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"A resignation can set off an alarm bell for an institution whose failings an official might be unable to bring to light in no other way, or as effectively.

It upholds rule-of-law norms in the very act of signaling that they are failing."

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"For senior administration lawyers to just manage these kinds of conflict... when the conflict concerns something as fundamental as the professionalism and independence of DOJ... allows the abnormal to become normal and professional standards to crumble."

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"Institutions can be severely damaged in one huge blow or whittled away.

"The prosecutor who resigns rather than remain in a decaying institution is upholding crucial norms."

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