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Accountability Measures
• The Statute Provides for: • Clearly Defined Agency Roles & Responsibilities • Clear Delegation of Powers • Due Process of Law • Qualified Appointees & Staff • Standards to Guide Conduct & Decisionmaking Judicial Oversight • Appropriate Political Oversight
Principles for Oversight • No Person should ever be the Ultimate Arbiter of his or her Own Decisions • Political Processes are not Appropriate for Handling or Reviewing Civil or Criminal Law Enforcement Actions and Decisions in particular cases or matters because Political Processes Entail Political Considerations which are Inappropriate in the Context of the Application of the Law to a Particular Set of Facts • Judicial Bodies are the Appropriate Entities for Providing Oversight in the Context of Agency Action & Decisionmaking as the Interpretation of Law and the Application of the Law to Particular Facts is a Judicial Function
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