Examples of Attorney General in the following topics:
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- The existence of the Cabinet dates back to the first President of the United States, George Washington, who appointed a Cabinet of four men: Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of War Henry Knox, and Attorney General Edmund Randolph to advise him and to assist him in carrying out his duties.
- Aside from the Attorney General and the Postmaster General (when it was a Cabinet position), they all receive the title of Secretary.
- The confirmation of the office of Attorney General is overseen by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
- Eric Holder, Obama's first-term Attorney General was replaced by Loretta E.
- Permanent Representative to the United Nations Susan Rice, Attorney General Eric H.
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- The attorney general is an example of a cabinet member, and oversees the executive Department of Justice.
- At the top of each department is the secretary (in the Department of Justice, the highest office is called the "attorney general," but the role is parallel to that of the secretary of state, defense, etc.).
- George Washington thus began the practice of having a formal cabinet of advisors when he appointed Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of War Henry Knox, and Attorney General Edmund Randolph.
- The attorney general is the head of the Department of Justice, and is a prominent cabinet member.
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- In the Department of Justice, the Attorney General is the equivalent of the secretary, the deputy attorney general ranks second in charge, and an array of internally administered offices are lower on the hierarchy.
- At the top of each department is the secretary (in the Department of Justice, the highest office is called the "attorney general," but the role is the same as that of the secretary of state, defense, etc.).
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- Gordon Liddy, general counsel to the Committee for the Re-Election of the President (CRP), presented a campaign intelligence plan to CRP's Acting Chairman Jeb Stuart Magruder, Attorney General John Mitchell, and Presidential Counsel John Dean, that involved extensive illegal activities against the Democratic Party.
- John Mitchell resigned as Attorney General to become chairman of CRP.
- On September 29, 1972, it was revealed that John Mitchell, while serving as Attorney General, controlled a secret Republican fund used to finance intelligence-gathering against the Democrats.
- On October 20, 1973, in an event that became known as the Saturday Night Massacre, Nixon ordered Attorney General Richardson to fire the prosecutor of the case, Archibald Cox.
- Richardson refused and resigned, as did Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus when confronted with the same order.
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- Once invoked, a presumption of privilege is established, requiring the prosecutor to make a "sufficient showing" that the "Presidential material" is "essential to the justice of the case. " Historically, the uses of executive privilege underscore the untested nature of the doctrine, since Presidents have generally sidestepped open confrontations with the United States Congress and the courts over the issue by first asserting the privilege, then producing some of the documents requested on an assertedly voluntary basis.
- Because Nixon had asserted only a generalized need for confidentiality, the Court held that the larger public interest in obtaining the truth in the context of a criminal prosecution took precedence.
- Bush first asserted executive privilege to deny disclosure of sought details regarding former Attorney General Janet Reno, the scandal involving the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) misuse of organized-crime informants James J.
- On June 20, 2012, President Barack Obama asserted executive privilege, his first, to withhold certain Department of Justice documents related to the ongoing Operation Fast and Furious controversy ahead of a United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in Contempt of Congress for refusing to produce the documents.
- Later the same day, the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform voted 23-17 along party lines to hold Attorney General Holder in contempt of Congress over not releasing documents regarding Fast and Furious.
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- Those
convicted generally received prison sentences of five to 20 years.
- President
Wilson and his Attorney General, Thomas Watts Gregory, viewed the legislation
as a political compromise.
- Attorney General Thomas Gregory instructed Postmaster General Albert
Burleson to censure and, if necessary, discontinue delivery of anti-American or
pro-German mailings including letters, magazines and newspapers.
- For the most part, however, enforcement was left to
the discretion of local United States attorneys and action varied widely.
- Attorney General
Gregory supported the work of the American Protective League (APL), which was
one of the many patriotic associations that sprang up to support the war and,
in coordination with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, identify anti-war
organizations and those it deemed slackers, spies or draft dodgers.
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- The rest of the states call their legislature the General Assembly.
- These include the offices of Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, auditors, Treasurer, Commissioner of Agriculture, and Commissioner of Education.
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- In order to represent a party in a case in a district court, a person must be an Attorney At Law and generally must be admitted to the bar of that particular court.
- Admission to the bar of a district court is generally granted as a matter of course to any attorney who is admitted to practice law in the state where the district court sits.
- Many district courts also allow an attorney who has been admitted and remains an active member in good standing of any state, territory or the District of Columbia bar to become a member.
- The attorney submits his application with a fee and takes the oath of admission.
- Several district courts require attorneys seeking admission to their bars to take an additional bar examination on federal law, including the following: the Southern District of Ohio, the Northern District of Florida, and the District of Puerto Rico.
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- The United States district courts are the general federal trial courts, although in many cases Congress has passed statutes which divert original jurisdiction to these specialized courts or to administrative law judges (ALJs).
- It generally is an appellate court that operates under discretionary review.
- There is generally no right of appeal to the Supreme Court.
- Such cases are generally referred to a designated individual, usually a sitting or retired judge, or a well-respected attorney, to sit as a special master and report to the Court with recommendations.
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- The U.S. district courts are responsible for holding general trials for civil and criminal cases.
- Meanwhile, criminal cases involve a U.S. attorney (the prosecutor), a grand jury, and a defendant.
- Defendants may also have their own private attorney to represent them or a court-appointed attorney if they are unable to afford counsel.
- Criminal cases involve an arraignment hearing in which defendants enter a plea to the charges brought against them by the U.S. attorney.