Long before 9-11 and the Patriot Act,
Didn't Bubba ClinToon replace every US Atty in the country in one swoop ???
Jimmy Carter used the rule..
Toon fired all but one, IIRC.
For Democrats, the World began yesterday.
Dissecting Reno's Justice Department Geoff Metcalf interviews best-selling author David Limbaugh
Q: This abuse of power under the color of authority really started with the firing of those 93 U.S. attorneys. Now was that a big deal or was that something that sorta, kinda happens anyway?
A: When I first read it, I sort of wondered that too. The way Ted Olson – who I quote in the introduction, our new Solicitor General – explained it to me was that always the new presidents eventually get around to replacing the U.S. Attorneys.
Q: They serve at the pleasure of the president anyway.
A: Yeah but, in this case, Clinton fired them all, and gave them ten days notice, and got rid of them before anybody had been nominated – much less confirmed to take over – and he lost all that work in progress. Previous administrations had never done it like that. There had been a lot more transitional time and you didn't lose the work in progress. You see the contrast with the Bush administration. They didn't even fire Mary Jo Wright, who is handling one of the most controversial investigations that remain and that's Pardongate.
I seem to recall the same thing
Mark
Thats my question too. Didnt Clinton fire every Republican in that ofice?
Now they want to take away that power.