01-31-2017, 12:52 PM
(01-31-2017, 12:49 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: Eh, yes and no. The AG also has the role to defend the laws and policies of their jurisdiction in court. It has occurred that an AG has refused to defend a policy/law due to their opinion of its constitutionality. We have seen AGs from all over the political spectrum do this between the state and federal level and even though their political adversaries always make hay out of them not doing their job, there has yet to be any official disciplinary action taken against these AGs for doing this.
I, personally, have mixed feelings on the situation. Regardless of any of this, the AG is a political position and Yates was, indeed, playing the political game. She knew what she was doing. My only concern is that with her firing we currently lack anyone with the statutory authority to sign off on FISA warrants. Not sure how long that will take to be resolved.
Conversely, they defend highly dubious actions in court all the time. As stated in the article I posted a professional in her situation goes to her boss in private and expresses their concerns. If said concerns aren't addressed then you resign. Anyone hailing her actions as heroic just bought a handful of magic beans. She knew she had no job on the DoJ in a few weeks and made political hay out of the current situation for self promotional purposes. This is not heroic, it's unethical.
