If it does not. it undermines the rule of law in this country. In the Doherty case. the Attorneys General have consistently claimed the power to review the final results of legal proceedings. and to overrule them. On July 14. 1988. Attorney General Meese. as one of his last official acts before stepping down. overruled the decisions of administrative law bodies. and ordered Doherty deported to the United Kingdom. On November 14. 1988. the Board of Immigration Appeals held that Joe Doherty was entitled to apply for political asylum in this country. On June 30. 1989. Attorney General Thornburgh overruled this decision. denying Doherty a hearing on his request for political asylum.
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