Regarding the Senate repeal of the United States Attorney appointments:

[AndyA]

Congress, you are not through. While this is a good first step, you must also make it retroactive. Yes, all current United States Attorneys appointed to replace those fired must go before Congress for approval. The precedent has been set, because the Bush Administration made the provision in the Patriot Act that took away prisoner's rights retroactive.

Get these people before Congress and find out why the hell they were put in those positions. Surely, they must have a pretty good idea...

[Duer 157099]

1. Are you certain it is not retroactive?

I've been trying to find this out also.

If the wording says that USAttys must be approved by the senate, and those recent Fredo-appointees were clearly *not* approved by the Senate, then de facto it's retroactive.

No?

[AndyA]

2. That's what I'm wondering.

I've seen nothing to indicate it is retroactive. If so, I would think there would be a big stink about it, since these people are now actively in those positions.

I would have hoped it would have been retroactive, but I'm afraid it isn't.

[Duer 157099]

3. If that's the case, and I also worry that it is...

then THIS should be the BIGGER angle of the story, rather than disputing why the attorneys were fired (although that's a good story too).

Because this gives the motive. AND.. the whole issue of how that provision even made it into the bill should also still be a HUGE story that must be investigated.

It's a huge interwoven story that needs to be seen as a whole