position in order to provide a supervisor for a group of officers who formerly were independent, those officers become inferior to the new officer. That is precisely what happened here. As it stands now, the law places United States Attorneys under the direction and supervision of the Attorney General. No more is exigible to show that United States Attorneys — and a fortiori interim United States Attorneys — are inferior officers. D. Separation of Powers. Because United States Attorneys are inferior officers, Congress as a theoretical matter can entrust their appointment to the President, the head of a department, or the courts of law, without requiring Senate confirmation. See U.S. Const, art. II, § 2, cl. 2; see also Ex parte Siebold, 100 U.S. 371, 397-98, 25 L.Ed. 717 (1879) (<HOLDING>). We say “theoretical” because Congress’s
recognizing that oath taken to honor state constitution makes it the justices duty to apply the state constitution when it does not conflict with the federal constitution holding that the idaho constitution provides no greater protection from double jeopardy than does the federal constitution holding that the constitution contains no flat prohibition against interbranch appointments holding that  6532a1 contains no implied equitable exception holding that there is no private right of action against a state governmental entity for violations of the texas constitution