Bad idea

This is an example of how you can make faulty government even more faulty.

Blue Jersey, a liberal Democrat site, explains why (though it incorrectly attributes the oversight of elections to the Department of State, when it actually resides in the AG’s office):

Sarlo seems to think that the person who is ultimately responsible for overseeing New Jersey’s elections — the Secretary of State — should be an at will employee who the Governor can fire. So, if the SoS doesn’t want to do things that are unethical — as opposed to, say, Kathryn Harris of Florida in 2000? — she can simply be removed by the de facto head of one of the parties running in the election.

Sarlo also wants the person who is responsible for investigating official misconduct in the Governor’s administration — the Attorney General — should be an at will employee who the Governor can fire. So if there is a major scandal and the AG refuses to back off, the Governor can just remove the offending “top cop” and be done with it.

South Brunswick Post, The Cranbury Press
The Blog of South Brunswick

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Wiretap decision — a win now, but uncertainty later

The New York Times editorializes on the wiretap decision and points out that it faces an uncertain future when it gets to the conservative Sixth Court of Appeals — and political attacks from Bush loyalists in Congress and on cable news (when the Ramsey story fades).

In the meantime, we need to organize politically to take advantage of the momentum.

South Brunswick Post, The Cranbury Press
The Blog of South Brunswick

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