http://www.elharo.com/blog/politics/2006/01/21/a-question-for-lawyers/ Ranting and Raving Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:38:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.elharo.com/blog/politics/2006/01/21/a-question-for-lawyers/comment-page-1/#comment-197 John Cowan Sat, 21 Jan 2006 13:45:02 +0000 http://blog.elharo.com/blog/politics/2006/01/21/a-question-for-lawyers/#comment-197 P.S. I am not a lawyer; this is not legal advice. P.S. I am not a lawyer; this is not legal advice.

]]> http://www.elharo.com/blog/politics/2006/01/21/a-question-for-lawyers/comment-page-1/#comment-196 John Cowan Sat, 21 Jan 2006 13:44:38 +0000 http://blog.elharo.com/blog/politics/2006/01/21/a-question-for-lawyers/#comment-196 Prosecutorial discretion over who gets prosecuted and who does not is, generally speaking, absolute. The Attorney General (and all federal prosecutors work for him and have to do what he says) can decide not to prosecute (which he has), and no one has standing to compel him to do so. The remedy can only be political. Prosecutorial discretion over who gets prosecuted and who does not is, generally speaking, absolute. The Attorney General (and all federal prosecutors work for him and have to do what he says) can decide not to prosecute (which he has), and no one has standing to compel him to do so. The remedy can only be political.

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