Bush League (in)Justice

Dan Abrams of MSNBC is doing a series this week on the politicization of the Department of Justice under the Bush Administration.

Via Crooks & Liars, Abrams first covers the politicization of the Civil Rights Department, describing how the Department that was created to address racial discrimination has instead abandoned that mission to protect the "rights" of white males and religious "discrimination" against Christians. Of course, we all know how difficult it is to be a Christian, white male in this country. They certainly need protection from the rest of us.

Abrams then turns to the use of Signing Statements by the Bush Administration as a way to re-write or ignore laws enacted by Congress. The impact is to affect the balance of the three branches of government and to subvert any controls or oversight of the executive branch.

The issue that brought Gonzales down, the unprecedented Partisan Corruption of the DoJ is detailed in his next segment in the series. There has been the prosecution of more than five times the number of Democrats as Republicans by DOJ, and Bush loyalty as the overriding criteria for hiring attorneys.

I've covered each of these issues in various posts over the past few years. The summary provided by Abrams in these videos is compelling. The statistics are a stark backdrop to this tale of corruption.