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The U.S. Attorney's office could end up with a million dollar legal bill Don't you mean the tax payer? Don't tax payers have a say in who gets to waste valuabl

• greenyoda 14y ago
  "Don't tax payers have a say in who gets to waste valuable tax dollars on frivolous cases?" Only very indirectly. We tax payers (voters) elected President Obama, who appointed Carmen Ortiz as a federal prosecutor in 2009.[1] Since Obama can't run for president again, we've lost our chance to show our displeasure in the only way he'd really care about (losing an election). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Ortiz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Ortiz
  • fennecfoxen 14y ago
    Now, don't get me wrong. I'm all for dissing Obama and his party at almost any defensible juncture. But, as the Libertarians would be glad to tell you, asset forfeiture and overzealous prosecutions are a larger problem than the Obama administration, and come from both sides (a "tough on white-collar criminals" policy push from the left, because businesspeople and executives are evil dontchaknow, and a "war on drugs" policy push from the right, because drug use is a threat to society and immoral dontchaknow.) See? Bipartisanship in action! (Disclaimer about how I don't roll with the Libertarians and have my own mockery for certain Libertarian policy positions which are not relevant to this conversation.)