Wednesday's appointment of Matthew Whitaker as Acting Attorney General was unconstitutional.
Article 2 Section 2 of the United States Constitution says that the President can consult with what we've come to know as a Cabinet, and can, with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint public ministers ... and all other officers ... of the United States.
Matthew Whitaker has never been voted upon, let alone confirmed by, the Senate for any position in any part of the Federal government. Had he, for instance, been confirmed in the Treasury, Defense, Interior, or Homeland Security departments, he's have been eligible, under Article 2 Section 2, to serve as Acting AG without undergoing another hearing. But none of that pertains.
What does hold water is this. One can legitimately conclude that Donald Trump appointed Matthew Whitaker in order to provide a sharper weapon against Robert Mueller ...
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