INVESTIGATE!! IMPEACH!!! INDICT!!!!

Another one caught but likely to hide behind executive privilege. The women that surround George W. Bush seem to have real ethics problems. The men who lie for him don't know what ethics are.

Subpoena Rove.The whole bunch are involved.Who knows who might turn?

I'm new to this board...but I have supported Democrats in the last 3 elections. What I don't understand is, if the president has the authority to hire US Attorneys, doesn't he have the right to fire them? If so, why all the excitement about Gonzalezgate and his role in the firings? If not what is the justification?

Posted by chuck7 on June 13, 2007 at 08:18 PM

Welcome, chuck7. That's a great question. The problem with this situation is that it appears to be a wholesale political purge of prosecutors who were specifically targeted because a) they were investigating Republicans in corruption cases, or b) they weren't investigating Democrats aggressively enough for Karl Rove's taste, or c) they weren't aggressively investigating "voter fraud" cases--which in the Bush Justice Department, has become used as a way to suppress votes. We posted about it here and here.

Basically, if a federal prosecutor is doing a poor job on behalf of the American people, they should be fired. But turning the Justice Department into a political wing of the Executive Branch, used to investigate political opponents and suppress the voting rights of certain constituencies--now, that's a problem.

Appearently, one of the reasons David Iglesias may have been fired was because he spent ONE MONTH A YEAR SERVING IN THE NAVAL RESERVE!
US Code says that no one can be fired for time taken off from work for Reserve or National Guard training.
If it is deemed critical for the operation of a government agency, the employer can initiate a request for a waiver of the training obligation. I highly doubt if the Navy would have turned down the request, if the Attorney General had ever requested one.
Which means that Mr. Iglesias may have been illegally fired for being a Reservist, and if it's so, not only can be reinstated, but the person who fired him can be fined!
INVESTIGATE!! IMPEACH!!! INDICT!!!!

Appearently, one of the reasons David Iglesias may have been fired was because he spent ONE MONTH A YEAR SERVING IN THE NAVAL RESERVE!
US Code says that no one can be fired for time taken off from work for Reserve or National Guard training.
If it is deemed critical for the operation of a government agency, the employer can initiate a request for a waiver of the training obligation. I highly doubt if the Navy would have turned down the request, if the Attorney General had ever requested one.
Which means that Mr. Iglesias may have been illegally fired for being a Reservist, and if it's so, not only can be reinstated, but the person who fired him can be fined!
INVESTIGATE!! IMPEACH!!! INDICT!!!!

Appearently, one of the reasons David Iglesias may have been fired was because he spent ONE MONTH A YEAR SERVING IN THE NAVAL RESERVE!
US Code says that no one can be fired for time taken off from work for Reserve or National Guard training.
If it is deemed critical for the operation of a government agency, the employer can initiate a request for a waiver of the training obligation. I highly doubt if the Navy would have turned down the request, if the Attorney General had ever requested one.
Which means that Mr. Iglesias may have been illegally fired for being a Reservist, and if it's so, not only can be reinstated, but the person who fired him can be fined!
INVESTIGATE!! IMPEACH!!! INDICT!!!!

Interesting posts, all... As I said to a friend the other night, who I was trying to explain all this to, gone are the "good old days" when Democrats and Republicans principally disagreed over policy - the key difference these days is that we Democrats believe in the rule of laws and Republicans believe in the "laws of rulers," ie, unchecked executive authority and the politicization of governance.

Nothing illustrates this in more disturbing a fashion than Gonzalezgate....

Hold on just for a second!!! These fired US attorneys are just lika anyother person who works for the federal government. They like the rest of the public work force are subject to terminations. Why are they special? Why has this turned into another Bush bashing issue? Like any one who serves this country, they can be let go by the powers that be at anytime. There is NO Bush coverup, there is NO Republican wrongdoing. All this is is the government getting rid of some employees. Happens everyday.

Hold on just for a second!!! These fired US attorneys are just like anyother person who works for the federal government. They like the rest of the public work force are subject to terminations. Why are they special? Why has this turned into another Bush bashing issue? Like any one who serves this country, they can be let go by the powers that be at anytime. There is NO Bush coverup, there is NO Republican wrongdoing. All this is is the government getting rid of some employees. Happens everyday.