Alberto Gonzales to GOP Leaders: Don't Trash the Constitution

[babylonsister]

Alberto Gonzales to GOP Leaders: Don't Trash the Constitution
John Nichols
August 23, 2010

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In his op-ed, Gonzales restates the Bush administration's proposals for comprehensive immigration reform, which seem remarkably moderate when compared to what Republicans are now proposing.

He also strikes a balance that has been missing from the current debate.

"As the nation's former chief law enforcement officer and a citizen who believes in the rule of law, I cannot condone anyone coming into this country illegally. However, as a father who wants the best for my own children, I understand why these parents risk coming to America—especially when there is little fear of prosecution," writes the former Texas jurist and White House counsel who became the nation's first Hispanic attorney general. "If we want to stop this practice, we should pass and enforce comprehensive immigration legislation rather than amend our Constitution."

I've written many a column criticizing Gonzales.

I still disagree with him on many, make that most, issues.

But his decision to speak up at this critical moment, and the humane and reasonable way in which he has done so, deserves attention and praise—especially from members of the Grand Old Party, who should recognize that the Fourteenth Amendment, written and enacted by radical Republicans in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, is one of their party's greatest legacies to America.

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http://www.thenation.com/blog/154106/alberto-gonzales-gop-leaders-dont-trash-constitution

[beyurslf]

1. He may get one thing right but I can't resit introducing the pot to kettle with that headline.

[Frisbee]

2. I think this is just one more example of...

how far to the right (and how insane) the current GOP has become. More and more former polticians and conservatives who served previous republican Presidents can no longer stomach the hatred, war mongering and corporatism being put forward by todays right wing. And most of what todays right wing is putting forward would never have gained any serious traction had it not been for Fox News and Rush Limbaugh. They have done more harm to this nation that Osama Bin Laden could ever have dreamed of doing, all in the name of God and the Flag.

[struggle4progress]

3. Maybe he oughta say it dozens of times, like, y'know, he did with variants of "I can't remember"

[marmar]

4. It's like rain on your wedding day, it's like a free ride when you've already paid.....

Dontchathink, Abu Ghraib Gonzales?