“President Trump’s installation of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general of the United States after forcing the resignation of Jeff Sessions is unconstitutional. It’s illegal. And it means that anything Mr. Whitaker does, or tries to do, in that position is invalid,” reads the piece by lawyers Conway and Neal Katyal.

Trump fired Sessions Wednesday and announced Whitaker, Sessions’s chief of staff at the Department of Justice, would take over.

Conway and Katyal argue that Whitaker’s appointment is a violation of the principles of the Constitution’s Appointments Clause, “designed to protect us all against the centralization of government power.”

“Mr. Whitaker has not been named to some junior post one or two levels below the Justice Department’s top job. He has now been vested with the law enforcement authority of the entire United States government,” the op-ed reads. “For the president to install Mr. Whitaker as our chief law enforcement officer is to betray the entire structure of our charter document.”

Conway and Katyal concede that the president has the power to make interim appointments in times of crisis – but they said Sessions’ firing did not fit that bill.

“And even if it did, there are officials readily at hand, including the deputy attorney general and the solicitor general, who were nominated by President Trump and confirmed by the Senate,” they said. “Either could step in as acting attorney general, both constitutionally and statutorily.”

They said Trump is not qualified to decide Whitaker’s suitability for the role because he is “hopelessly compromised by the Mueller investigation.”

Or, in other words, getting rid of Jeff Sessions will NOT get rid of the Trump investigation. […]- DJ

You got that right.

But I want to ask – when the investigation is completed is there any legal way for Trump and his cronies to block Mueller’s final report from being made public?

Yep Trump is “shaking in his boots” but given how unhinged he appeared to be at that crazy presser he held yesterday, I’d say his FEAR ain’t much of a “secret.” Look at his face. He, and his clan, are probably in full PANIC mode as they’re sensing that Mueller probably has INDICTMENTS signed, sealed and “ret ta go” at a moments notice. Certainly Donnie Jr., and maybe even Jared, should be very worried.

Let’s fasten our seat-belts because I expect Trump to take his Crazy to whole new Crazy level now that he’s feeling real pressure….and that pressure grows more each day.