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WASHINGTON — The state of Maryland plans to ask a federal judge on Tuesday for an order declaring that Rod Rosenstein is the acting attorney general — not Matt Whitaker, who was appointed to that position last week after the forced resignation of Jeff Sessions.
If the judge does as Maryland asks, ruling that Whitaker cannot serve as attorney general, it would be a blow to President Donald Trump, who bypassed Rosenstein in favor of someone who has repeatedly criticized Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian election meddling.
The Justice Department would immediately appeal any such ruling, and the case could be on a fast track to the Supreme Court.
Whitaker's appointment has been widely criticized because he now oversees the special counsel's investigation into Russian election meddling and the president. While serving as a conservative commentator, he questioned the scope of the investigation and said there was no Trump campaign collusion with the Russians. For that reason, several congressional Democrats have urged him to recuse himself from overseeing Mueller's investigation.
Maryland's attorney general, Brian Frosh, a Democrat, argues in court documents to be filed Tuesday that if Trump had the kind of authority the White House claims, he could fire the attorney general "then appoint a carefully selected senior employee who he was confident would terminate or otherwise severely limit the investigation."
Maryland argues that Whitaker's selection by Trump violated federal law and exceeded the appointment authority in the Constitution.
Trump named Whitaker acting attorney general under a law known as the Federal Vacancies Reform Act. It allows a president to fill a vacant Cabinet position with a senior employee of the affected agency. Whitaker fits in that category, because he had been the chief of staff to Sessions.
But Maryland urges the judge to rule that a separate federal law actually governs what happens when the office of attorney general is vacant. It provides that the deputy attorney general takes over, which would be Rosenstein. As the state sees it, the Vacancies Reform Act is more general law, which must give way whenever a specific law provides for filling a Cabinet-level vacancy.
The state also argues that the appointment of Whitaker violates a provision of the Constitution that specifies top positions in the government can be filled only through presidential nomination and confirmation by the Senate. Because Whitaker's nomination bypassed that process, the state says, he cannot serve as acting attorney general.
"It is troubling, to say the least, that the president is attempting to fill a 'vacancy' he created himself with a 'temporary' appointment that might last for many months or years," says Frosh, "especially when, as there, the temporary appointee has not been confirmed by the Senate."
Maryland's legal papers say Whitaker's appointment marks the first time since 1868, when Congress passed a succession law for the Justice Department, that someone named to be acting attorney general was not already serving in a Senate-confirmed position.
The state's motion comes in a lawsuit over the future of Obamacare, seeking a ruling that the Affordable Care Act remains enforceable despite attempts by the Trump administration to shut it down. The case is the mirror image of a lawsuit filed by Texas and 17 other states. It asks a different federal judge to declare that the health care law is no longer enforceable.
Maryland's Obamacare lawsuit named several defendants, including Sessions, who was attorney general when the case was filed in September. With Sessions gone, Maryland says, the judge overseeing the lawsuit should declare that the attorney general defendant is Rod Rosenstein, not Matt Whitaker.
SAN DIEGO — Scripps Ranch High will have extra patrols on its campus Tuesday in response to a potential threat against the school, according to a San Diego Unified School District spokesperson.
San Diego police and San Diego Unified police are working to investigate the potential threat, Maureen Magee told FOX 5.
Extra police will be on hand out of an abundance of caution. The district adds that the safety and security of students is its top priority.
No information about the potential threat was available.
Entry to US closed
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SAN DIEGO -- Some northbound lanes at San Ysidro and Otay Mesa ports of entry will close starting Tuesday as equipment is installed ahead of the migrant caravan arrival at the U.S.-Mexico border, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced.
Beginning at 8 a.m. Tuesday, at least three northbound lanes at San Ysidro Port of Entry and one lane at Otay Mesa Port of Entry will be closed for the installation of barbed wire, barriers, barricades and fencing. The materials are in preparation for the potential safety and security risk the caravan could cause, according to CBP.
The lanes are not expected to reopen until sometime after the caravan arrives.
“CBP has been and will continue to prepare for the potential arrival of thousands of people migrating in a caravan heading towards the border of the United States,” said Pete Flores, Director of Field Operations in San Diego. “These preparations include training exercises, deploying additional CBP personnel, and partnering with the U.S. military to harden our ports of entry and the border area between those legal crossings into the U.S.”
Border officials recommend people traveling northbound to the U.S. prepare for the possibility of longer wait times due to the lane closures.
The Special Purpose Marine Task Force-7 from Camp Pendleton is already stationed at both the San Ysidro Port of Entry and at Otay Mesa.
A spokesperson confirmed to FOX 5 Monday troops are now also located in Imperial Beach and El Centro with plans to assist at the Caliexco Port of Entry.
The mission of SPMAGTF-7 continues to be supporting US Customs and Border Protection, enabling them to protect the Southern Border.
Deadly human Ebola outbreaks have been confirmed in the following countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Gabon, South Sudan, Ivory Coast, Uganda, Republic of the Congo ...
California power company that always seems to have issues before the Cali fires has a link to the Rothschilds.
Eagle has changed position and is facing the opposite way and focused on the eye.
Rant: Pissed off @Q for saying we will protect the election, do your part and vote. So far it has been piss poor protection. Grrrrrrrrrr Still trusting the plan and always a patriot, :End Rant 🔥
@fergy19872002🦋 @DarkSlayer all news before 6am were dropped in PSB very interesting ones
From 5am to 6am
I found some posts on the Chan that are comparing these times with the Lord of the Rings. I had a dream last year in September that was about the Orcs chasing Frodo, who was actually President Trump with the ring of power. President Trump was on his way to throw the ring of power into Mount Doom, but the Orcs (in my dream were MS-13/ISIS) were hunting him down to kill him and take the ring of power. (I was Sam in the dream.). Giant Eagles swooped down and picked President Trump up and I and took us to safety in a giant cave. The giant eagle was on guard at the opening of the cave and would not let anything bad happen to our President. Since I was in the cave, I decided to ask him some questions that were bothering me. So I asked him why was George Soros not in jail, why was Antifa allowed to riot and beat up Trump supporters, was he an agent of the NWO as some say.....and so on. But the President paid no attention to my questions as he was busy talking about the eagle, and how big it was, and magnificent, brave...and many other complements. He was very impressed and thankful to the eagle. I told the President that the eagle was there to protect him, because there are many of us praying for his protection . I had this dream 2 weeks before Los Vegas. We need to continue to pray for our President and our country. This war is spiritual.
