Alberto Gonzales's role in allowing the justice system to be polluted by political interests is central. The U.S. attorneys scandal is very troubling, but it is just a small part of a much larger pattern...Andrew's post was in response to an earlier post by Scott Horton in which Horton states:
How confident can we be that the organs of government really are neutral with respect to party and person any more? And how comfortable do you feel living in a country where the president has the right to detain any one indefinitely without trial, and subject them to torture if he deems to appropriate?
What worries me even more is where this administration or a future one might take the country after another terror attack on the scale of 9/11.
In the Bush presidency, we have witnessed a severe systems test of foundational principles, indeed, an effort to transform the system. At this point, the outcome remains uncertain. A few scattered newspapers and Congressional hearings will not be enough to check the sea change that Bush's legal team has launched.Then, as I said on Wednesday...impeach the sons-of-bitches. The Attorney General included.
Even if Bush, Cheney, and Gonzales aren't convicted in the Senate, if the House chooses not to impeach then what on earth will prevent future presidents from over-stepping?
Food for thought.
