Accurate, Focused Research on Law, Technology and Knowledge Discovery Since 2002

You Are Here: Home » Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research » Judiciary Committee Hearing on Prosecutorial Independence

Judiciary Committee Hearing on Prosecutorial Independence

by on

Follow-up to February 22, 2007 posting, New Report Shows No Precedent for Mass U.S. Attorney Firings, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a hearing on Part II–Preserving Prosecutorial Independence: Is the Department of Justice Politicizing the Hiring and Firing of U.S. Attorneys? for Tuesday, March 6, 2007.
Related news:

  • Joint Statement of Former United States Attorneys Before Senate Committee on the Judiciary, March 6, 2007
  • Opening Statement of Senator Feinstein At Hearing on Fired U.S. Attorneys, March 6, 2007: “For over 150 years, the process of appointing interim U.S. Attorneys has worked well with virtually no problems. Now – just one year after receiving unchecked authority in a little known section added to the PATRIOT Act last spring – the Administration has significantly abused its discretion.”
  • Washington Post – White House Backed U.S. Attorney Firings, Officials Say
  • WSJ free feature: Gonzales Defends Move to Fire Attorneys, Denies Political Role
    • LinkedIn

    Sorry, comments are closed for this post.