Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Resigns
From Cybercast News Service:
(CNSNews.com) - U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resigned on Friday in a telephone call to President Bush, the New York Times reported on Monday. The formal announcement is expected to come shortly. US News and World Report reported Saturday in its Washington Whispers section that Homeland Security Director Michael Chertoff would replace Gonzales, but none of that is confirmed. Gonzales has been under fire for his role in the firing of U.S. attorneys -- politically motivated, his critics have said. Even a number of Republicans have refused to defend Gonzales' job performance, although Bush has stood by him. "This was long overdue, but thank God it has come," said Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). Schumer, speaking to Fox News on Monday, said the Justice Department was "nonfunctioning" under Gonzales' leadership.My Comments:
The one positive development that has come from Alberto Gonzales' disastrous stint at the Justice Department is that there is now no chance that the President will ever nominate that ridiculous person to sit on the Supreme Court.
Labels: Judiciary, Law, Supreme Court
posted by Pro Ecclesia 9:35 AM
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The one positive development that has come from Alberto Gonzales' disastrous stint at the Justice Department is that there is now no chance that the President will ever nominate that ridiculous person to sit on the Supreme Court.
Well, almost no chance. After Miers, one can't discount any possibility.
I thought about that, too, but have at least some hope that Bush is pragmatic enough to realize that a Gonzales nomination would
(a) get about 10 votes in the Senate, and
(b) dissipate what little support he has left from the Republican base.
Speaking of Miers and Gonzales, the one good thing that he did was advise against her nomination.
Which just goes to show how incredibly stupid the Miers' nomination was. Still, credit where credit is due.
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