senate for some previous position. Even on an interim post, Napolitano said.
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Fox legal analyst; Trump violated the law by appointing Matt Whitaker as acting attorney general (Original Post)
jg10003
Nov 2018
OP
Was Whitaker installed via "recess appointment" or under the "Federal Vacancies Reform Act"? n/t
PoliticAverse
Nov 2018
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Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)1. Law, smauw....rules don't apply to orange rump.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)2. Was Whitaker installed via "recess appointment" or under the "Federal Vacancies Reform Act"? n/t
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)3. IOKIYAR strikes again (nt)
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)4. All that changed last night.
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)5. Well consider the source
I hope he is right.
Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)6. Unfortunately, he was approved by the Senate.
Whitaker previously served in the United States Department of Justice during the George W. Bush administration as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa.
That is a position that requires approval by the Senate. Unless there is something in the U.S. Code that says a 'Acting AG' must be approved by the current Congress, or that puts a limit on how long that Approval lasts, I'm afraid tRump is within his statutory rights. <sigh>