cocco goes loco

i'm glad someone is outraged in the press.

In the Padilla matter and others, the Supreme Court has ruled that the sweeping powers claimed by the Bush administration - that a commander in chief in wartime can unilaterally and indefinitely imprison anyone he chooses - violate the Constitution. "We have long since made clear that a state of war is not a blank check for the president when it comes to the rights of the nation's citizens," Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wrote.

Ashcroft continues to get a blank check. The president does not fire him, or rebuke him. Ashcroft is a resilient beneficiary of that peculiar Bush policy that imposes no consequence for mistakes and no punishment for malfeasance.

Trouble is, the attorney general is not the president's personal attorney. He's the public's lawyer and he has failed, miserably, at serving the public. He should be fired, or step down - in the interest of justice.

maria cocco wrote that in newsday today. you should read the entire article. it's blood-boilingly on-target, head to toe.