In the wake of the sad, sad news that Alberto Gonzales will be resigning, inevitably the speculation will begin about what appalling choice Bush will put forward, secure in the knowledge that several Democratic Senators can be counted to abdicate their responsibilities. The odds are as follows: Michael Chertoff: 5-1. Michael Brown: 4-1. Hugh Hewitt: […]
Category: Abu Gonzales
A few thoughts on the at-long-last end of a rags-to-fascism success story: One of the few contrarian arguments ever to turn out to be right was Yglesias’s qualified defense of John Ashcroft. The
A great article by Erwin Chemerinsky about the latest appalling cutback on habeas corpus rights. The odious Anti-terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act gave a one-year time limit to file a habeas p
Texas is about to execute someone for a murder he did not commit and was only peripherally involved with. During every discussion of the death penalty around here, at least one commenter will recount an anecdote of an especially horrible crime committed by someone who was executed, which would be relevant if the states systematically […]
Benjamin Wittes urges Alberto Gonzales to resign “to make possible a serious discussion of the future of FISA.” I think — at least in a fantasy world in which Congressional Democrats
Good question: Hiring for career positions in the Justice Department was being done on the basis of the political positions of the applicants. If you don’t think Gonzales deserves impeachment fo
“I heartily endorse this event or product.” We’ve had to turn down a couple BlogAds recently–the most recent a particularly egregious bit of union busting–so it’s nice to get an advertiser expressing a sentiment I can endorse unreservedly.