A change predicted for solicitor; less turbulence is expected for a Clinton appointee

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Observers predict that the position of solicitor general will be less politicized during the Clinton administration than was the case in the Reagan-Bush era. During the Reagan years, the balance which the Solicitor General must strike between his duties as executive branch advocate before the Supreme Court and handmaiden of that court became tilted in favor of the former since that administration had little respect for precedent and a definite legal agenda. There is a feeling that Clinton's solicitor general will assume a lower profile.

Practice, Powers and duties, Starr, Kenneth W., United States. Office of the Solicitor General

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An LSC dispute may take power from president; a ruling could strengthen Senate's hand during federal policy stalemate

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The US president's recess appointment power, a hidden executive weapon for breaking stalemates, would be prohibited if the government loses the lawsuit brought by former Legal Services Corporation Inspector General David L. Wilkinson. The suit, which arose from the LSC board's termination of Wilkinson's employment contract, contends that the president should not be able to replace holdover directors during Senate recesses. The recess appointment power is provided by a holdover provision similar to ones found in nearly 60 other statutes.

Analysis, Management, United States. Legal Services Corp., Executive power, Employee dismissals, Employment terminations, Employment at will, Wilkinson, David L.

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Delay expected for federal execution

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The first execution of a federal prisoner since 1963 is unlikely to take place on the currently scheduled date of Mar 30, 1995. A proposed judgement is pending and the judge is unlikely to act before Mar 24, while federal regulations require at least 60 days between entry of a judgement of sentence and an execution. The prosecutor, Asst US Attorney Harwell Davis, thought earlier denial of a motion meant the 1991 sentence still stood. A final date before late May is now highly unlikely.

Laws, regulations and rules, Capital punishment, Stays of execution, proceedings, etc., Stays (Law), Chandler, David Ronald

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