The President Is No Prosecutor
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0 Left 1 Centered 0 RightWith respect to the federal government, whose formation he then was championing, Alexander Hamilton assured skeptics during the debates over the new Constitution that state governments would enjoy “one transcendent advantage” — they would retain control over “the administration of criminal and civil justice.” The prosecution of crimes would not be a federal responsibility at all.