Epstein Secrets

y Assistant Attorney General cc: The Honorable Lamar S. Smith, Ranking Member, House Committee on the Judiciary The Honorable Tom Lantos, Chairman, House Committee on Foreign Affairs — The Honorable Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Ranking Member, House Committee on Foreign Affairs C The Honorable Patrick J. Leahy, Chairman, Senate Committe

ers without Senate approval; the Supreme Court ultimately struck down the statute as an unconstitutional limitation on the President's removal power. Myers is particularly instructive because, at the time President Wilson acted, there was no Supreme Court precedent on point and the statute was not manife

with a statute that limits his constitutional powers if he believes it is unconstitutional. As Attorney General Civiletti stated in a 1980 opinion, Myers is very nearly decisive of the issue [of Presidential denial of the validity of statutes]. Myers holds that the President's constitutional duty does

ute that he views as unconstitutional. __ First, there is significant judicial approval of this proposition. Most notable is the Court's decision in Myers v. United States, 272 U.S. 52 (1926). There the Court sustained the President's view that the ' ' Statute at issue was unconstitutional without any m

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nsulate in China will be asked to close." A New York Times <https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/world/asia/us-china-consulate.html> (7/23, Bradsher, Myers, 18.61 M) analysis says the Administration's "broad assault on China has left its leadership with few options that would not threaten a complete bre

shington, DC; 4:00 PM US House: * House Foreign Affairs and Oversight Committees hold joint deposition in probe of firing of State Department IG — House Committee on Foreign Affairs and House Committee on Oversight and Reform conduct joint deposition of Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs R. Clarke Cooper

of what prompted the warning." The New York Times <https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/24/world/asia/china-us-consulate-chengdu.html> (7/24, Bradsher, Myers, 18.61M) reports that the Communist Party's "propaganda outlets struck a nationalistic note on Friday, vowing that Beijing would hold firm in the fa