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highplainsdem

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Tue Apr 10, 2018, 08:51 PM Apr 2018

Laurence Tribe explains exactly WHY Trump does not have the power to fire Mueller





Anyone advising Trump he has power to remove Mueller better read In re Hennen (1839), reaff’d by CJ Taft (1926) and CJ Roberts (2010), holding that POTUS cannot personally remove an officer appointed by a member of his Cabinet unless an Act of Congress greenlights such removal.
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Laurence Tribe explains exactly WHY Trump does not have the power to fire Mueller (Original Post) highplainsdem Apr 2018 OP
Congress better NOT. Thanks for Cha Apr 2018 #1
Yeah but does Tribe understand politics? nt BootinUp Apr 2018 #2
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