As always, Bill Shaw makes insightful points.

Here's my question:  Is Patrick Fitzgerald eligible for the 
Presidential Medal of Freedom?  And if Mr Fitzgerald is not eligible 
for that honor, who is?  (Let's ignore for the moment whether 
President GW Bush would consider awarding Fitzgerald that medal ... 
regrettably, the answer is probably no ... so could not a future 
president award Mr Fitzgerald that honor?)

I am reminded today of a statement by the brilliant (now deceased) 
Cornell Law Professor Irving Younger:  "Those Senators [on the US 
Senate Watergate Committee] deserve the thanks of the Republic 
because they probably saved the Republic."  (See Irving Younger, "The 
Art of Cross-Examination (ABA Section of Litigation, 1976) page 24).

Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald (let's recall that he is a Republican), 
likewise deserves the thanks of the nation for investigating actions 
by White House officials that have threatened the nation's security.

Dan Levin

Daniel A. Levin, JD, MBA
Associate Professor of Business Law
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Dept. of Accounting & Business Law
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Mankato, MN 56001
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>If Libby goes to jail, can Cheney be far behind?  Then of course, Rove.
>The W will have to return to binge drinking or be reborn.  A toss-up.
>Who'll run the country?  DeLay  will be in jail, so Halsert won't know
>which way to turn.  Maybe Frist can beat the inside trading allegation.
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>But, can you imagine.  Libby, an Ivy League educated lawyer.  Who  would
>have thought it?
>
>If only we could go back to the Golden Years of Bill Clinton.  Or Camelot.


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