Posted by
DUFL.org on Friday, August 24, 2007 6:11:57 PM
Last year, 9 U.S. Attorneys
were fired. This year, subpoenas have
been issued, testimony heard, and contempt citations urged. Were the attorneys fired because of their
race? No. Were they fired because of their gender? No. Disability? No.
Sexual preference? No. Age?
No. They were fired because the
President no longer wanted to employ them.
So, where’s the crime?
Much of the media either does not understand what
“serving at the will of the president” means or intentionally does not report
the fact that U.S. Attorneys serve at the will of the president. When someone serves at the will of the
president, the president can fire that person for any reason so long as the person’s civil rights are not
violated. A person may not be fired due
to race, gender, disability, age, and maybe sexual preference. The Congressional investigation into these
firings centers on whether the U.S. Attorneys were fired for political
reasons. Being fired for political
beliefs is not a violation of civil
rights. Therefore, no crime has been
committed.
The fact that
no crime has been committed appears to be lost on most reporters and on a
substantial number of congressmen. If a
U.S. Attorney had walked into the Oval Office and the President did not like
the attorney’s tie, the President can fire him.
If the attorney wore offensive perfume, the President can fire her. The involvement of the President, his
advisors, the Attorney General, and others in the Justice Department is wholly
irrelevant, and so are the President’s reasons for firing these attorneys. Congress does not have the constitutional
authority to oversee the President’s management of his executive branch
staff. Once the Senate has advised and
consented to the presidential appointment, their constitutional involvement in
employment matters is complete. Congress
is not the Executive Branch’s human resources division, and it is time for
Congress to stop attempting to usurp the president’s power over his employees.
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