It has been called the largest legal office in the world but what it is supposed to do is enforce federal law and provide legal advice to the president and the heads of the executive departments of government. It has traditionally been organized around anti-trust law enforcement, civil suits involving the federal government, federal criminal cases, internal security, tax related law suits , and suits on civil rights. It's expanding power lately owes not a little to the Patriot Act. It has in the past been influenced by populist agendas and in the modern instance of "the war on terror" there is a case to be made against a lowering of standards of proof and a general erosion of civil liberties. The same thing has been happening in Britain and the public in poll after poll do not care and overwhelmingly support "tougher measures". The terrorists could be seen to be winning in this arena. You are right to decry violations of the US constitution. But to work for the Attorney General is to work for the executive branch of government. The entire issue of these firings is politically charged, but the important thing is, the US continues to be an open and free system, which this debate perfectly illustrates. George Bush is not the anti-democratic demon you suggest. He is, in my opinion, on the right side of issues such as free-trade, immigration, education, supreme court appointments, and belatedly, energy policy. He is trying to do a good job and is an honorable individual. Alberto Gonzales on the other hand is completely incompetent and a total liability. As was the overly arrogant Mr. Rumsfeld. Graham.
>-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of Leland F. Jackson, CPA >Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 1:32 PM >To: ProFox Email List >Subject: Re: [OT] Political Hiring in Justice Division Probed > > >The Bush Administration politicized the Justice Department, which is >suppose to be an independent branch of the Government. It is important >that the Justice Department be independent, so that justice is >administered in a blind fashion, without regards to race, religion, >gender, ethnicity, or political party affiliation, etc. > >The way the Bush Administration structure the Justice Department, >department heads and staff were instructed to use the Justice Department >to attack political opponents of the GOP, and their supporters, while >ignoring illegal acts committed by the GOP faithful. This is a very >serious abuse of power by an Administration that used the Justice >Department discriminately to attack perceived enemies. The Justice >Department is suppose to enforce the constitution and laws of the land >indiscriminately, (eg equally), regardless of race, religion, national >origin, ethniticity, gender, sexual orientation, or political party >affiliation. This was a direct abuse of the Justice Department and the >Bush Administration's power gained through subverting it. > >Regards, > >LelandJ > >Graham Dobson wrote: >> The president appoints and fires US attorneys who represent the federal >> government in district courts. Reagan and Clinton replaced all 93 >> attorneys each on taking office. Stuart Taylor a legal affairs >writer for >> the National Journal states that It is reasonable for a >president to dismiss >> prosecutors over policy. As with almost everything else under >the attorney >> general Alberto Gonzalez things have not been handled well or in a >> straightforward manner. There is a lot of legal gray area regarding what >> constitutes the "loyalty" of a government lawyer and to whom >that loyalty is >> owed. Many of the emails emails surrounding these firings are >dubious and >> ill conceived; but the complaints against the sacked attorneys were >> described as substantial by the Economist on March 17 2007. >Some of these >> attorney's refused to toe the line on illegal immigration, the >death penalty >> and voting-fraud cases. What we seem to be witnessing is that >the democrats >> won the mid term elections and they are flexing their new >powers. Just like >> the republicans did in 1994. Graham. >> >> >>> It's shameful what the Bush Administration has done to our system of >>> government, including the American Constitution. What has happen >>> boarders on a coup d'etat, but rather than a sudden overthrow of the >>> American government by force, the coup d'etat was in the form of a >>> gradual subversion of our government using non-violent attacks on the >>> system from within, especially through seizing control of the legal >>> system to make the legal system an arm of the exective branch. >>> >> >> >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
