Quote:
Originally posted by cmccuist
Keith, I may need to go back and review my civics 101. Is the Attorney General part of the Executive branch or the Judicial? It's Judicial right?
Traditionally, the president gets to appoint the Attorney General with Senate approval. And he gets to appoint federal prosecuters. That system seems flawed to me as the line between checks and balances overlap. But W didn't come up with that system, he just used it.
The president does appoint the director of the FBI, CIA etc with Senate approval, but those are definitely Executive branch.
|
They are NOT part of the judicial branch. They are part of the exec. branch. DOJ is a federal agency. US Circuit Courts and the SCOTUS are not part of the exec. branch. Exec. branch cannot fire anyone in the judicial branch, but they can fire anyone they want at DOJ.