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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
I'm questioning the efforts to make these decisions into legal violations as opposed to political judgments on which reasonable minds (or members of each party) may disagree.
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You have perjury on the table now.
If people below the President made decisions that implicate the criminal statutes described in Lederman's post, then you have potential legal violations there. As it should be.
If they turn around and say, "it was the President's decision, so suck it," then it seems like they have a good defense to criminal charges, but impeachment is on the table.
It sounds to me like you're arguing that a Governor has the duty and right to award government contracts, so the decision to award one to a political contributor as a
quid pro quo is an unreviewable political decision. I think Slave cogently explained why that's wrong.
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The usual basis for determining who is "right" is through the ballot box.
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That's one, but you can imagine that it will lead to underenforcement of the law in a second term.
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