Comments (18)

EH wrote on May 3, 2007 1:10 PM:

Well duh, what would lead *anybody* to believe that this Administration could think anybody but them are even capable of being "the good guys"?

Richard L. Adlof wrote on May 3, 2007 1:23 PM:

Justice is part of the Commons. Justice should be supportted, fostered and protected.

Polarizing, out-sourcing or obstructing justice NEEDS to be held with the same contempt that giving aid and sucor to our enemies is.

Justice, justice, justice. You shall seek.

DB wrote on May 3, 2007 1:28 PM:

re: "If the Justice Department didn't have that "special trust," then it was impossible to effectively do its job."

but it's quite possible for it to do all sorts of other jobs without that "special trust." It's those "other jobs" we need to worry about!

RandyR wrote on May 3, 2007 1:29 PM:

The question on everyones lips is how are we going to fix it. Do you purge the careers hired by Goodling and Sampson? Can you establish a loyalty test to the law instead of the party? Do we have to worry about moles in the DOJ who will wait to sell out the public for the party 20 years hence? These are no small issues. Maybe first fire all Regent grads?

Security Code: turn And the question is how to turn it around

freepatriot wrote on May 3, 2007 1:37 PM:

just another base count of obstruction of justice that is building against abu gonzo, george bush, kkkarl rove, sampson, goodling, mcnulty, et al

gtash wrote on May 3, 2007 1:39 PM:

Excuse me, but all agencies of government represent all citizens of all stripes at all times and should endeavor to be "the good guys". Where did they get the idea that was some special obligation of law enforcement officials?

If government service does not instill the care and concern of the employee or agency for all the citizens, then something is dreadfully wrong.

Yellow Dog wrote on May 3, 2007 1:49 PM:

I've stopped trying to apply principles like justice and representation and citizenship and governance to the shrubbies: it doesn't even rise to the level of putting lipstick on a pig.

Comey didn't get the memo: this maladministration has jettisoned the Rule of Law.

What Dear Leader says, goes. Period.

Austin Cooper wrote on May 3, 2007 2:06 PM:

As political reality, the notion of impeachment won't fly, at the moment. On an emotional level -- I want to see the Sucker-Puncher-In-Chief impeached and imprisoned.

The fact that we still have to put up with this malignant bastard for another 20+ months is horrifying.

Worst. Fucking. President. Of All Time.

jaywrite wrote on May 3, 2007 2:08 PM:

If I'm sitting on a jury hearing a case presented by a USA, I'm going (from now on) to have to give the defense a lot more credibility.

I'll be thinking that maybe this case is being brought for some political reason rather than what the USA is telling the jury.

TheraP wrote on May 3, 2007 2:44 PM:

"sleeper cells" is what worries me. I can just picture the bush appointees meeting for years for "bible study." And plotting, waiting, biding their time...

Stanley Krute wrote on May 3, 2007 3:12 PM:

Impeach Gonzales. Put Comey in his place.

Next.

-- stan

'sconset wrote on May 3, 2007 6:34 PM:

Having worked on the Hill and dealt with many smart, hardworking, honest and kind career employees in the different agencies it must be hell on earth to go to work as a career (no agenda) attorney. They historically have had the very best and brightest working there to get the experience.

This is a travesty and it makes my blood boil to think that they have trashed our system of justice for the personal gain of mental midgets.

Think about it--going to work day after day and having to deal with bosses (asst. AG's) sending memo's out day after day promoting an agenda that is contrary to the very laws they have sworn to uphold.

Hell is too good for these creeps.

bcg wrote on May 3, 2007 9:37 PM:

"Think about it--going to work day after day and having to deal with bosses (asst. AG's) sending memo's out day after day promoting an agenda that is contrary to the very laws they have sworn to uphold."

If this was the case, it strikes me that it'd be pretty easy to get rid of all the politically motivated appointments. All that really would be necessry would be to review the work they've done in their jobs. If the work was contrary to the law or the mission of the department in which they were employed, a prima facie case for dismissal would seem to have been made.
It's to be hoped that it will be so easy. One of the goals of the Bush administration has been to undermine or destroy the civil service system and the protections that it offers (as, I recall, proposed in the original Patriot Act [patriots, as we all know, are never union members]). It would be perverse if we were to give this administration that triumph while attempting to undo the damage they've done.

bcg wrote on May 3, 2007 9:37 PM:

"Think about it--going to work day after day and having to deal with bosses (asst. AG's) sending memo's out day after day promoting an agenda that is contrary to the very laws they have sworn to uphold."

If this was the case, it strikes me that it'd be pretty easy to get rid of all the politically motivated appointments. All that really would be necessry would be to review the work they've done in their jobs. If the work was contrary to the law or the mission of the department in which they were employed, a prima facie case for dismissal would seem to have been made.
It's to be hoped that it will be so easy. One of the goals of the Bush administration has been to undermine or destroy the civil service system and the protections that it offers (as, I recall, proposed in the original Patriot Act [patriots, as we all know, are never union members]). It would be perverse if we were to give this administration that triumph while attempting to undo the damage they've done.

al wrote on May 4, 2007 1:04 AM:

When justice is no longer blind the scales are weighted in favor of the political agenda of the ruling party. The rule of law is lost and the new body of juisprudence becomes imprudent. To be fair and equitable to all american citizens the source of this inequity must be removed, not by the electorate but by the congress which is the mechanism the US Constitution provides. Impeachedment, removal from office of the administration and it's officer responsible for implementing an unconstitutional policy. Texas asshole should stay in Texas or be tried by an international court for war crimes.
Their has never ever in the history of the US, cprrect me if i am wrong, a president that has corrupted our legal system.

Steve Corry wrote on May 4, 2007 9:15 PM:

With regard to Al's comment, "There has never ever in the history of the US...[been]a president that has corrupted our legal system." I invite you to read a book by Thomas J. DiLorenzo entitled "The Real Lincoln." Three Rivers Press $14.95.
This work exposes "Honest Abe" for what he really was -- a crook, atheist, racist, liar and murderer. Although I do hate "W's" guts, what Lincoln did to the Constitution and to the country makes Bush's actions pale in comparison. Mr. Bush belongs to "the party of Lincoln." If you are not threatened by what you read, I encourage you to get the book. Steve

Richard L. Adlof wrote on May 5, 2007 3:11 PM:

Return Justice to the Commons!

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