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In reply to the discussion: Don't buy the lie that Mueller said he believes it's unconstitutional to indict a sitting president [View all]Goodheart
(5,318 posts)16. Let ME clarify: you're wrong.
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Don't buy the lie that Mueller said he believes it's unconstitutional to indict a sitting president [View all]
EffieBlack
May 2019
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He is following the DOJ constraint. If the DOJ said that it was Constitutional to indict a sitting
still_one
May 2019
#3
Why would anyone assume Mueller suddenly injected an opinion in the middle of a paragraph
EffieBlack
May 2019
#25
Actually, if he had said "that it's unconstitutional" there would be no argument
Goodheart
May 2019
#30
Still wrong on your interpretation of his words. You are taking a phrase out of context.
ehrnst
May 2019
#77
Mueller didn't indict the President because he couldn't under DoJ rules
DeminPennswoods
May 2019
#14
Which makes all this discussion of his personal view on unconstitutionality beside the point.
Goodheart
May 2019
#19
ppl sincerely pissed off at Mueller is doing trumps dirty work? many long time members. you
Kurt V.
May 2019
#65
no i think Mueller was acting in the the constraints he was given. my issue is with effie implying
Kurt V.
May 2019
#67
If it was unconstitutional that would make the POTUS above the law and, therefore, a king.
Vinca
May 2019
#18
You apparently haven't seen the several OPs who seem to think t makes a difference.
EffieBlack
May 2019
#35
Thanks. Heard him say it and instantly knew it would be mischaracterized by the
Atticus
May 2019
#33
The base of my skull is telling me my blood pressure's rising.I need to take a break from the idiocy
Hekate
May 2019
#38
Members of a political site should be more informed than that but ppl are worked up. so it goes
Kurt V.
May 2019
#58
He just should have kept to his original report being it was policy & kept the unconstitutional
yaesu
May 2019
#42
Mueller is not a policy maker or breaker. Some POTUS candidates pledge to reverse that OLC policy.
Marcuse
May 2019
#43
I see. I thought Congress could. But doesn't make much difference, with the current SCT.nt
Honeycombe8
May 2019
#50
I agree with your interpretation. That whole paragraph is about the Department's policy,
pnwmom
May 2019
#45
Exactly. Having a policy that puts the president above the law is what's unconstitutional
AndJusticeForSome
May 2019
#56
It was pretty obvious to me that he was reflecting what the OLC opinions said,
The Velveteen Ocelot
May 2019
#76