Earlier today, then-acting Attorney General Sally Yates issued a directive to staff not to defend the Muslim ban. Her memo letter said, “I am responsible for ensuring that the positions we take in court remain consistent with this institution’s solemn obligation to always seek justice and stand for what is right.” “At present, I am not…
The firing of Yates is not remotely scalar to the Saturday Night Massacre. If Obama had been confronted by a Bush holdover at Justice while Holder was pending who announced that his affordable care plan mandate was unconstitutional, he would have done the same. Elections have consequences, good or bad.