05-02-2019, 10:58 AM
(05-02-2019, 10:49 AM)michaelsean Wrote: It's just legal theory, and I read someone, who I don't believe was a conservative or anything, said it's a fine line, but not necessarily wrong. As a theory it makes sense if you look at it outside of this specific scenario.
The way our system is set up, it's not an inaccurate opinion from Barr. The Executive has the final say in those sorts of things. In some countries, where the AG falls more under the judiciary or the judiciary has the investigative authority, it may be different, but that's not how our country was set up.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
