Can AG Kathleen Kane appoint special prosecutors? The jury’s out.

PENNLIVE.COM: Amid the most imminent threat to her office yet, Attorney General Kathleen Kane vowed to redouble her efforts to root out pornographic and otherwise offensive emails exchanged by state officials.

Pennsylvania’s top law enforcement officer plans to announce a team of special prosecutors next week who will “go through every public email account trafficking this filth and track down every public server over which it was circulated.”

But does Kane, whose law license was suspended last month, have the power to make such a decision?… (more)

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