Trump fires Sally Yates for instructing justice department not to defend travel ban

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

I think if she had doubt about legality of a order then she has right to refuse to follow such order, since banning anyone , from US (specially immigrants) is against US constitution bill of rights. It must be there some where

 

[Nilgiri]

since banning anyone , from US (specially immigrants) is against US constitution bill of rights. It must be there some where

The US has legally enforced bans on specific immigrant countries many times before, all cleared by the supreme court. Carter for the Iranians comes to mind. Before WW2, there were quite some racist policies against the Chinese and Asians as well. Again enshrined in law.

And it is not the AG's role (acting or not) to legislate. Legislating in place of clear enforcement of higher law (by way of prosecution) is dereliction of duty for any AG. The US constitution is very clear on the matter. She violated it and thus got fired.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Well no she said , she had difficulty understanding the Executive order , as it sounded like bigotry. Therefore she refused to act on it.

Becasue she was fired that is a violation on her rights to work and have a judgement. She can refuse to accept an order if she feels doing so will bring harm to her country. The person writing the Excutive order certainly is not bringing all nation on board with the planning , acting more like a King

Seems like a law suit

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Well no she said , she had difficulty understanding the Executive order , as it sounded like bigotry. Therefore she refused to act on it.

Becasue she was fired that is a violation on her rights to work and have a judgement. She can refuse to accept an order if she feels doing so will bring harm to her country. The person writing the Excutive order certainly is not bringing all nation on board with the planning , acting more like a King

Seems like a law suit

Lol! She is an Obama appointee. She isn't even supposed to be there anymore. That's like saying John Kerry should sue Trump for not being allowed a position is his cabinet. Trump has to have his people go through the Senate hearings process first before they can be allowed to take their positions. The Democrats have blocked the hearing process so now Trump is stuck with Obama leftovers.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Just sue him anyways for making a comment against her hair

 

[Nilgiri]

Well no she said , she had difficulty understanding the Executive order , as it sounded like bigotry. Therefore she refused to act on it.

Becasue she was fired that is a violation on her rights to work and have a judgement. She can refuse to accept an order if she feels doing so will bring harm to her country. The person writing the Excutive order certainly is not bringing all nation on board with the planning , acting more like a King

Seems like a law suit

Ever noticed how she isn't filing any law suit after getting fired?

She knows she was in the wrong....legal experts on BOTH sides of political aisle agree with this (whether they agree or not with the Trump E.O that prompted all of this).

She knows if she persists, it wouldn't be out of line that the govt charges her with treason in response...and would be well within their means to prosecute quite effectively.

So thats why the democrats know not to support her with any substance (maybe just a few words of moral support), it would soak up a lot of resources in a clearly doomed case for them.

 

[schoolboy]

She was appointed by Obama (Senate confirmation hearings). Trump is expected to nominate his own people and have her replaced. The only reason she is still there is because Senate Democrats are delaying Trump people's confirmation process. This has nothing to do with her being in a high level position and disagreeing with Trump. She isn't supposed to be there to begin with.

By default Obama appointees would have resigned - as indeed most have. The few still around took a decision not to resign (for any number of reasons) but once decided they are expected to toe the line on policy.

My point is only that:

1. Her conduct cannot be justified by saying she was appointed by Obama.

2. She was not very smart in making a fuss about this order and brought her personal feelings into this. [It would have been different had she announced that the order was illegal or unconstitutional for example, in which case she should have resigned]

This is not just my view. Law professors from Harvard and Columbia have said the same thing.

 

[Gregor Clegane]

Trump needs to purge Pentagon civilian staff.