BREAKING - CNN TV
3 DEM SENATORS FILE LAWSUIT ATTEMPTING TO STOP WHITAKER FROM ACTING AG.
CNN CITES KELLYANNE'S HUSBAND as authority.
makes me think his role maybe to trigger them to do these stupid things
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/senate-dems-whitaker-appointment-unconstitutional
According to a Monday Daily Beast report, Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) are suing on the grounds that Whitaker was not Senate-confirmed for the post.
Trump appointed Whitaker through the Vacancies Reform Act, which allows for temporary staffing for 210 days. But the senators are citing a common claim among constitutional scholars that the act does not give the President license to slot a non-confirmed person into a Cabinet-level position.
Whitaker was confirmed by the Senate 14 years ago for his job as a U.S. attorney in Iowa, but some argue that the confirmation has expired.
Last week, the state of Maryland filed a court challenge against Whitaker’s legitimacy as head of the DOJ on similar grounds, arguing that Trump cannot “bypass the constitutional and statutory requirements for appointing someone to that office.”
The DOJ penned a memo in response, claiming that Trump’s move falls within the bounds of the Constitution.
>Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
Those who scream the loudest
CNN is saying that this suit will NOT be treated as an emergency, and Whitaker will be there for a while until this suit works it way through normal channels.