From: Gary Britt 

If congress thinks its a bad law then congress can change the law.  Its the
law and I thought you believed in the rule of law.  This is one of the
rules in the law so deal with it.  Congressional approval of prosecutors is
not something I'm all that concerned about.  The approval process is so
laden with politics that anyone Bush appointed any interim replacement
would be approved by a republican senate and most if not all would be
approved by a democrat senate but only after a lot of preening and useless
political grandstanding.  You seem to want the political grandstanding on
prosecutors and I've had my fill of that over the past 30 years for supreme
court appointments, so I don't really care if I get more of the same
bullshit.

However, right now its the law.  If congress didn't pass the law it
wouldn't be the law.  In effect when the senate passed this legislation it
gave blanket approval to every one of these replacements so in that very
real sense each one of the replacements has the blessing and approval of
congress by congress passing the law allowing this.

I'm not as enamored of congress as much as you are.  The American people
give them a lower approval rating that President Bush and always have.  Why
you are so anal about such a low priority just for the TV cameras bullshit
approval from a group of dullards held in the lowest of esteem by the
people is beyond me.

Gary

Rich Gauszka wrote:
> The problem is that these new cronies - err employees of Bush - are being
> replaced with no oversight as the Patriot Act took out the 120 day limit. An
> easy way for a President to appoint prosecutors that the Senate will
> approve,  subsequently fire them and appoint anyone else at the President's
> choosing without the need for Senate approval until a new President is
> elected
>
> I see a problem with that no matter the administration - think Hillary and
> you may see my point clearer
>
>
> "Gary Britt" 
wrote in message
> news:45ee40e3$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> That's not something that's new Rich even if true.  Prosecutors are
>> employees of the President.  What employee doesn't have to bend to the his
>> boss's goals and desires.  This is as old as the existence of the Country.
>>
>> Gary
>>
>> Rich Gauszka wrote:
>>> Gary Britt wrote:
>>>> Nope they will need Senate approval.  The law only applies
for interim
>>>> appointments under certain conditions until the next presidential
>>>> election.
>>>>
>>>> Gary
>>>>
>>>> Geo. wrote:
>>>>> "Mark"  wrote in message
>>>>> news:45edff97{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>> Eh, a bunch of nothing. He can fire them at will
and probably should
>>>>>> have sooner. If the congress didn't want whatever
clause you're
>>>>>> referring to in the PA, they shouldn't have passed
it that way.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hillary or Barack will be firing all of them in
less than 2 years
>>>>>> anyway.
>>>>> And appointing new ones without senate approval apparently (how
>>>>> comfortable will you be with that?).
>>>>>
>>>>> Geo.
>>> Interim appointments that were conveniently created because you fired
>>> prosecutors who didn't bend to your whim.
>
>

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