Attorney General told judges not to use judgement

Gonzales equals torture

Yep, in typical “we know what’s best for you all” fashion, Alberto Gonzalez, Attorney General of the United States, will advise judges Wednesday that they should allow the wishes of the White House cabal to override their judicial independence and oversight when it comes to … basically, anything.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales says federal judges are unqualified to make rulings affecting national security policy, ramping up his criticism of how they handle terrorism cases.

In remarks prepared for delivery Wednesday, Gonzales says judges generally should defer to the will of the president and Congress when deciding national security cases. He also raps jurists who “apply an activist philosophy that stretches the law to suit policy preferences.”

Just like he’s asking them to do, to suit White House policy preferences. Let us just hope that he’s restrained by higher-ups who see that the Constitution and the independent Judiciary are not to be trifled with.

Oh, that’s right. He reports to Cheney.

2 thoughts on “Attorney General told judges not to use judgement

  1. I think Dubya is on record somewhere saying “I believe the Constitution’s all the law we need.”

    Presumably since that time he’s decided it was, in fact, rather more law than he needed. Hence the Gonzo appointment.

    Hopefully now that the dems are seeing some backing from the GOP on their mild-mannered “non-binding” resolution against the Surge, they might consider legislation on restoring that law?

    Although this time, I’d prefer to see something “binding”. As in “… the Current Occupant to a rock where a vulture will eat his liver for the rest of the century”.

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