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wer here. See In re Special Proceeding, Misc. No. 09-0198 (EGS). In that case, after the Department of Justice dismissed the charges against Senator Stevens for apparent Brady violations, Judge Sullivan, pursuant to Rule 42, appointed a special prosecutor to investigate the violations. See United States

e Constitution vests the power to conduct investigations and prosecute violations of the laws in the Executive. See Art. II, § 2, cl. 1; Heckler v. Chaney, 470 U.S. 821, 832 (1985); Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. I, 138 (1976). Indeed, the Second Circuit has emphasized that judicial review and regulation o

mits of a court's power to enter a judgment can be traced to this Court's early precedents." Libretti v. United States , 116 S.Ct. 356, 371 (1995) (Stevens, J., dissenting). Just as a court's subject matter jurisdiction cannot be conferred by estoppel, Mickler v. Nimishillen and Tuscarawas Railway Co. ,

ey's Office in light of the pre-existing state investigation. In addition to the authorities cited above, the Supreme Court's decision in Heckler v. Chaney , 470 U.S. 821 (1985), further supports the interpretation that the CVRA does not provide for judicial intervention in a case where no criminal cha

is a red herring. Also, the canon of constitutional avoidance does not apply here because the CVRA is plain and unambiguous. See United States v. Stevens 559 U.S. 460, 481, 130 S. Ct 1577, 1591-92, 176 L.Ed.2d 435 (2010) (providing that courts cannot "rely upon the canon of construction that 'ambigu

ates in their control over criminal prosecutions. Id. (quoting United States v. Cox. 342 F.2d 167, 171 (5th Cir. 1965)); accord. e.g.. Heckler v. Chaney, 470 U.S. 821. 832, 105 S.Ct. 1649, 84 L.Ed.2d 714 (1985) ("gyre decision of a prosecutor in the Executive Branch not to indict ... has long been r

opinion invokes the canon of constitutional avoidance, it does not apply here because there is no ambiguity in the CVRA text. See United States v. Stevens. 559 U.S. 460, 481, 130 S. Ct. 1577. 1591-92. 176 L.Ed.2d 435 (2010) (providing that courts cannot 'rely upon the canon of construction that 'ambig

ons, until they come before the court to which they are returnable, are within the exclusive direction of the district attorney ....'); Heckler v. Chaney, 470 U.S. 821, 832, 105 S. Ct. 1649, 1656, 84 L.Ed.2d 714 (1985) r[T]he decision of a prosecutor in the Executive Branch not to indict ... has lon