Nbadan
01-18-2007, 05:23 AM
Gonzales: Judges unfit to rule on terror policy
Attorney general says federal jurists should defer to president's will
WASHINGTON - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales says federal judges are unqualified to make rulings affecting national security policy, ramping up his criticism of how they handle terrorism cases.
In remarks prepared for delivery Wednesday, Gonzales says judges generally should defer to the will of the president and Congress when deciding national security cases. He also raps jurists who “apply an activist philosophy that stretches the law to suit policy preferences.”
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The text of the speech, scheduled for delivery at the American Enterprise Institute, was obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press. It outlines, in part, what qualities the Bush administration looks for when selecting candidates for the federal bench.
“We want to determine whether he understands the inherent limits that make an unelected judiciary inferior to Congress or the president in making policy judgments,” Gonzales says in the prepared speech. “That, for example, a judge will never be in the best position to know what is in the national security interests of our country.”what is in the national security interests of our country.”t, what qualities the Bush administration looks for when selecting candidates for the federal bench.
MSNBC (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16668110)
According to Gonzo, international law has no jurisdiction over our glorious president, the Supreme Court doesn't, Congress doesn't, and now federal judges and juries don't either? Who DOES have legal authority over this President anymore?
Dubya is ignoring the will of the people with his signing statements that reinterpret the laws enacted by the representatives of the people. Now he threatens to ignore the Supreme law of the land, as interpreted by the highest court of the land.
Attorney general says federal jurists should defer to president's will
WASHINGTON - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales says federal judges are unqualified to make rulings affecting national security policy, ramping up his criticism of how they handle terrorism cases.
In remarks prepared for delivery Wednesday, Gonzales says judges generally should defer to the will of the president and Congress when deciding national security cases. He also raps jurists who “apply an activist philosophy that stretches the law to suit policy preferences.”
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The text of the speech, scheduled for delivery at the American Enterprise Institute, was obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press. It outlines, in part, what qualities the Bush administration looks for when selecting candidates for the federal bench.
“We want to determine whether he understands the inherent limits that make an unelected judiciary inferior to Congress or the president in making policy judgments,” Gonzales says in the prepared speech. “That, for example, a judge will never be in the best position to know what is in the national security interests of our country.”what is in the national security interests of our country.”t, what qualities the Bush administration looks for when selecting candidates for the federal bench.
MSNBC (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16668110)
According to Gonzo, international law has no jurisdiction over our glorious president, the Supreme Court doesn't, Congress doesn't, and now federal judges and juries don't either? Who DOES have legal authority over this President anymore?
Dubya is ignoring the will of the people with his signing statements that reinterpret the laws enacted by the representatives of the people. Now he threatens to ignore the Supreme law of the land, as interpreted by the highest court of the land.