那个被开的代理女司法部长早就已经回答了,关键在于我们的思想境界有没有达到为公不为私的高度

来源: 2017-06-08 14:35:51 [旧帖] [给我悄悄话] 本文已被阅读:

[ She was on her way to the airport for a late afternoon flight on Jan. 27, a Friday, when she learned from news reports that Trump had signed an executive order restricting travel from seven Muslim-majority countries. Within a matter of hours, Yates said she thought, her Department of Justice lawyers would be tasked with defending the constitutionality of the order in court even though they knew little about it. ]

 

[ Yates said the decision she made was not without internal conflict. She grappled with whether she should resign instead of issue a directive, and told the graduates that she believed those who doubted her choice raised a “fair question.”

 

But I believed then and I believe now that resigning would have protected my personal integrity,” she said, “but it would not have protected the integrity of the Department of Justice.”]

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/05/25/sally-yates-tells-harvard-law-grads-why-she-defied-president-trump