[ April 22, 2026 ]
The party of treason strikes again.
Democratic senators sue to block appointment of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general
FOX News, November 19, 2018:
ADVERTISEMENTThree Democratic senators on Monday filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the constitutionality of President Trump’s appointment of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general.
Trump appointed to Whitaker to lead the Justice Department after Attorney General Jeff Sessions was forced out of the role earlier this month.
The senators who filed the complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia are Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono. All three released fiery statements Monday.
“Installing Matthew Whitaker so flagrantly defies constitutional law that any viewer of School House Rock would recognize it. Americans prize a system of checks and balances, which President Trump’s dictatorial appointment betrays,” Blumenthal said.
“The stakes are too high to allow the president to install an unconfirmed lackey to lead the Department of Justice – a lackey whose stated purpose, apparently, is undermining a major investigation into the president,” Whitehouse said.
ADVERTISEMENT“Donald Trump cannot subvert the Constitution to protect himself and evade accountability. We want the court to make clear that the Senate must confirm Matthew Whitaker’s appointment as Acting Attorney General—otherwise this temporary appointment violates the Constitution’s Appointments Clause,” Hirono said.
The senators argue that Whitaker’s appointment is in violation of the Constitution’s appointments clause. They ask the federal court to declare Whitaker’s appointment unconstitutional and block him from carrying out duties.
The Justice Department maintains that the appointment is legal. DOJ spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said Monday it is “lawful” and comports with the with the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, the appointments clause of the U.S. Constitution, Supreme Court precedent, past Department of Justice opinions and past actions of Republican and Democratic presidents.
“There are over 160 instances in American history in which non-Senate confirmed persons performed, on a temporary basis, the duties of a Senate-confirmed position,” Kupec said. “To suggest otherwise is to ignore centuries of practice and precedent.”
Last week, the Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel issued an opinion supporting Whitaker’s appointment.
“This Office previously had advised that the President could designate a senior Department of Justice Official, such as Mr. Whitaker as Acting Attorney General,” the OLC said, noting that Whitaker has been serving at the Justice Department “at a sufficiently senior pay level for over a year.”
The Democratic senators are being represented by two non-profit law firms in the case: Protect Democracy and the Constitutional Accountability Center.
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