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  1. …in reply to @jacklgoldsmith
    @jacklgoldsmith I take it that your view is that 2USC § 194 is not operative as a practical or Constitutional matter? If not, the comment seems appropriate, since the President is asking that the laws be faithfully executed without “discretion”-which in this context would be a political act.
    1. …in reply to @augustf
      @jacklgoldsmith That is to say, I think there’s a distinction (perhaps unimportant for optics) between asking DOJ to use its discretion against your opponents and demanding that they *not* inject their own institutional political/PR considerations into a duty in the law that has no discretion.