Durbin asks DOJ to clarify scope of president’s military power ahead of Trump inauguration

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 Durbin asks DOJ to clarify scope of president’s military power ahead of Trump inauguration
by Rebecca Beitsch - 01/07/25 5:47 PM ET

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, is urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to rescind a number of internal opinions dealing with a president’s military powers while asking for clarification on domestic use of America’s forces.

The letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland comes less than two weeks before President-elect Trump is set to take office and asks the Justice Department to make clear the bounds of the president’s authority on a number of fronts.

The letter, obtained by The Hill, refers to a cache of opinions crafted by the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), which houses the department’s own legal advisers and sets guidelines on various legal matters.

Durbin asked the office to release its opinions on the extent to which presidents can use the military domestically, a request that comes as Trump has said he will use the armed forces to help carry out the largest deportation operation the country has seen.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5072742-durbin-justice-department-military-powers-trump/

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Durbin needs to simply read the Constitution to determine Presidential military powers.

The DOJ reports to the President.

Man are the leftists desperate.

[Free Vulcan]

There's Posse Comitatus, and I'm not aware of others if there are any.

You damn well know that DICK Durbin, emphasis on Dick, you're just trying to paint some little alternate reality with your little words to imply Trump is a dictator.

[GtHawk]

There's Posse Comitatus, and I'm not aware of others if there are any.

You damn well know that DICK Durbin, emphasis on Dick, you're just trying to paint some little alternate reality with your little words to imply Trump is a dictator.

Didn’t Durbin win the appellation Turban Durbin for some reason that escapes me at the moment

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The letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland comes less than two weeks before President-elect Trump is set to take office and asks the Justice Department to make clear the bounds of the president’s authority on a number of fronts.

Why? Who cares what Garland has to say about anything at this point? He is unemployed a few days from now. This make no sense at all.