David has already mentioned this story in a post below, but again I had to weigh in because this is just so outrageous. John Ashcroft is now saying that federal judges jeopardize national security by questioning Dear Leader's policies. It's hard to overstate how dangerous and un-American Ashcroft's comments really are.
Judges don't threaten national security by keeping the executive branch honest. People like John Ashcroft jeopardize our entire democracy with their dangerous authoritarian, anti-democratic, and downright un-American utterings. This man should be railroaded out of the country and sent to a fundamentalist Islamic state where he can hang out with people of his same narrow-minded imperious ilk.
From AP:
Federal judges are jeopardizing national security by issuing rulings contradictory to President Bush's decisions on America's obligations under international treaties and agreements, Attorney General John Ashcroft said Friday.
In his first remarks since his resignation was announced Tuesday, Ashcroft forcefully denounced what he called "a profoundly disturbing trend" among some judges to interfere in the president's constitutional authority to make decisions during war.
"The danger I see here is that intrusive judicial oversight and second-guessing of presidential determinations in these critical areas can put at risk the very security of our nation in a time of war," Ashcroft said in a speech to the Federalist Society, a conservative lawyers group.
