Comments on: Politicization of Justice http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/09/politicization-of-justice/ Exposing the ugly truths about the Bush Administration. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:45:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: Peter Gaffney http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/09/politicization-of-justice/#comment-152442 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 03:42:33 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/09/politicization-of-justice/#comment-152442 What IS going on with Arlen Specter? It seems like one minute he's an impassioned defender of liberty, the next he's rolling over on habeas corpus. Is he claiming that the provision about replacing US attorneys got slipped into the revised Patriot Bill by one of his staffers without his knowledge? If so, do we need to go through all federal legislation enacted over the past six years to check for stealth clauses? What IS going on with Arlen Specter? It seems like one minute he’s an impassioned defender of liberty, the next he’s rolling over on habeas corpus. Is he claiming that the provision about replacing US attorneys got slipped into the revised Patriot Bill by one of his staffers without his knowledge? If so, do we need to go through all federal legislation enacted over the past six years to check for stealth clauses?

]]> by: Bob Scott http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/09/politicization-of-justice/#comment-148135 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 01:40:09 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/09/politicization-of-justice/#comment-148135 As a member of the Republican Party from the Eisenhower/Goldwater/Rockefeller era this is just one of literally dozens of examples why I am embarrassed to admit that I am still trying to remain a member of the Republican Party. Fooled by this airhead, I voted for him in 2000 only to regret that vote within days of inauguration when he proposed his "faith based initiative with cabinet level status" dispelling any truth to his pitch that he was a "uniter" not a "divider" and understood and supported the constitutional separation of church and state. Republicans have no obligation to continue even trying to defend this deceptive, incompetent bunch of idiots and in fact we must stop him before he invades Iran. I never though I would long for the days of Richard Milhouse Nixon. As a member of the Republican Party from the Eisenhower/Goldwater/Rockefeller era this is just one of literally dozens of examples why I am embarrassed to admit that I am still trying to remain a member of the Republican Party. Fooled by this airhead, I voted for him in 2000 only to regret that vote within days of inauguration when he proposed his “faith based initiative with cabinet level status” dispelling any truth to his pitch that he was a “uniter” not a “divider” and understood and supported the constitutional separation of church and state. Republicans have no obligation to continue even trying to defend this deceptive, incompetent bunch of idiots and in fact we must stop him before he invades Iran. I never though I would long for the days of Richard Milhouse Nixon.

]]> by: sachem515 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/09/politicization-of-justice/#comment-143798 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:35:18 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/09/politicization-of-justice/#comment-143798 ...and then we also add the layer of the signing statements in action, and we are one SCOTUS seat or one terrorist attack away from losing the republic all together. <a href="http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/03/09/fbi/index.html" rel="nofollow">Glenn Greenwald</a> writes today about the FBI embracing lawless tactics under the justification of the signing statement from the reauth of the "Patriot Act". I fail to understand the lack of a Progressive spine in DC, but if it's going to take a supermajority in the Senate to clear this up, an education campaign needs to begin soon. Herr Rove is so good at confusing people that most of our fellow citizens seem to think "unalienable" has something to do with illegal aliens. …and then we also add the layer of the signing statements in action, and we are one SCOTUS seat or one terrorist attack away from losing the republic all together.

Glenn Greenwald writes today about the FBI embracing lawless tactics under the justification of the signing statement from the reauth of the “Patriot Act”.

I fail to understand the lack of a Progressive spine in DC, but if it’s going to take a supermajority in the Senate to clear this up, an education campaign needs to begin soon. Herr Rove is so good at confusing people that most of our fellow citizens seem to think “unalienable” has something to do with illegal aliens.

]]> by: Moe http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/09/politicization-of-justice/#comment-143756 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:13:36 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/09/politicization-of-justice/#comment-143756 Gonzales has decided to relent &#38; permit the faulty provision of the Patriot Act to be revised thus now requiring candidates for US Attorney jobs to be passed thru his committee and face a full Senate vote. Frankly, I cannot wait for these people to be gone from the American scene forever. We have never had such gross, wholesale incursions on our Constitution in the 220 years of its existence &#38; I believe the voting public is patently sick of these people. Everyone should watch both Gonzales and Arlen Spector very, very closely to ensure the Judicial Committee really does follow thru. Also, I think when we elect a new President and enlarge the dems numbers in the House and Senate in 2008, we should remove any and all US Attorneys even remotely attached to these political witch hunts and charge them with crimes of some kind. It takes two to tango. Gonzales has decided to relent & permit the faulty provision of the Patriot Act to be revised thus now requiring candidates for US Attorney jobs to be passed thru his committee and face a full Senate vote. Frankly, I cannot wait for these people to be gone from the American scene forever. We have never had such gross, wholesale incursions on our Constitution in the 220 years of its existence & I believe the voting public is patently sick of these people. Everyone should watch both Gonzales and Arlen Spector very, very closely to ensure the Judicial Committee really does follow thru. Also, I think when we elect a new President and enlarge the dems numbers in the House and Senate in 2008, we should remove any and all US Attorneys even remotely attached to these political witch hunts and charge them with crimes of some kind. It takes two to tango.

]]> by: ChiTom http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/09/politicization-of-justice/#comment-143691 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 16:45:16 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/03/09/politicization-of-justice/#comment-143691 Interestingly Krugman also wrote: "In January, Mr. Gonzales told the Senate Judiciary Committee, under oath, that he 'would never, ever make a change in a United States attorney for political reasons.'" Might there be enough rope there to hang (metaphorically) the AG? Might be hard to quantify "political reasons" enough for perjury, I suppose. Sex is so much cleaner. :) Interestingly Krugman also wrote: “In January, Mr. Gonzales told the Senate Judiciary Committee, under oath, that he ‘would never, ever make a change in a United States attorney for political reasons.’”

Might there be enough rope there to hang (metaphorically) the AG? Might be hard to quantify “political reasons” enough for perjury, I suppose. Sex is so much cleaner. :)

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