Judicial picks tied to GOP

[DeeDeeNY]

Judicial picks tied to GOP

THE WASHINGTON POST

June 13, 2007
WASHINGTON -

The Bush administration increasingly emphasized partisan political ties over expertise in recent years in selecting the judges who decide the fate of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, despite laws that preclude such considerations, according to an analysis by The Washington Post.

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Two newly appointed judges were failed candidates for the U.S. Tax Court. One fudged his taxes and the other was deemed unqualified by the nation's largest association of lawyers. Both were Republican loyalists.

Justice officials also gave immigration judgeships to a New Jersey election law specialist who represented GOP candidates, a former treasurer of the Louisiana Republican Party, a White House domestic policy adviser and a conservative crusader against pornography.

http://www.newsday.com/search/ny-usbush135253771jun13,0,2639608.story

[Sydnie]

1. Stephen Baldwin is a judge now?

Sorry ... I couldn't help myself. :rofl:

[MNDemNY]

4. The only work he could find.

[napi21]

2. It's not unusual or wrong to chose judicial appointment, or any other spots

from a pool of candidates from the Party currently in power. HOWEVER it is stupid if you don't chose the best qualified candidates from that pool. Where the process becomes WRONG & ILLEGAL is when candidates arew specifically chosed because they are willing to use their power to manipulate our laws and our systems for the benefit of "The Party"!

[Robbien]

3. It would be great if WaPo would give this issue some play

instead of hiding a small piece back in opinions.

The DoJ is not a department of the people, it is a department who represents GOPers only. That's the problem.

But the media is not saying it. They are just repeating GOPers "no story here" meme when the attorney purge issue comes up.