The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has been hijacked by politics. The rule of law is subordinate to ideoloy and political maneuvering. Thus is the legacy of Alberto Gonzales. He was the first Hispanic to lead the DoJ and it is a shame that he behaved like a crook, thus casting a shadow on his office and his ethnic origins. Hispanics deserve better than that and so do we all. I am looking forward to a time when upholding and enforcing the rule of law will be the DoJ’s first priority. Here some comments on Mr. Gonzales’ rotten legacy. Also recommended this collection of Mr. Gonzales’ best moments
To appoint a man that declares the Geneva Conventions as quaint and whose role as Mr. Bush’s legal adviser helped make the disaster of Abu Ghraib possible as Attorney General of the United States of America was a cruel joke. How can someone who openly advocates lawlessness become a country’s chief legal prosecutor? What was Congress thinking when they confirmed this man as Attorney General in the first place?
