There oughta be a law.

Namely and to wit: the freaking idiots in Congress have got to stop passing laws when they don't know what the damn laws are.

The ability of the White House to swap out U.S. Attorneys with partisan appointees resulted when the staff of Senator Arlen Specter inserted a measure in the renewal of the USA Patriot Act that "permitted the White House to place its own appointees in vacant U.S. attorney positions permanently and without Senate confirmation." According to Conason, Specter says he was not aware of the action by a member of his staff.
(Raw Story)

Yeah. Really. Gotta stop.