AP: AG Criticizes Judges for Terror Rulings

[Eugene]

AG Criticizes Judges for Terror Rulings

By LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press Writer

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

(01-17) 00:14 PST WASHINGTON (AP) --

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."

The text of the speech, scheduled for delivery at the American Enterprise Institute, was
obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press. It outlines, in part, what qualities the Bush
administration looks for when selecting candidates for the federal bench.

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Gonzales did not cite any specific activist jurists, or give examples of national security
cases, in his prepared text. The Justice Department is appealing an August decision by U.S.
District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit, who ruled the government's warrantless
surveillance program unconstitutional and ordered it stopped immediately.

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Full article: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/01/17/national/w001419S56.DTL

[madrchsod]

1. attacking the federal courts gonzo?

so now the federal judges have to pass a loyalty test? now let me see...hmmm what other countries do the same thing?