Tout Torture, Get Promoted
What a revelation to learn that the Justice Department lawyer who wrote the infamous memo in effect defending torture is now a U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals judge. It tells you all you need to know about the sort of conservative to whom George W. Bush is turning in his attempt to pack the federal courts.
Reminds me of the appellate judge who dismissed the GAO suit against Cheney for release of the Enron meeting notes. He was a recent W. appointee whose previous claim to fame was as Ken Starr's assistant harassing Clinton. So it goes! Apparently what it takes to make appellate judge these days is outstanding moral turpitude.
Was it as a reward for such bold legal thinking that only months later [Jay S.] Bybee was appointed to one of the top judicial benches in the country? Perhaps he was anointed for his law journal articles bashing Roe vs. Wade and legal protection for homosexuals, or for his innovative attack on the 17th Amendment to the Constitution, which provides for the popular election of U.S. senators.
Full article: L.A. Times
Reprinted: truthout.org