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Cite as: 524 U. S. 11 (1998)

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Scalia, J., dissenting

This is not the system we have had, and is not the system
we should desire.

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Because this statute should not be interpreted to confer
upon the entire electorate the power to invoke judicial direc-
tion of prosecutions, and because if it is so interpreted the
statute unconstitutionally transfers from the Executive to
the courts the responsibility to “take Care that the Laws be
faithfully executed,” Art. II, § 3, I respectfully dissent.