Ledge? Not me...

If I ever get too upset here I just go to court and kick the snot out of some defense attorney and his client.

Then I feel oh so calm...




And for the weenies here...I was speaking figuratively you know...tongue in cheek...so relax you all.

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For a moment it seemed like there was a bustle in your hedgerow...

So you are a fan of Led Zeppelin and Stairway to Heaven.

Excellent..........

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Must a president have a reason for either not rehiring or for firing a D.A.?

B

I say no. But that's not the issue. These 8 weren't let go for no reason, they were let go for improper reasons, according to the allegations. I don't think they broke any laws, but if the allegations are true, then they damaged the Constitution, again.

If a reason is not necessary then why is it necessary that the reason given meet a certain standard?

B

I would like to amend my previous answer. My understanding is that the law does not require the President to have a reason to fire a USA, but he has a duty to the country to always try to do what's best for us. Having said that, if an astrologer tells the President that the alignment of the stars requires that a particular USA be fired. The President can act on that advice without suffering any repercussions other than what the voters might think about it.

To answer the question quoted here, there is a difference between firing a USA for no reason and firing one for bad reasons. Firing a USA because he is black, for example, is clearly impermissible.

First off: This whole thing is nothing more than a "Dog & Pony Show" put on by the Dems.. Period.

Second: Slow news day ... Apparently, Bush didn't perform any "Bushism" before the cameras and mics that day.

Third: A L L E G A T I O N S as in "alledged" - unfounded rumors/gossip that has no place in the world of facts until an INVESTIGATION has proven otherwise (which hasn't happened yet....)

There are procedures that need to be followed in appealing any dismissal. I seriously doubt any time has been spent in following that route at all. The Dems are trying to make hay out air. They, basically, put the cart before the horse. Only problem is, those Dems are the horses' a55. And these horses' a55es are farting on live TV for everyone to see.

Attorneys get appointed, attorneys get dismissed. They ALL have a job at the behest of their appointer (if I may be so bold as to make up a word... ) and perform at the appointer's pleasure. Pi55 him off, off with your head. No reason needed other than you wore a crappy-colored tie or your hair's disheveled. Didn't do as you were told? Grab your hat and don't let the door smack you on the a55 on your way out!

Fourth: Did ANY attorney perform the "dirty deed" that these other attorneys got fired for?

Fifth (Sure, I could go for one..."hick"): Hypothetically, shouldn't the attorneys, that got fired, be brought before some sort of Federal Bar, on charges that they failed to perform the tasks that was asked of them, by their appointer? And shouldn't charges also include violations of "attorney/client" communicative priviledges?

I don't know about you, but I think someone had their head up their a55 when they decided to start a "witch-hunt" where they didn't need to go...

What's that line? "What goes around, comes around."

Somehow, this is one rock I really didn't care to see what was under it.

BTW: Getting 5hit-canned from a Federal appointment doesn't show up in my copy of the Constitution. Maybe I need to re-up my subscription to "Commie Constitutional Rape/Rewrite Digest Monthly" this coming week. Must have missed the e-mail asking for my donation...

Oh well, tune in tomorrow for more inuendo, rumor, gossip and finger-pointing by the gang-that-couldn't shoot straight (they're getting ready to take our guns away, again, anyways...) ...Our newly, "the-people-mandated-it" elected officials in Congress...

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“I didn’t really say everything I said.”
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ Yogi Berra ~

But lawyers are too wise a nation
T' expose their trade to disputation;
Or make the busy rabble judges
Of all their secret piques and grudges;
In which whoever wins the day,
The whole profession's sure to pay.
Beside, no mountebanks, nor cheats,
Dare undertake to do their feats,
When in all other sciences
They swarm, like insects, and increase.

For what bigot durst ever draw,
By inward light, a deed in law?
Or could hold forth, by revelation,
An answer to a declaration?
For those that meddle with their tools
Will cut their fingers, if they're fools;
And if you follow their advice,
In bills, and answers, and replies,
They'll write a love-letter in chancery,
Shall bring her upon oath to answer ye,
And soon reduce her to b' your wife,
Or make her weary of her life.

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D.A. as in District Attorney?

In California D.A.'s are elected by the people they serve.

A Deputy District Attorney (DDA) is hired by the D.A. He or she is protected by civil service status.

Elected D.A.'s come and go (some quicker than others). DDAs stay on.

We are the ones who provide prosecutorial stability through chenging administrations.

While in law school I clerked at the local U.S. Attorney's Office.

The AUSA there (Assistant U.S. Attorneys, the equivalent of DDAs) were all hard working, dedicated men and women. I learned much from them.

The USA (U.S. Attorney) were all political hacks. Regardless of who is in the WH, the USAs are political animals who got their job because of political connections and, as JD suggested, are there to be groomed for a possible appointment to the U.S. judiciary.

Now, talk about a cushy job. State judges must be elected (or appointed by the Governor). They must, however, run for confirmation every 6 years.

US judges are appointed for life (like tenure at a college or university) and can only be removed through impeachment!

In theory this protects their integrity, since they don't have to answer to the electorate. In reality it often creates a system where the judges are disconnected from the people they serve.

Some judicial decisions are proof of this disconnect.

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Current Benzes

1989 300TE "Alice"
1990 300CE "Sam Spade"
1991 300CE "Beowulf" RIP (06.1991 - 10.10.2007)
1998 E320 "Orson"
2002 C320 Wagon "Molly Fox"

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i always wondered what that line means.

closet homosexual?

tom w

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.