To: NormsRevenge
Any constitutional lawyers, or anyone with some knowledge of this please explain.
Apparently the FBI as a section (branch?) of the judicial cannot investigate the legislative (congress/senate). But then who would be tasked with this?
To: tongue-tied
Self post for this: This may explain why those missing FBI files turned up with Hillary's fingerprints all over them; if they had been Bill's it could be construed as a separation of powers violation.
To: tongue-tied
Apparently the FBI as a section (branch?) of the judicial The FBI is part of the Justice Department, which is part of the Executive Branch.
49 posted on
05/23/2006 6:10:54 PM PDT by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: tongue-tied
The FBI is a part of the executive branch.
140 posted on
05/23/2006 6:50:01 PM PDT by
petitfour
("Seek the Lord and live.")
To: tongue-tied
Apparently the FBI as a section (branch?) of the judicial The FBI is part of the Justice Department, which is an Executive Branch department, not part of the Judicial (ie. Courts) branch of the FedGov.
300 posted on
05/23/2006 8:56:09 PM PDT by
El Gato
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