Attorney General Gonzales should not hold his office in government. The author of the Administration's torture justifications has now shown that he fails to grasp even one of the most basic concepts in our Constitution- separation of powers.
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.
[Speaking as to whether a candidate would be qualified for the federal bench, Gonzales says] "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" [the Pilgrim's underlining added] .
Our Constitution is based upon a principle of co-equal branches, each checking the other to prevent violations of the rights and liberties of the people that are to be protected under that same Constitution.
This Administration continues to try to establish itself as above the law. The Decider-in-Chief gets to determine what is in our national security interest, without answering to anyone. (Don't fall for that mention of the Congress by Gonzales. Remember that White House Spokesman Tony Snow recently said that the Congress could not stop the President from sending more troops- that the President would do what he wished if the Congress voted the 'wrong way.')
Why do conservatives have any tolerance for this Administration? Don't they still believe in limited government?
Whichever party you vote for in '08, listen to the candidates carefully and make certain that your vote is for the Constitution, not for the sort of flawed and despotic thinking characterized by Bush/Cheney/Snow/Gonzales.
GP
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