The Law Is Not a Suggestion
I hope Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Charles Schumer (D-CA) are happy. They were the two “Democratic” members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to join with the nine Republican members to allow Michael Mukasey’s confirmation as Attorney General. Yesterday, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi politely asked if the Justice Department wouldn’t mind, if it’s not too much trouble, to file a lawsuit against former Bush aides Harriet Miers and Josh Bolten for their contempt of Congress citations. For those that don’t recall, Miers and Bolton refused a congressional subpoena over a year ago when Congress was looking into the firing of nine U.S. attorneys in 2006 for political reasons.
Today, Mukasey said, “Nah, I don’t think so.” See, he was home-team all along. Apparently, there wasn’t one honest Republican the Bush administration was willing to hire. I’ve always found it a little odd that the President gets to nominate the Attorney General when the Attorney General’s job is to investigate any wrong-doing, even if it’s by the President. Then again, everyone is pledged to uphold the Constitution but apparently, that’s not really important. What’s important is that you uphold the administration. No matter how flagrantly they abuse our laws and show nothing but contempt for American values (like not torturing people), no Republican will ever hold this administration accountable. Of course, it’s not like any Democrat is really forcing them to.
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