Letters to the Editor
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Maybe We Need a FOURTH Branch Just For The DOJ
"But the Bush administration announced last week that, in its view, the U.S. Attorney is not obligated to pursue potential charges; indeed, the administration has said it will not even allow the U.S. Attorney to do so. Many legal scholars -- Democrats as well as Republicans -- seem to agree that the administration has that power."
So we have three branches of government that are supposed to provides a series of checks and balances on one another but because the Department of Justice is part of the Executive Branch it can prevent the Legislative Branch from fulfilling its Constitutional duty. Presumably, preventing the U.S. Attorney from pursuing this would also preclude this particular invocation of executive privilege from being decided on by the courts. How can the administration have this power when it's clearly shielding itself from oversight not just by the Legislative Branch but by the Judicial Branch as well?? I thought all of these clowns took an oath of office to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States", not IGNORE IT.