Word: appointment
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...doesn't make sense for a man like Nixon to be able to appoint his own successor," Moakley said. "This bill would, I think, restore to the general public the faith they have lost...
...appoint a committee of students and professors to study the projected power needs of Arkansas in order to determine whether the power plant is even needed...
...them is Acting Attorney General Robert Bork, who says: "We would have the situation of a judge appointing a man who argues the case before him. I think this proposal might jeopardize some of the cases." Cox, however, found nothing incongruous about letting a judge appoint a special prosecutor. He said: "It's certainly far more incongruous to expect people [meaning the Administration] to investigate themselves." To erase the problem, some sponsors say they would be willing to have the prosecutor named by all 15 active judges of the district court. Such a scheme was backed by Chesterfield Smith...
...School professors told Congressional committees Wednesday that Congress can constitutionally order the courts to appoint a special Watergate prosecutor...
Paul M. Bator, associate dean of the Law School, told the House Judiciary Committee that "Congress has the power to authorize the courts to appoint a special prosecutor to prosecute the crimes related to Watergate...