Does he think we are stupid?

[Jenny_Jackson]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16668110/

Attorney general says federal jurists should defer to president's will

Updated: 5:07 a.m. PT Jan 17, 2007
WASHINGTON - 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.

“We want to determine whether he understands the inherent limits that make an unelected judiciary inferior to Congress or the president in making policy judgments,” Gonzales says in the prepared speech. “That, for example, a judge will never be in the best position to know what is in the national security interests of our country.”

Challenges to Bush policies

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.

The Justice Department appealed her decision and the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati has ruled that the administration can keep the program in place during the appeal.

Attorneys representing terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay are challenging the legality of a law, signed by President Bush in October, that authorizes military trials. Those challenges raise the possibility that trials will be struck down by a federal appeals court or the Supreme Court.

It appears that Gonzoles has never read the Constitution or heard of U.S. v Richard M. Nixon. I've never had much respect for Gonzoles as an attorney. After reading this, I have none.

 

[rgraham666]

Shiver.

That guy is one scary dude

 

[3113]

He also raps jurists who “apply an activist philosophy that stretches the law to suit policy preferences.”

(Raises hand) Professor Jenny, would you please explain the difference between an activist philosophy that stretches the law to suit policy preferences and what Gonzolas says that jurists should be doing? I mean...um, if they do what he says, aren't they stretching the law to suit the policy prefrences of the president?

 

[scriptordelecto]

Gonzales says in the prepared speech. “That, for example, a judge will never be in the best position to know what is in the national security interests of our country.”



Ummm... who's country? Oh..that's right, the citizens(including federal judges) aren't intelligent enough to understand issues of national security. Is that why a man who speaks with the eloquence of a fourth grader is the person to whom the judges should defer? The constitution was designed for a reason people. This is the reason!

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

As AG, Gonzales has accomplished the near impossible by making John Ashcroft seem almost human in comparison.

Rumple Foreskin

 

[Guest]

As AG, Gonzales has accomplished the near impossible by making John Ashcroft seem almost human in comparison.

Rumple Foreskin

Where are the Klingons when you need 'em?

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

Where are the Klingons when you need 'em?

According to 3113's thread, there's a Congressman from Oregon who says they're in the White House.

Rumple Foreskin

 

[kendo1]

Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow,
Klingons on the starboard bow...

 

[scriptordelecto]

Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow,
Klingons on the starboard bow...

Damn! 3113 was right...it's taking over the AH! Flee for your lives people.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow,
Klingons on the starboard bow...

It's life, Jim, but not as we know it!

 

[Guest]

He's dead, Jim.

 

[Liar]

It's life, Jim, but not as we know it!

He's dead, Jim

Ah shaddap, both of ya.

 

[Guest]

Ah shaddap, both of ya.

Boink boink boink, de boinkety boink boink.

 

[ARoss]

Well the President knows best, doesn't he?

Glad my passport is current for those days when it is time to leave the country!

 

[TheeGoatPig]

Ah shaddap, both of ya.

Don't tempt me! I could sing 99% of Star Trekkin right now if I'm tempted!

 

[JamesSD]

It appears that Gonzoles has never read the Constitution or heard of U.S. v Richard M. Nixon. I've never had much respect for Gonzoles as an attorney. After reading this, I have none.

I'm not sure if this is sad or funny.

Probably the latter, as the beauty of the US Judicial system is 1) It really has the ultimate power in this country and 2) It's generally shown restraint in wielding that power.