The Choosing of Federal Officials in Representative Democratic Mode:Attorney General-By Harsha Sankar

 

The choosing of federal officials in Representative Democratic Mode:Attorney General-By Harsha Sankar

Dear Citizen,                                          October 2020

Of the departments of the federal executive branch which should not be chosen by the President or US Congress, the federal attorney general's office is that department which has the most authority. That office prosecutes all federal government officials, employees, and contractors who have been indicted of a crime. All indictments should come from the Department Of Justice.

A candidate for Attorney General should not be a participant in any branch of government for at least one year prior to the election. That candidate should also neither belong to any organization that is not publicly announced nor should its contents of its meetings be sealed in secrecy for at least two years prior to the election. Finally, that candidate should not belong to any group comprised solely of any government branch participants.

The President should accept all the applicants eligible for this position, limit the number of candidates for this position to ten, and then submit these choices of candidates to the United States Senate.The reason the United States Senate is the body to review these choices is because they deal with matters which are both non-financial and affect the entire nation.

The United States Senate limits the number of candidates to five and then submits that list to both legislative houses of each state. Each state assigns the same number of electoral votes to each house. Electoral votes, rounded up to the closest whole number, are assigned to each candidate based on the percentage of votes they receive from each legislative house. The candidate who receives the highest number of electoral votes is the state's nominee for Attorney General.

Each state submits its choice to the President. The candidate who receives the majority of state government legislative approval, of all fifty states, is declared the Attorney General.

If a candidate cannot get the majority of states to choose him or her, then the Top Three candidates are voted on, with a quorum of two-thirds, by the lower house of the federal legislature(House Of Representatives). It is important to involve this specific house at this stage since they have not had previous involvement. The candidate who receives the majority of votes from its members is declared the Attorney General.

If a candidate still cannot get a majority of the lower house votes, then the Top Two candidates who received the highest number of lower house votes are then voted on by the US Senate. The US Senate at this stage will be involved again in the selection of the attorney general as the majority of its members, with a quorum of two-thirds, makes final decision.