“Acting” U.S. Attorneys. One appeals court said that for constitutional purposes, it viewed U.S. Attorneys appointed under Section 546(d) as more similar to Senate-confirmed U.S. Attorneys than to “subordinates assuming the role of ‘Acting’ United States Attorney.” Successive Attorney General Appointments Arguably, Section 546 contempla

the person who is nominated might not be able to serve as Acting U.S. Attorney. Specifically, the Vacancies Act, 5 U.S.C. § 3345(b), provides that if a person is nominated to an office, that person “may not serve as an acting officer” for that office. There are certain exceptions to this rule. As relevant here, first assistants to U.S. Attorne

as first assistant because the principal deputy position terminated at the end of the vacancy. The person serving in that position, therefore, “never did and never will serve” as an “assistant” to anyone. This opinion suggests that, in one court’s view, for a position to constitute a “first assistant” under the Vacancies Act, the posi

technical partnerships while enhancing domestic control over revenue and governance. To enable this, Kazakhstan must cultivate development banks, long-term investment funds, and pension vehicles that would be able to absorb and recirculate national capital within its own economy. By itself, the Novorossiysk decree does not remake the system, but it

Second, Kazakhstan can activate provisional rail routes to Georgia or China, and engage in short-term oil swap deals with regional partners such as Uzbekistan. These are operationally complex and financially inefficient, but useful for short-term flexibility. Third, contractual adjustments within the CPC framework may reduce exposure to procedural