Gonzales Cautions Judges on Interfering

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/29/AR2006092900511_pf.html
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Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who is defending President
Bush's anti-terrorism tactics in multiple court battles, said Friday that
federal judges should not substitute their personal views for the
president's judgments in wartime.

He said the Constitution makes the president commander in chief and the
Supreme Court has long recognized the president's pre-eminent role in
foreign affairs. "The Constitution, by contrast, provides the courts with
relatively few tools to superintend military and foreign policy decisions,
especially during wartime," the attorney general told a conference on the
judiciary at Georgetown University Law Center.


"Judges must resist the temptation to supplement those tools based on their
own personal views about the wisdom of the policies under review," Gonzales
said.

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The administration contends that despite the statute's language, the
president has inherent authority from the Constitution to order such
eavesdropping without court permission. Justice lawyers also have argued
that the challenges to the NSA program should be thrown out of court because
trials would expose state secrets. Most of the judges' rulings and
proceedings have been stayed pending appeal.

Gonzales also said he thought more states should move away from having
judges stand in partisan elections to keep their seats. Gonzales himself as
a Texas Supreme Court justice "had to raise enough money to run print ads
and place television spots around the state in order to retain my seat."

[silverweb]

1. Dupe.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2536081

[Ecumenist]

2. Who the F&CK does this piss assed idiot

think he is? Why the f#ck are they allowed to make threats? The minute he's thrown in prison, he'd started slobbering and whining although he seems think that it's quite alright to treat other human beings with less respect than a rotted carcass of a turkey vulture. WAKE THE F#CK UP, AMERICA!!!!!

[Redstone]

5. Justified anger on your part. Well-justified, indeed; we're doomed.

We've lost America.

Redstone

[Virginia Dare]

3. You know, it's funny...

when Ashcroft was appointed A.G., I thought we had scraped the very bottom of the barrel. Obviously, I was wrong.

[Ecumenist]

10. My Aunt has this saying

about the mates her children choose, "They don't scrape the bottom of the barrel, oh no! They pick it up and scrape what's underneath!" I believe that this applies VERY well to the current slime infesting our government at the moment.

[Kurovski]

4. Does he have some Anthrax and a book of stamps handy?

Is that his plan?

The lousy totalitarian mother fucker.

[Vincardog]

6. There are two problems with this rationel.

1 We are not at a state of WAR.
Congress declaires war. They have not done that.

2 The constitution See Section 9

<http://www.midnightbeach.com/jon/US-Constitution.htm#1.9:|The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it.>


I do not believe that "rebellion or invasion" includes invasion of a foreign country that posed no threat to us.

[Virginia Dare]

13. True, except...

this administration doesn't give a flying fuck about Congress or the Constitution.

[Vincardog]

18. That is why WE have to make them give a flying fuck

[undeterred]

7. circular reasoning

We need to get rid of this asshole too.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

8. Let me get this right

Bush calls for an unjust war, and then?

[RufusEarl]

9. AG Gonzales is giving attorneys a bad name!

This from the chief law enforcement officer in the country, amazing really amazing!!

[kerry-is-my-prez]

12. unfreaking believable! Wonder if the Supremes are happy NOW.

They installed BushCo and this idiot.

[Jack Rabbit]

11. STFU, Torquemada!

[texpatriot2004]

14. The Judiciary is the only Branch left for checks and balances...

if any of those criminal bastards gives a rat's ass.

[teryang]

15. He should be disbarred and tried, he's a disgrace n/t

[dave502d]

16. Let's hope Gonzales will be in jail someday. n/t

[MzNov]

17. I'm hoping Fat Tony will get really pissed and the Supremes

will once again put Jr. and his gang in their places. We can hope anyway. I wouldn't want to piss off the SCOTUS, right wingers or not.

:dem:

"Let's Landslide"

:bounce:

[zonkers]

19. Thank God this man is not on the Supreme Court.