Comments on: DOJ Politicization: Will Political Litmus Tests In Hiring For DOJ Spell End To Goodling Immunity Deal?

By: MayDaze

MayDaze — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:49:22 +0000

Don’t know if you’re still here, rw, but the answer is no. IIRC, in the early ’90s there was a Supreme Court decision that career federal employees had a property right to their jobs (or words to that effect) under Civil Service regs, and could only be fired for cause. I’m sure it gave a lot of rethugs ulcers.

By: TheLurkingMod

TheLurkingMod — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:27:15 +0000

emptywheel is upstairs!
Monica Discriminated against Margaret Chiara’s Purported Lover, Too

By: Bluetoe2

Bluetoe2 — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:19:41 +0000

She will not be disbarred but is more than likely to receive a Presidential Medal of Freedom.

By: foothillsmike

foothillsmike — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:18:19 +0000

If she is disbarred in VA or even if she isn’t don’t you think she would have a rough time getting elected?

By: foothillsmike

foothillsmike — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:14:19 +0000

There is all kinds of ways to get rid of people

By: Bluetoe2

Bluetoe2 — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:12:27 +0000

Goodling is on the fast track to be Bobby Jindahl’s Attorney General in 2012. Does anyone on this blog really believe that she or anyone in the Bush crime family will be held accountable by this Congress? If Obama is elected it looks like it’s going to be “let bygones be bygones.”

By: RevBev

RevBev — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:12:20 +0000

Where would Gonzo fit? Could she be so totally on her own authority when she is acting in so many situation? Hardly, it seems to me.

By: Hmmm

Hmmm — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:10:21 +0000

Yes, you’re correct, sorry, Leahy does ask Taylor and she says no — but them waffles, and then Leahy reams her, which she takes, but without agreeing or disagreeing, she’s just silent. But she looks very much like she’s lying. And nobody else has been asked about this.

By: bobschacht

bobschacht — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:09:52 +0000

I wonder if their “qualifications” can be reviewed and, if found wanting, be used against them in their next performance evaluations, so as to “encourage” them to find another position?

Bob in HI

By: dakine01

dakine01 — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:07:45 +0000

Well the rules are sometimes a bit ludicrous. When they “arrested” Noriega during Bush I, his lawyers had to have TS/SCI clearances in order to review the evidence against him. But Noriega himself was not authorized to be in the SCIF unescorted even though the information contained was paperwork that he and his staff had generated.

It did make it a bit more difficult for him to participate in his own defense.