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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I dunno. If DOJ told the field office to dismiss and field office (including lien prosecutors said) said no…. What the hell is going on?  Everybody comes out of this looking poorly, but most of all the field office. [/quote]

You can read the letters.  You don't have to take anyone's word for who comes out looking bad.[/quote]

You’re right. One letter talks in platitudes and the other in specifics. One letter talks in legal theories the other talks in facts.

But it comes down to one simple question for me:   Did DOJ give a constitutionally permissible order?  The answer seems to be yes and the field office substituted its judgment.

Like I said, field office looks worse.[/quote]

https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2025/02/aba-supports-the-rule-of-law/[/quote]

Supporting the rule of law means just that, even when you do not agree or like constitutionally valid decisions made by the Executive and his delegates.

Was the order to dismiss the charges  constitutionally valid?  It seems like the answer to me is yes.  Do you conclude otherwise?[/quote]

A federal employee swears an oath of office to uphold the constitution.  A lawyer swears to uphold state laws and to be an officer of the court.

Obeying Bove's order would be prohibited under that oath.[/quote]

Was the order to dismiss the charges a constitutionally permissible order?  The answer seems to be yes.

If the answer is yes, then it would not have violated the interim USA’s oath to follow the order.  You may disagree with a constitutionally permissible policy choice, but you don’t get to substitute your judgment for that of the elected officials (and their delegates).   That’s the rub. So, again, I ask:  was the order to dismiss the charges constitutionally permissible?

I personally hate that the government (local, state and federal) uses its prosecutorial discretion as leverage for cooperation in other matters. But that is a longstanding, constitutionally permissible practice. 
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This is not an issue of the constitution.  The constitution doesn't govern legal ethics.

If you are a lawyer, friend, you are cruising to disbarment.  (As many of Trump's previous lawyers have been.)[/quote]

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