Word: generality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Lawrence Walsh in the first months of his Iran-contra investigation, before he took a backup appointment from the Justice Department. The ruling also frees Prosecutor James McKay, who earlier obtained a conviction of former White House Aide Lyn Nofziger, to release the report on his investigation into Attorney General Edwin Meese...
...decision came in the most obscure of the current investigations, the inquiry into whether Assistant Attorney General Theodore Olson gave false testimony to Congress in 1983 in a dispute concerning the Environmental Protection Agency. Olson, supported by the Justice Department, had argued that the law violated the separation-of-powers principle by providing for independent counsel to be chosen by a special three-judge court. The broad scope of special prosecutors' powers, he contended, made them "principal officers" that the Constitution says only the President may appoint. In January, a federal appeals panel that heard his case overturned...
...ruling Rehnquist noted that the law gives the Executive Branch a measure of control in the selection process, for instance, by allowing the Attorney General to decide when special prosecutors are required and whether to dismiss them for "good cause." For that reason, Rehnquist held, independent counsel is one of the "inferior officers" that the Constitution says Congress may allow department heads or judges to appoint...
Because of Dukakis's inexperience in dealing with Congress and the general perception that he is weak on foreign policy and defense issues, Assistant Professor of Government Mark A. Peterson said that Glenn, Sen Albert Gore, Jr. '69 (D-Tenn.), or Rep. Lee Hamilton (D-Ind.) would be desirable running mates since they make up for these apparent shortcomings...
...America's overall Gulf policy, however, are misguided. They are not unjustified in saying that the Stark and Vincennes tragedies show the Navy's poor preparation for the mission and the policy's lack of definition and reactive character. But they fail to acknowledge its fundamental soundness and general effectiveness...