I don't believe he has any authority to fire people not in the executive branch.

He can fire generals all day long, I think.

They don't really have much authority over the military.

They're primarily an advisory role.

JCS has more authority.

But it still isn't much.

Well he can have his people there do it...but I still think he can. Google time.

Congress has the general control over the military.

Pretty sure.

Not the president.

https://sites.duke.edu/lawfire/2016/09/15/can-presidents-fire-senior-military-officers-generally-yesbut-its-complicated/

First one on the google search. Duke U.

Rather, some jurispundit published by Duke.

And if there is any question about his supreme authority, we could expect him to not try, of course.

No pattern of behavior or direct proclamation to the contrary or anything. Lol

Unfortunately the presidency does come with a lot of powers these days, which has been the slow degradation of the constitution over time.

But they are still restricted as to what they can do with the military.

For good reason, obviously.

They intentionally wanted the military to remain a-political.

He would never try something so brash anyway. It's not in his character.

By the time anyone could rule on it, it could be game over.

The degradation has been going strong and the garnering of more and more presidential power has been happening since roughly Lincoln I think.

When he suspended habeas corpus.

Bill Barr is about a extreme as it gets, in regard to presidential power. Like, frighteningly so. It's not even a secret.

I have mixed feelings about Barr.

I do not. Lol

His stance on Snowden irritates me greatly.

I personally think Snowden is a hero and should be pardoned.

He knew the price and did it anyway. He's a hero that is lucky to be alive.

I really hope he is pardoned by Biden/Harris.

But given Obama didn't pardon him, not sure about that.

I know it sounds harsh but his personal fate is of no consequence to me. It's a bigger deal than him and I'd wager heavily that he made his peace with it deep down.

@Zuluzeit, you just advanced to level 8!

Definitely sounds harsh, you are correct.

I'm not sure it would be a perfectly good idea to come back here either. A pardon would be ceremonial.

Oh, there are people that would love to prosecute Snowden.

lol youtube censored like 5 mins of solid questioning about evidence tho.

@mandarinorange, you just advanced to level 1!

least on my video. also the camera guys talked bad bout Rudy and everyone in the stream could hear them hahaha. poor trump

Did you guys watch the rudy press confrence? I caught the end. Was there any new evidence coming out?

Evidence is based on affidavits for the most part. They have some information that they cannot release to the media, they say