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This is from a former law professor: "[https://www.nationalreview.com/news/elizabeth-warren-vows-to-rescind-doj-guideline-prohibiting-prosecution-of-sitting-presidents/ Warren Vows to Rescind DOJ Guideline Prohibiting Prosecution of Sitting Presidents]." This idea is batty in so many ways. What is supposed to happen if a president is found guilty? The Secret Service will protect him in prison while the Federal Marshals prevent him from escaping? How will he receive a "petition for redress of grievances," as the First Amendment requires? Perhaps Warren assumes that the president will be shamed into resigning like Nixon. That would make the special counsel the ultimate authority in our system, the guy who can overturn a presidential election. Mueller has shown us that we cannot count on special counsels to behave responsibly. When Rosenstein hired Mueller, he was thinking mostly about protecting himself from the backlash against Comey's firing, which he himself had participated in. The office is extraconstitutional and the special counsel regulation should be rescinded. That would not stop an attorney general from appointing a special counsel when appropriate, but it would knock the pedestal out from under the position. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 06:31, 3 June 2019 (EDT)

This is from a former law professor: "[https://www.nationalreview.com/news/elizabeth-warren-vows-to-rescind-doj-guideline-prohibiting-prosecution-of-sitting-presidents/ Warren Vows to Rescind DOJ Guideline Prohibiting Prosecution of Sitting Presidents]." This idea is batty in so many ways. What is supposed to happen if a president is found guilty? The Secret Service will protect him in prison while the Federal Marshals prevent him from escaping? How will he receive a "petition for redress of grievances," as the First Amendment requires? Perhaps Warren assumes that the president will be shamed into resigning like Nixon. That would make the special counsel the ultimate authority in our system, the guy who can overturn a presidential election. Mueller has shown us that we cannot count on special counsels to behave responsibly. When Rosenstein hired Mueller, he was thinking mostly about protecting himself from the backlash against Comey's firing, which he himself had participated in. The office is extraconstitutional and the special counsel regulation should be rescinded. That would not stop an attorney general from appointing a special counsel when appropriate, but it would knock the pedestal out from under the position. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 06:31, 3 June 2019 (EDT)

*I should add that the reason Mueller did not indict Trump isn't because he respects DOJ guidelines. It is because he wants Trump impeached. See [https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/05/robert-mueller-investigation-was-always-impeachment-probe/ Andrew McCarthey analysis in ''National Review.''] [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 21:07, 3 June 2019 (EDT)

*I should add that the reason Mueller did not indict Trump isn't because he respects DOJ guidelines. It is because he wants Trump impeached. See [https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/05/robert-mueller-investigation-was-always-impeachment-probe/ Andrew McCarthey analysis in ''National Review.''] [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 21:07, 3 June 2019 (EDT)