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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on November 08, 2018, 06:22:28 pm
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Conway's husband in op-ed: Trump's appointment of Sessions replacement 'unconstitutional'
By Avery Anapol - 11/08/18 01:09 PM EST
George Conway, husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, has co-authored an op-ed calling President Trump’s move to replace ex-Attorney General Jeff Sessions “unconstitutional.â€
The piece, published Thursday in the New York Times, asserts that Trump’s decision to appoint Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general is in violation of the Appointments Clause of the Constitution, which stipulates that principal officers must be confirmed by the Senate.
“President Trump’s installation of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general of the United States after forcing the resignation of Jeff Sessions is unconstitutional,†wrote Conway, along with lawyer Neal Katyal. “It’s illegal. And it means that anything Mr. Whitaker does, or tries to do, in that position is invalid.â€
Trump announced Wednesday that Whitaker, Sessions’s chief of staff, would take over for the attorney general. Sessions submitted a letter of resignation Wednesday at Trump’s request.
more
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/415740-conways-husband-in-op-ed-trumps-appointment-of-sessions-replacement
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And here is that op-ed:
Trump’s Appointment of the Acting Attorney General Is Unconstitutional
Neal K. Katyal and George T. Conway III
The New York Times
November 8, 2018
... Mr. Trump’s installation of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general of the United States after forcing the resignation of Jeff Sessions is unconstitutional. It’s illegal. And it means that anything Mr. Whitaker does, or tries to do, in that position is invalid...
Full article (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/08/opinion/trump-attorney-general-sessions-unconstitutional.html)
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I keep wondering about their marriage. Politics isn't everything but they really seem to be on opposite sides about a subject that is obviously of great importance to both of them.