and having an independent role in enforcing the law and that may at times be under ---ing involve undertakings the president doesn't appreciate and may involve protecting investigations from it outside influence or even knowledge that the president may not appreciate. that is part of the unique role of the attorney general. the first obligation is to the constitution and the law, not president. and that's not as clearly the case. of course they're all obligated to obey the law. but they're implementers of the president's ajenna and that's not the case with an attorney general. so if jeff sessions believes that element of independence that is necessary for an attorney general who believes in the rule of law and the primacy of the constitution to be able to do their job correctly t