Mastodawn

It says a lot about where we are that one can read the entire @[email protected] story on the firing of the Attorney General of the United States without a *single* reference to that officer's duty to uphold the Constitution—which might just sometimes make it just a little hard to do the boss's bidding:

Pam Bondi Wanted a Graceful Ex...

Pam Bondi Wanted a Graceful Exit. But Trump Wanted Her Gone.

Pam Bondi had a feeling her days as attorney general were numbered. But she didn’t expect President Trump to drop the curtain quite so soon.

The New York Times

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Steve Vladeck 2d ago

I don't think Bondi took that duty especially seriously. But in most cases, the AG can't actually accomplish the President's vindictive personal goals without getting courts (which *do* take that duty seriously) to sign off. It's striking that the role of "law" in constraining the AG is ... absent.