This demonstrates a real big problem in government. It`s true in every administration. There are always yes-people who surround themselves with Cabinet officials of presidents who say, don`t worry about that pesky law, this or that, here`s some way around it.
Katyal critiques the presence of sycophants in government who undermine legal processes.
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Delay is the name of this game, and they know the prospects before the Court of Appeals are quite weak.
You know in America, we don`t have two systems of justice, one for the president and one for everyone else.
It’s just as one more, you know, kind of horrible thing that Donald Trump did which is put this guy in who wasn’t you know who could maybe clean up oil spills at best and make him the top law enforcement officer of the entire United States.
There is no two-second insurrectionist defense in federal criminal law or in politics.
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