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    Commentary: Are Democrats overstepping? Ask Barr

    by Kim Wehle, Los Angeles Times Feb 15, 2019 3 minutes

    The structure of the U.S. Constitution assumes that the electoral process - aka politics - is the primary means of holding federal officials accountable to the people. Which is why President Trump's tweet storm assailing the House of Representatives' oversight hearings as "PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT" is wrong as a matter of constitutional law.

    The hearings inform our politics and reflect them; in this case, who won the midterm.

    To be sure, we can all buckle our seat belts in anticipation of fiery probes of all things Trump by the now Democratic-controlled House. The top target: the cozy

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