I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias made some news over the weekend calling for overlapping terms of office for federal prosecutors from one presidential administration to the next.
Speaking at the annual conference of the National Hispanic Bar Association in Albuquerque, Iglesias made the case for reforming the appointment process for U.S. attorneys as a way of better insulating them from overt political pressures.
“I think one very practical thing to do would be to change the term because, right now, there is a four-year appointment. Maybe make it a six-year term so there’s an automatic overlap into the next administration,” Iglesias told the attendees, according to an Associated Press story.
Iglesias added the following:
“When you talk or think about prosecutors, there should be two adjectives that are attached: independent and integrity. If you don’t have those two, you don’t have a legitimate prosecutor,” he said.
