Where there are issues of national importance, such as the appointment of special counsels and the investigation of a sitting president, Congress must consider its constitutional role and act to make sure that it can avail itself of its traditional checks against the executive branch," Grassley said.
We just heard that the DAG told the president he is not targeted under the Mueller investigation, and yet that is the justification Grassly uses.
i’ve never understood how a president could fire anyone investigating HIM for possible wrong doing. just think if we all had that power. mafia bosses would be ruling this country if they could.
and what makes it worse is the president has to factor in which side congress is on when firing a special counsel (his party = probably get away with it, the other party = probably not). it makes ZERO sense.
The Special Counsel makes little sense unless you intend to overthrow the peoples will. Better to wait for the next election to get rid of a President you don’t want. But no the losers can’t wait they need to make up garbage, we need congressional term limits similar to what we have for the Presidency.
yeah, how cool would it be if any of us could just break the law, have someone start investigating us and then either fire them or say “hey, wait for three years and then fire me/don’t elect me”. that’d be a sweet deal.
If the will of the people is to elect a horrible individual who surrounds himself with money launderers, frauds, and foreign agents, perhaps it should be overthrown.
Besides, the Senate is trying to claim they need to write a new law for this, as Grassley states:
"Where there are issues of national importance, such as the appointment of special counsels and the investigation of a sitting president, Congress must consider its constitutional role and act to make sure that it can avail itself of its traditional checks against the executive branch," Grassley said.
The US Constitution already grants Congress the power of impeachment, to address "traditional checks against " a rogue president.
I don’t believe in Congressional term limits. I don’t want the Government telling me that I can no longer vote for a Congressman or Senator that I like having.
Something like 95% of all incumbents get reelected each year. with the single digit approval rating these legislators receive, they are not getting reelected because 95% of the people approve of the job they are doing.
They get elected because the odds are stacked highly in their favor.
