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Putting Law And Politics In The Right Places — Reforming The Independent Counsel Statute, Christopher H. Schroeder
Putting Law And Politics In The Right Places — Reforming The Independent Counsel Statute, Christopher H. Schroeder
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The fundamental flaw in the independent counsel statute consists of its attempt to convert a political decision, the decision whether to refer to a case of public corruption to an investigator outside normal prosecutorial offices, into a legal one. When the Independent Counsel Reauthorization Act of 1994 expires on Jun 30, 1999, it should not be reenacted unless this flaw is eliminated.