Obama Wanted to Cut Social Security. Then Bernie Sanders Happened

[SouthernDemLinda]

42. not unheard of for someone to refuse an order from the President of the United States.

Well, then it's real easy, Hillary Clinton should ask Obama to withdraw TPP.

Look at some actually fairly recent history and you'll find that it's not unheard of for someone to refuse an order from the President of the United States.

During the Watergate investigation President Nixon ordered Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox to make no further effort to obtain tapes or other presidential documents. Cox responded that he could not comply with the President's instructions and not only refused but vowed to pursue the tape recordings at news conferences.

Cox had refused to accept or comply with the terms of an agreement worked out by the President and the Senate Watergate committee under which summarized material from the White House Watergate tapes would be turned over to Cox and the Senate committee.

President Nixon abolished the office of the special prosecutor and discharged Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox and accepted the resignations of Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William D. Ruckelshaus. Richardson resigned when Nixon instructed him to fire Cox and Richardson refused. When the President then asked Ruckelshaus to dismiss Cox, he refused, Ruckelshaus said he resigned.

Cox said: "Whether ours shall continue to be a government of laws and not of men is now for Congress and ultimately the American people."