Obama appointee preventing DOJ from defending Trump visa Executive Order (Update: Fired)
January 30, 2017
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We have seen this picture before. A political position by the Department of Justice which abandons its obligation to defend a law or action of the government, as in the Defense of Marriage Act, in court.
The issue is not that personally DOJ attorneys have to agree with the law, or action of the government, but that DOJ is the government's attorney and needs to provide the best representation possible. In the DOMA case, the House of Representatives had to go out and find private counsel.
That is happening again with regard to Trump's Executive Order on visas and refugees, according to multiple reports.