Article snippet: Posted at 9:00 pm on May 10, 2017 by streiff Yesterday, amidst the genuflecting in the direction of Sally Yates there was an exchange in which Yates, not to put too fine a point on it, simply lied to the U.S. Senate. Louisiana Senator John Kennedy was engaging Yates on her thought process in refusing to defend President Trump’s first travel ban executive order (yes, I know it wasn’t a travel ban, but I’m using the phrase as shorthand). Here is the transcript of the exchange courtesy of Lawfare Blog. This is interesting from three different perspectives. In the first place, she claims there was no way the Department of Justice could defend the order without lying because it was obviously based on a some sort of discrimination. This is the worst sort of hackery. A great majority of the Muslim world, including the most populous Muslim nations and Muslims living in non-Muslim nations, were not covered. That alone calls bullsh** on her pious righteousness. In fact, the order had been reviewed by the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel and okayed. Most interesting is that this was not the reason that Yates used back in January when she refused to do her job. Back to Professor Jack Goldsmith at Lawfare Blog: In short, the answer she gave yesterday, under oath, bears no resemblance whatsoever to the reason she gave in January. This is simply partisan point scoring and cynical opportunism on parade. Finally, Professor Goldsmith points out that her claim th... Link to the full article to read more