Beryl Howell: “is the President’s insistence that he has authority to fire whomever he wants within the Executive branch, overriding…”

The chilling effect of this executive order ... threatens to significantly undermine the integrity of our entire legal system.

At issue in this case, is the president's insistence that he has authority to fire whomever he wants within the Executive branch, overriding any congressionally mandated law in his way.

The President seems intent on pushing the bounds of his office and exercising his power in a manner violative of clear statutory law to test how much the courts will accept the notion of a presidency that is supreme.

These arguments smack of farce. The reality is that DOJ and the White House have been openly stonewalling the House's efforts to get information by subpoena and by agreement, and the White House has flatly stated that the administration…