What type of person should be the next AG? Should that person execute the enacted laws of the United States faithfully or should he/she attempt to subvert the legal process in order to further some fervently held beliefs?
When I was sworn in as a cabinet officer to the governor of Arkansas in 1996 the oath the Secretary of State administered mainly consisted of "... uphold the Constitution ...". I presume the wording at the federal level is similar.
I think that's what the AG should do - uphold his oath. Refuse to enforce any laws that are clearly in violation of the constitution, assist the President in getting congress to repeal such laws and not pass any others and work closely with the court system and agencies and other jurisdictions to do the same.
If we've had an AG in living memory that even attempted such, it's news to me. Nor do we seem to have had a president that wanted such a person.
Personally, I'd prefer he be a Bible-believing Christian but that's not a prerequisite for doing the job well. Being in submission to an unchanging and non-relativistic higher power is, in my experience, extremely good and with no known downsides. But a person of secular bent who kept his oath would have my respect and should certainly be given a fair chance.
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