Posted on 01/28/2018 7:02:36 AM PST by mairdie
Actually the memo is very indicative of the “State of the Union.” If not released before, it should be read during the State of the Union Address.
Executive Branch cannot compel Legislative Branch to do anything.
None of this matters because, “Trump is evil”.
I have very little confidence in ths memo causing any more than a ripple and the press will ignore it and at the very most label it as a manufactured hoax.
(like the Russian dossier)
The Revolt has to happen among the people, it is our duty.
There HAS to be a better way.
“They would (and will) retaliate, of course, but the truth needs to get out. It’s gonna get nasty, but it has to happen.”
The time for decorum is over. We’re already in a Constitutional crisis and it needs to be exposed to the people now.
I’d hope of is a Judge did that Trump would read it at the SOTU in pubic defiance.
It's a product of both the House and the Executive branch.
It requires approval from both.
A federal judge might try to block the public release but it won't work. POTUS is THE Classification Authority for the United States of America. ALL other classification authorities derive their statutory authority from him.
Documents are classified so as to protect information, the release of which would be damaging to the national interest. The level of classification, and hence the protective measures taken, is directly related to nature of the information.
If the President decides something, anything, should be declassified and published then, ipso facto, it is. Period. There is NO RECOURSE to the courts.
That said, I seriously doubt there is anything in the memo that is otherwise classified. The memo is a summary of the findings of the House Intel Committee. Anything classified would be found in various appendices which would be individually classified depending on the nature and source of the information. It is important to note that it is the information which makes a document classified and NOT the markings on the document. This is why Hillary committed felony when she sent and received emails containing classified information regardless of the presence or absence of required markings.
"Ceterum censeo Islam esse delendam."
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
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A couple members of the committee will "volunteer" to be the bad guys and vote against the release, and the memo and all the evidence backing it will be forever buried, only to be re-discovered in 50 years by some historian digging through the government warehouse.
Does Sessions have veto power over Congress?
Stay tuned.
I couldn’t bear to have such a pessimistic view of the world. I have to believe that things will work out for the best in this best of all possible Panglossian world.
I wish that picture of Clinton was his official portrait. I consider it so.
“But Sessions says no.”
Sessions recused himself from the Russia matter, so it’s Rosenstein’s pushback. Unless you have a source to cite?
The memo is a product of the house.
Why is that so difficult to understand. Trump is not king, although there are many around here who would love it to be so.
Sessions minion, Stephen Boyd, said so.
“CNN has obtained a copy of the letter sent by Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd to committee Chairman Devin Nunes.
The letter asks “why the Committee would possibly seek to disclose classified and law enforcement sensitive information without first consulting with the relevant members of the intelligence community.”
“Stephen Boyd is an American lawyer who currently serves as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legislative Affairs. Boyd graduated from the University of Alabama School of Law. He served as the communications director for Jeff Sessions when Sessions was serving as a U.S. Senator”
Absolutely.
Release the memo bump!
My point went over your head.
The memo most likely isn't a product of just the House.
If the memo contains classified executive branch information received in an executive session by the HPSCI, then the president should have final say over the release of any of that information.
Unfortunately the HPSCI rules take that decision away from the Chief Executive. I believe that's unconstitutional.
No Trump isn't king, but he is Chief Executive.
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