President Bush’s conservative allies are telling him not to nominate his Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales, to the Supreme Court to fill Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s position.
They are worried about his views on abortion and other issues.
Where were these people when Bush’s friend Gonzales was being nominated for the Attorney General’s position? Some objected to President Bush’s picking Gonzales over his support of not extending civil rights to prisoners taken in Iraq and Afghanistan and the fact that he was a close friend of President Bush and appeared to be ready to follow Janet Reno’s and John Ashcroft’s disastrous inclination to ignore the law and weaken parts of the Constitution. Where were the conservatives with their concerns then?
At the time Gonzales was nominated for Attorney General, this blogger was concerned that Gonzales couldn’t operate independently of Bush and make the tough calls should an investigation of President Bush become necessary for whatever reason.
Janet Reno’s use of the Justice Department to shield President Clinton from legitimate investigations proved that the Justice Department could be used as a tool by a sitting President suspected of breaking laws.
The Attorney General must uphold the law regardless of their friendship with the President.
President Bush needs to come up with a better choice for the Supreme Court.
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