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Re:Trump Fires Acting Attorney General by thinkcontext on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @08:32AM (#13530359)
Then you disagree with Jeff Sessions who said "the attorney general has a responsibility to say no to the president if he asks for something that's improper." Ironically he did this at Sally Yates' confirmation hearing, he went on to praise John Ashcroft for resisting the Bush administration.

http://theweek.com/speedreads/677012/watch-jeff-sessions-urg...

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Re:Trump Fires Acting Attorney General by intherdfield on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @08:50AM (#13530457)
You're both right, but when it plays out in public, someone has to get fired.
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Re:Trump Fires Acting Attorney General by bmm01 on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @10:25AM (#13531274)
I disagree. When the AG points out that an executive action is morally or legally dubious, it reflects more on the actions of the president than on the AG.

In this case, government cannot be compared to a business, where a subordinate publicly questioning a superior's decision is indicative of unruly management, leaving the superior in a position where he/she needs to reassure the public that he's/she's in charge. Government doesn't work like that.

Nobody "needs" to get fired. From where would the need come?

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Re:Trump Fires Acting Attorney General by uep on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @11:18AM (#13531841)
Hmm. You made me think about this differently. Trump comes from the business world, so it makes sense that he would treat his current role the same. Not that I agree with the mentality at all, but it does seem less inherently spiteful now.

It also isn't lost on me that he made his reality television name by saying "You're fired."

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Re:Trump Fires Acting Attorney General by billjings on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @08:13PM (#13537205)
If you fire someone for being a professional, you're going to get unprofessional behavior.

So yeah, you can do it. But you'll get what you get.

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Re:Trump Fires Acting Attorney General by gozur88 on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @03:36PM (#13534949)
Which assumes what he asked was improper.
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