New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new States shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.
He also, in a way, represents what's wrong with Washington. That's not because of Holder's infamous role in the Marc Rich pardon. That episode--which Holder will certainly be asked about during confirmation hearings, which are scheduled to begin Thursday--was a case of Washington pay-to-play.
Neither Dorton nor any other current Andersen official would address what caused the fall of the firm, or whether its own actions contributed to its collapse. Andersen and other audit firms are supposed to be guardians of the public trust, functioning like the father confessors of the financial world. They know the rules and how to enforce them, defining right and wrong for the corporate flock.