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To: AmericaUnited
Article II, section 2:

He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.

http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html

13 posted on 06/11/2007 3:24:07 PM PDT by spald
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To: spald
In Article I for the Congress, no provision for a no-confidence vote

http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html

14 posted on 06/11/2007 3:25:35 PM PDT by spald
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To: spald

spald, they are not trying to pass any law that actually removes or replaces the Attorney General, so there is no “actionable” constitutional issue here.


15 posted on 06/11/2007 3:27:00 PM PDT by AmericaUnited
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