Reply #6: That would just create an entirely new set of political issues

[Hippo_Tron]

If the Attorney General was of a different party than the President, they would almost certainly use that office to frivolously investigate the President the way Kenneth Starr did.

And if the Treasury Department were controlled by someone of a different party than the President there is no way this country could have a coherent economic policy.

If you really wanted a mechanism for an independent Attorney General I would say that it should have to be appointed by the President for a fixed term (4 or 6 years) and must be confirmed by 2/3rds of the Senate. Since no partly generally will control 2/3rds of the Senate it will tend to be someone non-partisan. But honestly I don't think that's necessary. There's nothing wrong with the AG serving at the pleasure of the President. Congress just needs to re-assert itself.