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U.S. Attorneys: It’s the Replacing, Stupid
January 18, 2007 |
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By itself, forcing the resignations of at least seven U.S. attorneys is not necessarily scandalous. Presidents may fire U.S. attorneys, and they do so routinely at the beginning of a new administration.
It is unusual to fire U.S. attorneys in mid-term except in cases of gross misconduct, which doesn't appear to be the case for the forced resignations under discussion. I don't yet know how often that's been done. But the larger issue here is not so much the firing (although the firing is an issue) as it is the replacing. The Bush White House appears to have found another way to gut the Constitution and usurp powers that belong to another branch of government.
Barbara O'Brien has guest blogged at the Take Back America Conference, Glenn Greenwald's, Unclaimed Territory, and Crooks and Liars. She is the "owner/proprietor" of The Mahablog.
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