Legal Commentary

U.S. Atty Update

By TChris

A reader asked a reasonable question -- When do you think Obama might consider replacing the Bush US Attorneys? -- that was ably answered by another reader, which led to polite disagreement about the robustness of Obama's effort. My own perusal of the internets revealed last month's report that the first batch would be announced in a few weeks. Three appointees got the Judiciary Committee's blessing a couple of days ago and will face confirmation votes as early as next week. Other announcements seem to be on the verge of ... announcement. A number of U.S. Attorneys have already resigned. Obama is keeping Patrick Fitzgerald, and in general appears to be proceeding with caution. Whether it is better for the White House to fire them all at once or to work its way through the appointments in an orderly way is a matter of opinion.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on June 20, 2009 (boomark / email).