The Independent Counsel Statute: Bad Law, Bad Policy

Authors

Julie R. O'Sullivan, Georgetown University Law CenterFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1996

Abstract

The Watergate scandal-and the crisis in public confidence in government it spawned-left us many legacies, one of which is the Independent Counsel ("IC") statute. Over twenty years after the fact, the "lessons" of the scandal itself continue to be the dominant reference. It is time to evaluate the "lessons" of Watergate's legacies and, in particular, the IC mechanism.

Publication Citation

33 Am. Crim. L. Rev. 463

Scholarly Commons Citation

O'Sullivan, Julie R., "The Independent Counsel Statute: Bad Law, Bad Policy" (1996). Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works. 1756.
https://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/1756