Dropping like flies
Calling unconstitutional shenanigans on the White House firings of attorneys.
"Resignations" of US attorneys has raised suspicions of politically-motivated WH/Justice Department purges.
No president should be able to fire top government prosecutors from their positions for political reasons and then install successors without a thorough vetting by the constitutionally charged legislative body.- a Houston Chronicle editorial.
A veteran Little Rock, Ark., attorney has lodged the first constitutional challenge to the Bush administration's attempt to appoint a US attorney without seeking Senate approval.
John Wesley Hall alleged in a brief filed Tuesday in US. District Court that White House pet Atty. Gen. Alberto Gonzales' Dec. 20 appointment of Tim Griffin as US attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas violated the presidential appointments clause of the Constitution.
Griffin, who used to work for Bush political advisor Karl Rove, replaced Bud Cummins, one of seven US attorneys around the country whom the administration has ousted since late December, including Carol Lam of San Diego, who spearheaded the bribery prosecution and conviction of Republican Congresscrook Randy "Duke" Cunningham last year. Lam reportedly had other politicians in her sights.
"Yore doin' a heckuva job, Li'l Gonzo."
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