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Is Ronald Machen the best available candidate to be the U.S. Attorney in D.C.?

By Marks & Katz, LLC

Photo from website of U.S. District Court (W.D. Mi.). A United States Attorney is the chief lawyer overseeing virtually all criminal and civil trial litigation in a federal trial court district in which the federal government is a party, as well as subsequent appeals. That is a tremendously powerful position. A United States Attorney's power carries a vast potential to cause much harm, and at least some possibility to do some good along the way.  The United States Attorney for the District of Columbia wields particularly immense power when considering that a vast number of national security and government agency cases are handled in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, including the secret FISA court. The United States Attorney's Office in the District of Columbia also handles the vast majority of prosecutions in the District of Columbia Superior Court -- except for the drunk driving prosecutions and various low-level misdemeanor prosecutions handled by the D...continue to full post

Full post as published by Underdog on December 24, 2009 (boomark / email).