[Rhodes22-list] Another Reason to Clean House at The White House (Political)

[Herb Parsons]

The president isn't part of the legislative branch, that would be executive.

Ben Cittadino wrote:
> Brad;
>
> Let me try it this way.....If you fly that big silver (OK, mostly white)
> bird of yours from Memphis to Miami, it's perfectly legal; but if you fly
> from Memphis to Havana to Miami, you still end up in Miami but you've broken
> the law (especially if you picked up afew cigars on the stop-over).
>
> So if you fire the US Attorney in New Mexico for bad performance it's
> perfectly legal; but if you fire the US Attorney in New Mexico because he
> wouldn't bring a politically motivated prosecution at the behest of a
> senator then the US Attorney still ends up fired but you've broken the law.
> The bottom line is that the legislative branch is supposed to stay out of
> the prosecution business except to report crimes and get out of the way. 
>
> That's my take on it anyway.
>
> Ben C.
>
> Brad Haslett-2 wrote:
>   
>> Ben,
>>
>> The issue in New Mexico was voter fraud.  If the prosecutor is
>> dragging his/her feet on investigating voter fraud that favors a
>> particular party, and the AG fires him/her, how is this illegal?
>>
>> Brad
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 9:28 AM, Ben Cittadino <bcittadino at dcs-law.com>
>> wrote:
>>     
>>> Brad,
>>>
>>> That's the point my friend.  You can fire all 93.  You can fire 8.  You
>>> can
>>> fire any number, but you can't fire even 1 if it is for an illegal reason
>>> (like your pal Pete Domenici calling you to say "hey Karl we're in a
>>> tough
>>> election cycle here and the US Attorney hasn't indicted any Democrats
>>> yet...I want you to fire his ass).  Capishe??(is that spelled right?)
>>>
>>> Best Wishes,
>>>
>>> Ben C.
>>>
>>> Brad Haslett-2 wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Ben,
>>>>
>>>> Oh good grief!  Eight was it?  How about Clinton firing ALL 93?
>>>>
>>>> http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110009784
>>>>
>>>> Try again.
>>>>
>>>> Brad
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 8:54 AM, Ben Cittadino <bcittadino at dcs-law.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/30/washington/30attorney.html?scp=1&sq=us%20attorneys%20special%20prosecutor&st=cse
>>>>>
>>>>> The above link describes the latest development in the scandal which
>>>>> has
>>>>> become known as the "US Attorney Firings Debacle".  I know there are
>>>>> those
>>>>> folks who believe that since US Attorneys serve at the pleasure of the
>>>>> President, the replacement of a number of these federal prosecutors in
>>>>> 2006
>>>>> constituted much commotion over nothing much.  That's just not so. The
>>>>> independence of federal prosecutors from political influence was at one
>>>>> time
>>>>> a proud hallmark of the Dept of Justice.  The process to appoint US
>>>>> Attorneys was undeniably political, just as the appointment of federal
>>>>> judges is political, but once "on the job" these men and women were
>>>>> supposed
>>>>> to be free to "follow the facts" or "follow the money" ( as some of our
>>>>> posters are fond of saying) in the pursuit of wrong-doing without fear
>>>>> or
>>>>> favor from political operatives. They could be fired for no reason, or
>>>>> good
>>>>> reason, but not for an illegal reason.  AG Mukasey (who was hired after
>>>>> Gonzales was forced to resign in part over this very issue) apparently
>>>>> believes there is reason to look into whether federal law enforcement
>>>>> was
>>>>> compromised by the likes of Harriet Myers, Karl Rove and others in the
>>>>> Bush
>>>>> White House.
>>>>>
>>>>> The only way to ensure that this investigation continues after January
>>>>> is
>>>>> Elect Sen Obama as President of the United States.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers!
>>>>>
>>>>> Ben C. s/v susan kay, highlands nj
>>>>>
>>>>>
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