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echo: fidonews
to: BJRN FELTEN
from: DALE SHIPP
date: 2020-07-21 00:34:00
subject: Re: Plum book

MSGID: 1:261/1466.0 5f167038
 -=> On 07-21-20  02:28,  Bj”rn Felten <=-
 -=> spoke to Dale Shipp about Plum book <=-


 DS> As I said before to you, the career civil servents cannot be fired on a
 DS> whim -- it takes serious charges to do so.

 BF> I remember that. But I didn't know about your Plum Book. 
 BF> How much down from the top does it grasp. What if, for

I'm not sure exactly how many positions are Presidental appointees, but
I believe it is about 4,000, not all of whom require Senate approval.
Compare that with the size of the civil service which is said to be 2.79
million.

 BF> instance the POTUS where to appoint the highest AG with a
 BF> new one (Barr) that *could* fire any state AG in the middle 
 BF> of an investigation against the president?

Cannot happen.  The Federal Attorney General has no power what so ever
against the State Attorneys General.  He can (and has) attempt to file
suit against them to impede their investigation, but that gets settled
in the court system.

 BF> Methinks you have a severe problem with your 
 BF> constitution, and it's the Bunker Boy that should make you 
 BF> aware of it. Please proceed with care before it's to late...

I think that the USA constitution is doing just fine, in spite of how it
is getting strained lately.  After all it has lasted intact more than
almost any other country's constitution.

                               Dale Shipp
                  fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
                              (1:261/1466)


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