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Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont)
On Attorney General William Barr and the Future of the Department of Justice
Senate Floor
December 19, 2020
As William Barr’s second tenure as Attorney General is coming to an end, it is important for the Senate to reflect upon his legacy, and upon the challenges now facing the Department of Justice.
The Office of Attorney General fills a unique role within our system of government. Created by the Judiciary Act of 1789, an Attorney General is not a traditional member of the President’s cabinet. As Supreme Court Justice James Iredell observed in 1792, the position “is not called the Attorney General of the President, but Attorney General of the United States.” This is because an Attorney General’s client is not the president, but the American people. An Attorney General’s duty is not to defend the president, but to uphold the rule of law and do so with integrity and independence.
Letter to the editor: Biden Cabinet is a collection of swamp creatures
To the editor:
I almost choked on my grits as I read the guest column by John Krull ( Our public servants, not his, Page A4, Dec. 5). He was praising Joe Biden for his wonderful Cabinet choices and what great public servants they are and how awful Trump is. My first thought was this Cabinet could be labeled return of the swamp creatures.
Let’s take Janet Yellen, his pick for treasury secretary. She has never met a tax she didn’t like. Her policies of wanting to raise corporate income taxes and add a carbon tax will hurt the average citizen like me by reducing corporate profits, therefore reducing the value of my 401(k) as well costing more at the pump. She doesn’t appear to have ever had a job outside the academic world, so she remains clueless to the real world and could care less about the average American.
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Pres. Trump appears to be on course to be only the third one-term President in 40 years. The transition from one party to the other after a one-term Presidency is markedly different than the transition following two terms. In the latter circumstance, the outgoing Administration has a significant number of political appointees who are the second or third persons to occupy the position over the eight years of the Administration, and they took the position generally recognizing their “expiration date” would be the next election. Even if the White House did not change parties, a new POTUS would want to be able to put supporters into significant positions.