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d with a senior reporter at the New York Times. (In fact, I have met with that reporter and have reviewed copious notes of his conversation with Mr. Weinstein). At this stage, we have no alternative but to raise our serious concems regarding the issues Drew refused to address with the Deputy or, if necess

scussions, you expressed that you were "not unsympathetic" to our various federalism concerns, but stated that because you serve within the "unitary Executive,' you believed your hands were tied by Main Justice. You were also extremely gracious in stating that you did not want the United States to be "unfa

the terms of any plea bargain or immunity agreement it makes." United States v. Hill, 643 F.3d 807, 874 (11th Cir. 2011), quoting United States v. Harvey, 869 F.2d 1439, 1443 (11th Cir.1989) (en bane). See, e.g., 6 EFTA00589571 Santobello v. New York, 404 U.S. 257, 262 (197 O("when a plea rests in

tive powers with respect to a deferred prosecution agreement and held, based on constitutional considerations regarding the powers conferred on the Executive, that the district court could not reject the deferred prosecution agreement in that case based on its disagreement with the Executive's charging de

uoting my re- marks out of context. Here is the full pas- sage of my remarks, which were part of a colloquy with my co-sponsor on the CVRA. Senator Feinstein. Senator Feinstein: Section (a)(5) pro- vides a right to confer with the attorney for the Government in the case. This right is In• (ended to be

0 Mr. Civan—or, to those who know Obama's words when he talked about regulations that were issued between him. Ed—was a 1988 graduate of Sc Xs- the Executive order in January. which 1996 until today that would be deemed vier High School in Louisville and in is entitled "Improving Regulation and to have an

nts, there often is no later proceeding in which victims can exercise their rights. 161 Cong. Rec. S106 (daily ed. Jan. 8, 2015) (statement of Sen. Feinstein, for herself and for Sens. Portman, Comyn, Gillibrand, and Kirk) (addressing Senate Bill 140, the Combat Human Trafficking Act of 2015, which conta

ited States, 470 U.S. 598, 607-08 (1985); see also Fokker, 818 F.3d at 737-738 (noting the long-settled understandings about the independence of the Executive with regard to charging decisions and concluding that "[n]othing in the [Speedy Trial Act's] terms or structure suggests any intention to subvert t

nts, there often is no later proceeding in which victims can exercise their rights. 161 Cong. Rec. S106 (daily ed. Jan. 8, 2015) (statement of Sen. Feinstein, for herself and for Sens. Portman, Comyn, Gillibrand, and Kirk) (addressing Senate Bill 140, the Combat Human Trafficking Act of 2015, which conta

ited States, 470 U.S. 598, 607-08 (1985); see also Fokker, 818 F.3d at 737-738 (noting the long-settled understandings about the independence of the Executive with regard to charging decisions and concluding that "[n]othing in the [Speedy Trial Act's] terms or structure suggests any intention to subvert t

nts, there often is no later proceeding in which victims can exercise their rights. 161 Cong. Rec. S106 (daily ed. Jan. 8, 2015) (statement of Sen. Feinstein, for herself and for Sens. Portman, Comyn, Gillibrand, and Kirk) (addressing Senate Bill 140, the Combat Human Trafficking Act of 2015, which conta

ited States, 470 U.S. 598, 607-08 (1985); see also Fokker, 818 F.3d at 737-738 (noting the long-settled understandings about the independence of the Executive with regard to charging decisions and concluding that "[n]othing in the [Speedy Trial Act's] terms or structure suggests any intention to subvert t

e legacy of the poor treatment of crime victims in the criminal Bustice] process." 150 Cong. Rec. S4269 (daily ed. Apr. 22, 2004) (statement of Sen. Feinstein). In any event, the VRRA did not contain any "right to confer," or a "right to be treated with fairness. and thus it does not provide guidance for

r in the Executive Branch not to indict ... has long been regarded as [within] the special province of the Executive Branch, inasmuch as it is the Executive who is charged by the Constitution to 'take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.' " (quoting U.S. Const., Art. II, § 3)). This Executive Bra

Orrin Hatch filed an amicus brief in support of our Court's rehearing en bane the Panel's erroneous statutory interpretation of the CVRA. Senators Feinstein and Kyl drafted and, along with Senator Hatch, co-sponsored the CVRA. See Senators' Amicus Br. at I. All three senators served on the Senate Judic

resolution of this petition for a writ of mandamus would not change. Moreover, ow opinion about pre-charge *1272 rights would not be binding on the Executive in the same way that the opinions about pension requests were not binding in? I He/Aunts Case. B. We Construe Statutes by Reading the Whole Text,

the terms of any plea bargain or immunity agreement it makes." United States v. Hill, 643 F.3d 807, 874 (11th Cir. 2011), quoting United States v. Harvey, 869 F.2d 1439, 1443 (11th Cir.1989) (en banc). See, e.g., 38 EFTA00299058 Santobello v. New York, 404 U.S. 257, 262 (1971) ("when a plea rests i

-Violence v. Pierce, 786 F.2d 1199, 1201 (D.C. Cir. 1986) ("The power to decide when to investigate, and when to prosecute, lies at the core of the Executive's duty to see the faithful execution of the laws"); Heckler v. Chaney, 470 U.S. 821, 832 (1985) ("[t]he decision of a prosecutor in the Executive B

tims Constitutional Amendment Network % - approached the President and Congress regarding a federal amendment. © On April 22, 1996, Senators Kyl and Feinstein with the backing of President Clinton introduced a federal victims' rights amendment. © The amendment was intended to "restore, preserve, and protect

need for further legislative action or even, possibly, a federal constitutional amendment. Congress is watching to see whether the Judiciary (and the Executive) will fully and fairly implement this new Act. As Senator Leahy warned, "Passage of this bill will necessitate careful oversight of its implementatio