Sunday, July 01, 2007
Law Enforcement Can't Be Partisan?
Senator Leahy says that law enforcement, referring to the firings of U.S. Attorneys, can't be partisan.
While I don't want a highly politicized Judicial branch, where is the support for that in the Constitution? The President can fire for any reason whatsoever.
And let's say that a President made a political promise to prosecute X, whatever X may be. U.S. Attorney Smith isn't prosecuting violators of X. The President fires Smith. Is that political? Yes. Is it wrong? I don't think so.
Having attorneys prosecute opponents would be bad. The above scenario is fine.
Senator Leahy says that law enforcement, referring to the firings of U.S. Attorneys, can't be partisan.
While I don't want a highly politicized Judicial branch, where is the support for that in the Constitution? The President can fire for any reason whatsoever.
And let's say that a President made a political promise to prosecute X, whatever X may be. U.S. Attorney Smith isn't prosecuting violators of X. The President fires Smith. Is that political? Yes. Is it wrong? I don't think so.
Having attorneys prosecute opponents would be bad. The above scenario is fine.
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