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I thought POTUS had the power to appoint / recommend people to offices like USAG but it was congress that granted certain authorities - and that they never granted potus this type of power.

You know why congress keeps asking intel officials if Trump has asked them to shut down the Russia investigation and prosecution or impede them in any way at all?

Or Obama refusing to prosecute illegal aliens under DACA under prosecutorial discretion?

It's because the President has that explicit power.

The constitution is pretty clear on this. The President is charged with enforcing and executing the laws of the United States of America as duly passed by Congress. Subordinate officials in the executive branch are merely exercising that same power with the President's consent and following his orders.

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Posted by starsandstripes

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Posted on 5/18/18 at 11:26 pm to Sentrius

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You know why congress keeps asking intel officials if Trump has asked them to shut down the Russia investigation and prosecution or impede them in any way at all?

Or Obama refusing to prosecute illegal aliens under DACA under prosecutorial discretion?

It's because the President has that explicit power.

The constitution is pretty clear on this. The President is charged with enforcing and executing the laws of the United States of America as duly passed by Congress. Subordinate officials in the executive branch are merely exercising that same power with the President's consent and following his orders.

I'll have to go read art 2 again. I thought there was the bit about congress creating powers for certain roles and POTUS obligated to make sure the laws were enforced. Forgot it was wider than that.

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