The lie of DOJ independence

The media, most notably CNN, was pushing that narrative on election night: Graphic: X Screenshot Can that possibly be true? Is the DOJ, part of the Executive branch of government, independent of the President? Does he have no power to influence its operation and decisions? Are appointed and hired employees of the DOJ superior in power to the President? Let’s examine Article II, Section I of the Constitution: The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.

For example, the President could direct DOJ to significantly increase resources to prosecute criminals at the highest charging level and to seek maximum sentences, devote maximum resources to deporting illegal aliens, act against sanctuary cities who defy and obstruct federal law enforcement efforts, and seek restoration of death penalty in all possible cases for horrific crimes, including for drug trafficking and child molestation and rape.

Why would powerful, selfless public servants, people whose only concern is for the rule of law and equal justice under the law, people who honor their oaths to honor and defend the Constitution and who live to protect Americans from actual criminals and real threats to national security, flee as from a pestilence at the looming second term of Trump? Because a great many of them aren’t selfless public servants.

There is no wall of separation between the President and the DOJ: There are many examples going back to our Founding, with George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson vigorously directing prosecutors to initiate or drop specific cases.

Appearances matter, and Americans like to believe the DOJ, FBI and the rest of government are their hired hands, not political operatives bent on destroying the enemies of the party in power.

Far too many are political thugs who have dishonored the traditions of their agencies, abandoned the Constitution, abused their power, and committed innumerable violations of law as they willingly, gleefully pursued the political enemies of Democrats/socialists/communists (D/s/cs) and the Deep State.

In recent times (after Nixon), there are many examples, such as Reagan directing DOJ to drop an antitrust prosecution against a British airline (over DOJ’s objection), and George H.W. Bush directing DOJ to move into overdrive to bring federal civil rights criminal charges against LAPD officers in Rodney King incident. 

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