For shame, for shame, Mr. President and henchman, Alberto Gonzales, too, for abusing your offices for political gain…
Surprise, surprise: it appears these two have been collaboratin’ on yet, some more coordinated law breakin’ in the name of Corporate profits and human rights abuses, which amount to, in essence, a furthering of the wage slave trade. We can thank the courts for this, who’ve acted in the interest of President Bush in the transferring of wealth from the pockets of America’s middle class into the pockets of the right wing “bidnessmen” who continously find creative ways to keep these people in power over The People…
From The WaPo:
Immigration Judges Often Picked Based On GOP Ties
Law Forbids Practice; Courts Being ReshapedBy Amy Goldstein and Dan Eggen
The Bush administration increasingly emphasized partisan political ties over expertise in recent years in selecting the judges who decide the fate of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, despite laws that preclude such considerations, according to an analysis by The Washington Post.
At least one-third of the immigration judges appointed by the Justice Department since 2004 have had Republican connections or have been administration insiders, and half lacked experience in immigration law, Justice Department, immigration court and other records show.
Two newly appointed immigration judges were failed candidates for the U.S. Tax Court nominated by President Bush; one fudged his taxes and the other was deemed unqualified to be a tax judge by the nation’s largest association of lawyers. Both were Republican loyalists.
Justice officials also gave immigration judgeships to a New Jersey election law specialist who represented GOP candidates, a former treasurer of the Louisiana Republican Party, a White House domestic policy adviser and a conservative crusader against pornography. …”
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“… two officials, D. Kyle Sampson and Monica M. Goodling, have said they were told the practice was legal. But Justice spokesman Dean Boyd said that immigration judges are considered civil service employees who may not be chosen based on political factors, unlike judges in federal criminal courts. …”
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“… Some judges and other immigration experts are highly critical of the administration’s practice of placing political allies on the courts. “When we start seeing people who look like [they're fulfilling] someone’s political debt get these positions, it starts to become disturbing,” said Crystal Williams, a deputy director of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. …”
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“… The infusion of politics into the selection of judges began in the midst of this transformation of the court system. Sampson and Goodling, who participated in the prosecutor firings, did not say which immigration judges had been selected for their political leanings. But records and interviews reveal the Republican ties of many.
One was Glen L. Bower, whom Bush initially nominated to the tax court. He was never confirmed because lawmakers noted that his amended tax returns showed he had taken inappropriate deductions for entertainment, gifts and meals for three consecutive years. A former Republican state legislator, Bower was the revenue director to then-Illinois Gov. George H. Ryan (R), who would be convicted on racketeering and fraud charges.
A few months earlier, another failed tax court nominee, Francis L. Cramer, a former campaign treasurer for Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), was appointed as an immigration judge. Cramer’s bid for a seat on the tax court foundered after the American Bar Association’s taxation section wrote a rare letter to the Senate Finance Committee, saying: “We are unable to conclude that he is qualified to serve.” …”
Folks, you’ve just got to read the entire article to get a feel for the pure CORRUPTION of this Administration in its bastardization of what was once a “Separate But Equal” component of our Government: its Judicial Branch. Not to mention, what was once known as our sovereignty as a nation. All dead and gone, thanks to the GOP and the GUTLESS Democrats who’ve inherited the “booty” and seem to have grabbed the torch.
“Right wing”? Is that what I am if I oppose the importation by wealthy folks of underprivileged brown-skinned, cheap laborers into America for no other reason than for the HIGHLY PRIVILEGED to increase their household and/or business profit margins? And at whose expense? YOURS, unless you are counted amongst the wealthy, that is. And don’t forget the wage slaves themselves who are often mistreated due to the fact they are oftentimes THREATENED by the “bidnessmen” who know they are illegal and threaten to expose them for it “IF” they don’t “play ball”. And at whose gain? The highest economic classes within our society ONLY, of COURSE.
THINK, folks… THINK…
It isn’t “Left” versus “Right” on this one… it’s the “haves” versus the “have nots”. And I’m not giving up the little I do have without digging my heels in. NOR should any of YOU who possess at least a half a brain or more.
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