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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 12:37 PM Original message |
Was it actually a crime for Bush to fire the federal prosecuters? |
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Dollface (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. Does it fall under the Hatch Act? Anyone? |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 12:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Perhaps Obstruction |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 01:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. What happens the Rule of Law after a Coup? nt |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. Could have been, yeah. |
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stirlingsliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. Firing People Who Are Doing Thier Jobs SHOULD Be Illegal |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
5. No. nt |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
6. No. He has total discretion. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 12:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. "It wasn't about the blow job, it was about the LIES!" |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. So right |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 02:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. But half of DUers seem to think that the Republicans would NEVER lynch him |
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mentalsolstice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
7. It was unethical |
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neohippie (410 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. maybe so maybe not |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
9. If a US Attorney was fired because he/she was investigating |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
11. No. The president has complete discretion. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 12:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. You're wrong, his discretion is not "complete." |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 01:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Query: Can the President be charged with obstruction for granting a pardon ,c lemency or amnesty? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Not entirely true. You can't LIE about the reason you dismiss someone. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
12. Their civil service rights were violated. The administration LIED about their performance in some |
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Suziq (953 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
14. No Crime, But . . . . |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
16. The crime is politicizing the justice department. |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
18. Josh Marshall Had Difficult Citing Specific Laws That Would Prohibit That Behavior |
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Sir Jeffrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
19. It could be...especially in the Lam case... |
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