Comments on: Feds Should Reimburse Georgia Thompson for Legal Fees http://watchdogmilwaukee.com/jim/2007/feds-should-reimburse-georgia-thompson-for-legal-fees/ Your Progressive Source for Local Opinions and Insightful Commentary Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:49:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Ken Brosky http://watchdogmilwaukee.com/jim/2007/feds-should-reimburse-georgia-thompson-for-legal-fees/#comment-8012 Ken Brosky Sun, 15 Apr 2007 01:52:17 +0000 http://watchdogmilwaukee.com/blog/jim/2007/feds-should-reimburse-georgia-thompson-for-legal-fees/#comment-8012 Not only that, I there should also be an investigation into just how much sway the Bush administration had in this particular situation, because it seems to have happened quite often during the 2006 midterm elections. A lot of conservatives are saying that the firing of U.S. attorneys isn't illegal, and there really hasn't been any crime committed. The problem, though, is that the Bush administration is politicizing the U.S. judicial system, and that presents a HUGE problem. U.S. attorneys are can be partisan, but to be pressured to prosecute certain cases even when there isn't any evidence to do so creates a major problem for our judicial system. Although I may be wrong ... this may very well be illegal to some extent. Not only that, I there should also be an investigation into just how much sway the Bush administration had in this particular situation, because it seems to have happened quite often during the 2006 midterm elections.

A lot of conservatives are saying that the firing of U.S. attorneys isn’t illegal, and there really hasn’t been any crime committed. The problem, though, is that the Bush administration is politicizing the U.S. judicial system, and that presents a HUGE problem. U.S. attorneys are can be partisan, but to be pressured to prosecute certain cases even when there isn’t any evidence to do so creates a major problem for our judicial system.

Although I may be wrong … this may very well be illegal to some extent.

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