Certainly it is human nature not to want any more constraints on your authority.
The Fed in the US is independent of the political authorities unlike in most countries. The Fed naturally likes it that way. But to keep it that way the Fed is very careful in its dealings with various Congresses and Administrations regardless of political stripe.
Nifong as I have said was a peon who viewed the DA as god in his world. When Nifong got the position, he was just sure he could do anything he wanted.
BTW, if you were a defense attorney at the quad murder case, wouldn't you have asked if that was all the discovery today and followed it up with an "are you sure?"
Yep. I would have wanted that on the court record, no doubt.