12-04-2017, 03:54 PM
(12-04-2017, 03:02 PM)hollodero Wrote: And as lang Obama is in power, he calls the shots and the policies and not his predecessor, and I guess period. If it weren't so, you might as well call the transition time an interregnum without an acting president.
Agreed. It's definitely a very gray area. You can't have the incoming administration undermining the sitting one, but that should go both ways.
The simple solution is not to have important ex-parte meetings during the transition period (which Flynn clearly violated).
The technical issue that is more concerning to me, and why the Logan Act makes sense even as applied to transition teams, is the fact that Flynn HADN'T been confirmed. So while you could argue he's only guilty of starting the job early, clearing the confirmation hurdle (no matter how inevitable) is still very important to have been properly vetted by Congress.
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