Trump Fires Acting Attorney General

Re:Trump Fires Acting Attorney General by Certhas on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @01:19PM (#13533471)

Right, so if I (and many reporters with much experience covering executive orders) read this correctly it was not vetted by the DOJ. It had the correct "formatting" of an executive order, but no check was performed by the OLC on whether it violates standing law.

I mean the DHS and other involved departments were also not consulted, so the idea that the DOJ got to weigh in on the legality is pretty strange/implausble.

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Re:Trump Fires Acting Attorney General by refurb on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @02:12PM (#13534122)

Really? I read that as "in case you're wondering why I'm opposing it and the OLC didn't, this is..."

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Re:Trump Fires Acting Attorney General by Certhas on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @02:54PM (#13534576)

I guess it hinges on the scope of the "form and legality" review. There is an obvious conflict with the law that bans immigration rules based on country of origin. Did the OLC weigh that (or even constitutionality)? Or merely whether the preceding law that Trump's order cites, authorizes him to give the executive order?

I assumed the latter. We'll soon see how the legality of the order plays out in the courts anyway.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/opinion/trumps-immigratio...

Edit: Either way, my original blanket assumption that it had just not been looked at by the DOJ at all is clearly false as the OLC is a part of the DOJ.

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