Words Like Locusts Flew From Her Fingers

Iglesias Q&A on the Washington Post Site

David Iglesias on U.S. Attorney Firings, Goodling Testimony – washingtonpost.com
Check out a posting that Harvard Law School did a couple of weeks ago. Prof Fried, I think. He says US Attorneys are like federal judges, we come into our jobs through the political process, but then are required to stay out of politics. Main Justice is more politicized now than it has in the past, but be patient, that will change.

Actually, it was Professor Heymann at Harvard Law School who made the comment about attorneys being like federal judges.

U.S. attorneys are political appointees, as are federal judges, but once in office they have an overriding responsibility to justice in individual cases and to pursue justice without fear of retribution from political operatives of any administration.

You can read the entire article, which does also include comments from Professor Fried, here. It’s worth having a look. Heymann, in particular, is very specific about the kinds of things an Attorney General can and cannot do.