Democratic Party is the Lawyer Party

[Billybob]

Just as I'd prefer the guy in charge of the military to have military experience and know what it's like, I'd prefer my chief law enforcement officer to have law experience and know what it's like. These just happen to be the same office.

The DOJ says the AG is the chief LEO and they have a lot of lawyers and legal knowledge/experience over there...

The Judiciary Act of 1789 created the Office of the Attorney General which evolved over the years into the head of the Department of Justice and chief law enforcement officer of the Federal Government. The Attorney General represents the United States in legal matters generally and gives advice and opinions to the President and to the heads of the executive departments of the Government when so requested. In matters of exceptional gravity or importance the Attorney General appears in person before the Supreme Court. Since the 1870 Act that established the Department of Justice as an executive department of the government of the United States, the Attorney General has guided the world's largest law office and the central agency for enforcement of federal laws.

http://www.justice.gov/ag/about-oag.html

 

[tntrex]

Dad always said there are "makers and takers son and your soul knows the difference. "

 

[TerryMiller]

Just as I'd prefer the guy in charge of the military to have military experience and know what it's like, I'd prefer my chief law enforcement officer to have law experience and know what it's like. These just happen to be the same office.

What's you're point, I didn't vote for him? All I'm saying is it's probably a good idea for the guy that enforces our laws, picks our Supreme Court Justices, and passes out pardons should have an above average knowledge of our laws and legal system. I never said liberal lawyers, I never said communist lawyers, I never said ACLU lawyers.

I never suggested you voted for him, so why bring that up?

And, I'll agree that our leaders "ought" to have an above average knowledge of law and the legal system, but it isn't necessary. As long as the leader is smart enough to get a good attorney to advise him, I'd say that was good. In Obumbo's case, he knows enough about the law to try to do the "dancing around" that I spoke of earlier. Thus, I feel that he tries to "bend the rules" to his advantage. But, my point was that he was supposed to be teaching the constitution. However, in his own words, he has referred to the Constitution and the Bill of Rights being documents of "negative rights" for the government. Personally, I prefer that government have those negative rights because it gives the citizens the "positive rights."

Oh, and the Attorney General is really the chief law enforcement officer, not the president. But in either case, they both should be obeying the law, not obfuscating it to advance their own desires. Has either of them really investigated any of the folks that have been involved with Fast and Furious, Benghazi, the IRS scandal, etc.?