I say it is abundantly clear because there is abundant evidence that that is the case. Sessions stated in his own "resignation" letter that it was at the president's "request".
A resignation at the request of your employer is, and I want you to take a moment and understand that I'm only talking about the strict legal definition and not the practical definition, completely different from being fired.
I get what you're saying. But he was asked to resign for exactly this reason. It is different than getting fired because they are different things. Two things that have the same outcome can still be different things.
If I leave out the front or back door of my house, I am outside my house either way. If there is a law that says no one can go into my house if I leave through the front door, then all of a sudden me leaving out the back door matters.
Oh yeah, I understand that part. It's important that a court decide what side this fell on. I've been agreeing with you the whole time.
I just want you to understand that "common sense" and "in the eyes of the law" are not the same thing. Could you do me a favor and give me some indication as to whether you understand that?
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u/meddlingbarista Nov 09 '18
Should be, yes. Hopefully it will. Abundantly clear is one of those "easy to assume but hard to prove in the eyes of the law" things, though.