There topic of discussion for
this Constitution Monday is the power of the President of the United States.
The President is the top guy in the executive branch of the federal government.
He has the power to fire any of the appointees at any time.
The media has been tied in knots for
several weeks. They called for a special Senate investigation, and the results
were a “nothing burger” as Senator Ted Cruz called it in the beginning. Former
FBI Director James Comey did not to help his cause and may have put himself in
deep trouble.
The Blaze published an article about an interview done recently by MSNBC anchor
Yasmin Vossoughian with Elizabeth Price Foley, a law professor at Florida
International University. The interview concerned the charge that President Donald
Trump committed obstruction of justice when he fired Comey last month. Democrats
charge that Trump fired Comey because of the FBI investigation into possible
collusion between the Russians and the Trump campaign. No evidence of collusion
has been found, but that fact does not stop liberals.
Foley
explained the situation as follows.
The FBI director works for the attorney
general and the attorney general works for the president of the United States.
All of these individuals have their jobs by the pleasure of the president’s
appointment with the advice and consent of the Senate…. They can be fired by
him at any time and for any reason….
To the extent that people want [to] try
to make this obstruction of justice, there’s a million different layers why
this is not technically obstruction of justice, either as a statutory matter or
constitutional matter….
You don’t put discretionary limits on
plenary constitutional authority and if you do what you do is you invite
Article III non-elected politically non-accountable judges to second guess the
president’s authority. You never want to have a constitutional regime that sets
up that way.
Foley
explained that people have two options if they do not like the fact that Trump
fired Comey. They can impeach him and remove him from office or they can elect
another President in 2020. This writer believes that liberals should back off
and let the President do his job, especially if they will not or cannot take
either of the above stated actions.
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