The evidence is mounting that the Justice Departement was turned into an arm of the Republican Party. And used overwhelmingly to go after Democratic politicians
Mr. Fein is a conservative Republican lawyer and legal scholar of some note–the former senior legal analyst at the Heritage Foundation. As the Deputy Attorney General, he was responsible for the operational management of the Justice Department under President Ronald Reagan. Bruce Fein would not make such a charge lightly. He is speaking from knowledge, not conjecture.
His accusations rest on a growing body of evidence. Two professors at the University of Minnesota looked at the Bush Justice Department’s prosecution of cases involving political figures. It showed seven prosecutions of Democrats for every one Republican. These prosecutions are coordinated and directed by the Public Integrity Unit, a group now under suspicion of being the single most politicized part of the Justice Department.
Under the direction of the White House, and particularly Karl Rove, the Justice Department undertook a series of prosecutions designed to undermine the positions of elected Democratic officeholders and help the Republican Party take their positions.
http://harpers.org/archive/2007/06/hbc-90000351[/quote]
And here's an interesting case study, involving the recently convicted Democratic Govenor of Alabama. While Scooter gets a get out of free jail card, Prosecutors are asking for 30 years in jail, for charges that may have been trumped up...and a gross miscarriage of justice occured:
http://harpers.org/archive/2007/06/hbc-90000351
Mr. Fein is a conservative Republican lawyer and legal scholar of some note–the former senior legal analyst at the Heritage Foundation. As the Deputy Attorney General, he was responsible for the operational management of the Justice Department under President Ronald Reagan. Bruce Fein would not make such a charge lightly. He is speaking from knowledge, not conjecture.
His accusations rest on a growing body of evidence. Two professors at the University of Minnesota looked at the Bush Justice Department’s prosecution of cases involving political figures. It showed seven prosecutions of Democrats for every one Republican. These prosecutions are coordinated and directed by the Public Integrity Unit, a group now under suspicion of being the single most politicized part of the Justice Department.
Under the direction of the White House, and particularly Karl Rove, the Justice Department undertook a series of prosecutions designed to undermine the positions of elected Democratic officeholders and help the Republican Party take their positions.
http://harpers.org/archive/2007/06/hbc-90000351[/quote]
And here's an interesting case study, involving the recently convicted Democratic Govenor of Alabama. While Scooter gets a get out of free jail card, Prosecutors are asking for 30 years in jail, for charges that may have been trumped up...and a gross miscarriage of justice occured:
http://harpers.org/archive/2007/06/hbc-90000351
