It’s not just about fired attorneys anymore
Christian Science Monitor
05/09/07
Pundits for weeks have been predicting his resignation is imminent, and lawmakers from both parties have called on him to quit. But so far Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has defied critics — and shows no signs of packing his bags. The clamor over the firings of eight US attorneys may yet force Mr. Gonzales out. Members of Congress will have another chance to publicly press for his ouster at his scheduled appearance Thursday before the House Judiciary Committee. But even if Gonzales leaves, uproar about management at the Department of Justice is unlikely to subside. A steady stream of revelations — from allegations about partisan hiring in the Civil Rights Division to possible White House involvement in the US attorney dismissals –- has seen to that. ‘Congress now is sufficiently concerned that, even were he to resign, I don’t think it would change things very much,’ says Carl Tobias, a law professor at the University of Richmond in Virginia...
https://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0509/p02s01-usju.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=firing+attorneys
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gonzales
05/09/07
Pundits for weeks have been predicting his resignation is imminent, and lawmakers from both parties have called on him to quit. But so far Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has defied critics — and shows no signs of packing his bags. The clamor over the firings of eight US attorneys may yet force Mr. Gonzales out. Members of Congress will have another chance to publicly press for his ouster at his scheduled appearance Thursday before the House Judiciary Committee. But even if Gonzales leaves, uproar about management at the Department of Justice is unlikely to subside. A steady stream of revelations — from allegations about partisan hiring in the Civil Rights Division to possible White House involvement in the US attorney dismissals –- has seen to that. ‘Congress now is sufficiently concerned that, even were he to resign, I don’t think it would change things very much,’ says Carl Tobias, a law professor at the University of Richmond in Virginia...
https://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0509/p02s01-usju.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=firing+attorneys
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gonzales
rudkla - 9. Mai, 14:16
