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oh, you man the witch hunt against the Clintons?

they somehow dont see the analogy. Clinton is righteous vengeance, Trumpty's is a witch hunt.

Resident Plump's protestations about a "witch hunt" ring even more hollow to me, when I consider the fact that he built his whole political foray on a 4 year long witch hunt after the "true" origins of Obama.

The APA is in the process of officially establishing a definition of, and identifying recognizable symptoms pertaining to, a new category of mental illness, eh, John?

It's called "leftism."

I gotta say, those Caesar protesters need to get a grip. Watch the show and see what it is about. I haven't seen it, but according to those putting on the play, it about how far people go in politics and how they fall.

Quote:

Shakespeare actors and scholars told CBS News earlier this week that the protests fundamentally misunderstood the lesson of the play.

"The play doesn't condone violence," Shakespeare actor Joe Wegner told CBS News. "It actually is a story about what happens when an act like that is committed. And you watch these characters realize that. And then, in the end, everything falls."

CBS News

What is next, burning books because they suggest something somebody don't like?

Trump or Congress can still block Robert Mueller. I know. I wrote the rules.

Neal Katyal  is the former acting solicitor general of the United States:

The special-counsel regulations under which Mueller was appointed were written precisely to address a situation like this one. I would know; I wrote them, in 1999.

Trump could order Mueller fired. Our Constitution gives the president the full prosecution power in Article II; accordingly, any federal prosecutor works ultimately for the president. That constitutional reality is not something we could write around with a regulation.

Second, Congress could muck up Mueller’s investigation. Oliver North, for instance, was criminally convicted by an independent counsel during Iran-contra. But the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit threw out his conviction because Congress earlier gave him immunity for his testimony.

Third, the regulations permit Rosenstein, or his replacement, to define the scope and powers of the investigation. This stands as a reminder that Mueller operates as a subordinate to the Justice Department, not as Rosenstein’s equal.

These vulnerabilities mean that Mueller’s probe is not entirely free of the political process — it is not sacrosanct.

Mend, Don’t End, Mueller’s Investigation

President Trump should not dismiss Mueller, but the Justice Department must revise the special counsel’s jurisdiction.

There’s law and there’s politics. When it comes to Robert Mueller, the special counsel appointed to conduct the so-called Russia investigation, the Justice Department did politics.

As elaborated on in this space before, Bob Mueller is as straight an arrow as they come; he is not right all of the time (is any of us?), but he is always ethical and patriotic....with Mueller calling the shots, I believe the Trump administration and the public will get fair treatment.

When the subject of reports about Mueller’s potential dismissal was raised, Rosenstein suggested that only he — not the president — has the power to fire Mueller, and only on a showing of good cause.

It is dismaying to have to keep pointing out to its top officials that law-enforcement — the Justice Department and the FBI, in particular — is not a separate, independent branch of government. Its officials are subordinate-delegates of the president. They do not have their own power; they exercise the president’s power at the president’s pleasure.

Nor can a federal regulation amend the Constitution, especially in a way that usurps the president’s power. The president gets to tell the DAG what to do.

Now, finally, to mending but not ending Mueller’s investigation. Rosenstein gave Mueller, which itself is a result of improperly appointing a special counsel to run a counterintelligence investigation. Trump mainly has himself to blame for his straits. The situation, however, can be corrected.

Rosenstein should issue a directive superseding his original appointment of Mueller in order to more tightly and appropriately define Mueller’s jurisdiction. The new directive should describe, in writing, the potential crimes that have been uncovered in the Russia investigation. If criminal conduct has been discovered, it should be spelled out. “Trump campaign collusion with Russia,” aside from being unsupported by any public evidence, is not a crime.

Mueller should never have been appointed, but the political blowback of relieving him at this juncture would be extremely damaging to Trump’s presidency. Mueller’s special-counsel investigation should proceed, but his jurisdiction should be sharply and narrowly redefined.

Ido know what o of j is it is not clear you do. And i kinda hope he does fire muellef because as commentators have said, it would be political suix8de