Where do federal judges get the authority to make administration appointments?

Where do federal judges get the authority to make administration appointments?

Longtime Virginia Lawyer Chosen by Judges as U.S. Attorney, and Then Fired

It was the second time this month that the administration had gotten rid of a top federal prosecutor appointed to his post by federal judges.

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