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High-profile cases to test wording of US attorney law from 2007
The court will examine if the 2007 law limits interim U.S. attorney appointments to a single 120-day term or permits multiple successive terms, affecting key prosecutions.
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High-profile cases to test wording of US attorney law from 2007
Eighteen years ago, amid a George W. Bush-era controversy over the firing and appointment of U.S. attorneys, then-Sen. Dianne Feinstein and a group of other senators advocated on the chamber floor for a solution: Restore a 120-day cap on the executive branch’s interim appointment power. “If after that time the president has not sent up a nominee to the Senate and had that nominee confirmed, then the authority to appoint an interim U.S. attorney …
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