From TheHill.com:

Acting attorney general orders DOJ not to defend Trump’s travel ban

Lydia Wheeler

Acting Attorney General Sally Yates sent a letter Monday ordering the Justice Department not to defend President Trump’s executive order on immigration and refugees in court, the New York Times reports.

Yates, a veteran of the department who was appointed by former President Obama, said she is not convinced that the Executive Order is lawful.

“Consequently, for as long as I am the Acting Attorney General, the Department of Justice will not present arguments in defense of the Executive Order, unless and until I become convinced that it is appropriate to do so,” she said in the letter. 

“My responsibility is to ensure that the position of the Department of Justice is not only legally defensible, but is informed by our best view of what the law is after consideration of all the facts. In addition, I am responsible for ensuring that the positions we take in court remain consistent with this institution’s solemn obligation to always seek justice and stand for what is right.

Translation: I am in charge until I am not. I owe this to Obama and to the Demorats who expect me to do precisely so.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is what occurs when your cabinet isn’t installed, and the Demorats are larfing their collective arses off right now.

This decision, from another partisan Demorat Obama hack (being an Obama appointee), is the final shot at President Trump from a moribund AG office.

Fear not, folks. This is temporary. There are remedies. It is a matter of process which was poorly implemented, admittedly.

Yes, Jeff Sessions will be approved.

BZ

P.S.

A new Rasmussen poll finds that 57 per cent of Americans support President Trump’s travel ban on people arriving from terror-linked countries, with just 33 per cent opposing the measure.