[Publius]

Then the Attorney General is violating his oath to uphold the laws of California and Arnold should move on down the chain of command until he finds somebody interested in upholding their oath rather than their ideology.

If Arnold orders one of Lockyer's underlings to do something, Lockyer simply countermands the order. Lockyer has hiring and firing power over his subordinates because they aren't elected. But Lockyer is. Arnold can order Lockyer around all he wants, but Lockyer is accountable to the voters, not the governor.

The state constitution does not give the governor hiring/firing power over the AG, nor does it give the legislature impeachment/removal power. (The legislature wouldn't remove him anyway.)

Your only recourse is recall. Let's do it.

[spokeshave]

"The state constitution does not give the governor hiring/firing power over the AG, nor does it give the legislature impeachment/removal power. (The legislature wouldn't remove him anyway.) "

So what happened in California when Clinton became president (hack cough hack.....spit) and asked all the 50 AG's to resign and appointed his own...?

[jwalsh07]

Thats not what your Constitution says. It says:

SECTION 1. The supreme executive power of this State is vested in the Governor. The Governor shall see that the law is faithfully executed.

Sounds like you all have got a real, honest to goodness Constitutional Crisis on your hands.

I sincerely doubt that Arnold issued his letter to the AG absent any thought to this before hand.

Interesting.

What say you Torie? :-}