Fixing A Wrong

Finally.  Congress appears to be living up to promises.  Looks like it’s not going to let anything like the U.S. Attorney purge be repeated. The interesting thing is that this passed the Senate first!  Should be easy going in the House.

It’s a Start

Here’s a pleasant surprise — today the Senate voted 94-2 to repeal that part of the Patriot Act that allows the Attorney General to appoint “interim” U.S. attorneys who can serve without confirmation. My next question is, who were the two? I’m guessing one was Jon Kyl (R-Arizona) who had tried to attach an amendment [...]

Tags: U.S. Attorneys, Patriot Act

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