Posted on 11/04/2010 6:47:34 PM PDT by MONKEY429
The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release November 04, 2010 Executive Order--Order of Succession Within the Department of Justice By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq., it is hereby ordered that:
Section 1. Order of Succession. Subject to the provisions of section 2 of this order, the following officers, in the order listed, shall act as and perform the functions and duties of the office of Attorney General, during any period in which the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney General, the Associate Attorney General, and any officers designated by the Attorney General pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 508 to act as Attorney General have died, resigned, or otherwise become unable to perform the functions and duties of the office of Attorney General, until such time as at least one of the officers mentioned above is able to perform the functions and duties of that office:
(a) United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia;
(b) United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota; and
(c) United States Attorney for the District of Arizona.
Sec. 2. Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in an office listed in section 1 of this order in an acting capacity, by virtue of so serving, shall act as Attorney General pursuant to this order
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Just in case ‘something should happen’ to Eric the Red....
????
Is the Kenyan getting ready for the forcible removal of the current Atty Gen?
???
The are preparing for the coming insurrection of America against the federal government?
Or is Holder going to be impeached?
This is a clearly defensive XO.
THe Obama liberal fascists are getting nervous?
Anyone else think what I do and have been saying?
These type of EOs are common, here is Bush’s on the same subject.
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2009/janqtr/pdf/3CFR13481.pdf
OMG
What is going on?
The president takes his family, his entire staff, over a thousand FBI and SS, and 300 CEOs on a Noah’s Ark cruise and issues a statement about order of succession for the DOJ?
What does he know?
bfl
Why on the eve of a good portion of the gubermint heading out of Dodge do they publish this? This is tin-foil rope-a-dope, right?
U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia: The Honorable Neil MacBride. Bio: http://www.justice.gov/usao/vae/usattorney.html
U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota: The Honorable B. Todd Jones. website: http://www.justice.gov/usao/mn/welcome.htm (No bio information posted as far as I can tell.)
U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona: The Honorable Dennis K. Burke. Bio: http://www.justice.gov/usao/az/usa.html
These people are making me very nervous... What the heck is going on??
Yes, and notice the geography, VA, MN, and AZ, East, Center West. So a good “thriller novel” explanation is he is evacuating with sufficient command and control apparatus to manage an existential threat to the US, and spreading the AGs out means one or two of them will probably be able to function no matter how big the event.
But cooler heads (i.e., those not wearing tin foil hats) would probably see this as prep for trouble with Holder, as new Black Panther investigations are doubtless coming to a “DOJ near you,” Mr. President.
Bush had that done before he left office in 2008.
Maybe Hannity can invite Tom Clancy on tomorrow night. :)
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