Must-read: @CassSunstein’s big picture proposal for DOJ independence.
I offered some specific reforms last year:
1. Make OLC an independent agency
2. Give DOJ inspectors general job security
3. Make the AG part of a bipartisan, staggered commission
I offered some specific reforms last year:
1. Make OLC an independent agency
2. Give DOJ inspectors general job security
3. Make the AG part of a bipartisan, staggered commission
2/ Longer version of my DOJ independence proposals in:
Professionals, Politicos, and Crony Attorneys General: A Historical Sketch of the U.S. Attorney General as a Case for Structural Independence, 87 Fordham L. Rev. 1965 (2019).
ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/flr/vol87/iss5…
Professionals, Politicos, and Crony Attorneys General: A Historical Sketch of the U.S. Attorney General as a Case for Structural Independence, 87 Fordham L. Rev. 1965 (2019).
ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/flr/vol87/iss5…
3/ Shorter version here on a bipartisan century of Crony AGs.
Democrats in the 1910s through the 1960s were worse offenders. But Nixon and Trump -with Mitchell, Kleindienst, Matthew Whitaker & William Barr were next level:
Democrats in the 1910s through the 1960s were worse offenders. But Nixon and Trump -with Mitchell, Kleindienst, Matthew Whitaker & William Barr were next level:
