Sorry the previous three posts are out of order. They are part of a single thread, but this is my first post and I haven’t figured out how to put everything in the proper order.

which is an interesting but apparently unresolved constitutional separation of powers issue, and if it can, how it could practically do so. There are competing considerations involving integrity of the judicial system vs. prosecutorial discretion in whether to purse a case (an executive function).

Seems relevant today. It leaves unanswered the question whether the courts can force the executive branch to prosecute a case that it wants dismiss (2/3)

This 2020 Stanford Law Review article regarding the Michael Flynn case discusses the anti-prosecutorial corruption rationale for requiring leave of court to dismiss a prosecution under Rule 48(a) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. review.law.stanford.edu/wp-content/u...