Political bias in Justice Dept. hiring

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www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN2434976220080624

Under Ashcroft and Gonzales.

Say it ain't so!

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Political leanings having a part in appointments to a political position? Say it ain't so!

I remind you of "Ninety three in '93".

It appears that they learned well from their predecessors, wouldn't you say?

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
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Aren't these political positions, anyway?

We are all engines of karma

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Political leanings having a part in appointments to a political position? Say it ain't so!

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Aren't these political positions, anyway?

No, they were not Class A (Senate confirmed) or Class C (not Senate confirmed, limited term) political appointments.

They were federal civil service positions.
To quote AG Mukasey: "the consideration of political affiliations in the hiring of career department employees is impermissible and unacceptable."

VR/Marg

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Way to go.. a CDIF in the second post.. Well Done Mike

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They were federal civil service positions.
To quote AG Mukasey: "the consideration of political affiliations in the hiring of career department employees is impermissible and unacceptable."

There seems to be a disproportiante number of graduates from Regent University School of Law, founded by televangelist Pat Robertson .

Just another step on the path to a Theocracy in America.

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Way to go.. a CDIF in the second post.. Well Done Mike

And a "It's ok if the Dems do something bad, because the Reps do it more" in the first....you *do*, I presume, have a point to make?

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

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They were federal civil service positions.
To quote AG Mukasey: "the consideration of political affiliations in the hiring of career department employees is impermissible and unacceptable."

There seems to be a disproportiante number of graduates from Regent University School of Law, founded by televangelist Pat Robertson .

Just another step on the path to a Theocracy in America.

Spoken like a true "moderate" - be sure to let me know when Congress starts passing those bills for compulsory church attendance and when they require bibles at every public school, ok?

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

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I bet waterboarding was part of the interview process (only on suspected "wackos" and "[ideological] extremists", of course).

If they failed the waterboarding part, they were fed to the wolves, if any.

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Spoken like a true "moderate" - be sure to let me know when Congress starts passing those bills for compulsory church attendance and when they require bibles at every public school, ok?

When its damn near impossible to get a job unless they have the credentials from Regent to get into the Justice Department.. then yeah.. its starting to look that way..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regent_University

Hell we wouldnt want to get just any ole sinner in there now would we.

[kallend 2,184]

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Political leanings having a part in appointments to a political position? Say it ain't so!

Apparently NOT political positions (or NOT supposed to be). Try again.

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Political leanings having a part in appointments to a political position? Say it ain't so!

I remind you of "Ninety three in '93".

It appears that they learned well from their predecessors, wouldn't you say?

"Although Bush and President Bill Clinton each dismissed nearly all U.S. attorneys upon taking office, legal experts and former prosecutors say the firing of a large number of prosecutors in the middle of a term appears to be unprecedented and threatens the independence of prosecutors."

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Political leanings having a part in appointments to a political position? Say it ain't so!

I remind you of "Ninety three in '93".

It appears that they learned well from their predecessors, wouldn't you say?

"Although Bush and President Bill Clinton each dismissed nearly all U.S. attorneys upon taking office, legal experts and former prosecutors say the firing of a large number of prosecutors in the middle of a term appears to be unprecedented and threatens the independence of prosecutors."

The quote link has one great big lie in it. Even though I think he should have, Bush did NOT do as you implied. Bush should have gotten rid of most of those in the State Dept too.

Is the Compost owned by the same company as CBS?

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

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Let's be quite clear about something: the DoJ's own Inspector General says that the Ashcroft/Gonzales hiring practices were ILLEGAL.

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Let's be quite clear about something: the DoJ's own Inspector General says that the Ashcroft/Gonzales hiring practices were ILLEGAL.

For shits and giggles, who put him in his office?

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln