GONZO RESIGNS! But the damage he caused continues! Friends, we must do more...
WE MUST CONTINUE TO DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY AND JUSTICE! WE NEED TO CLEANSE OUR JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF PARTISAN YES-MEN INFILTRATORS. Gonzales receives praise, standing ovations at farewell ceremony: http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/14/gonzales.farewell/index.html If you are not immediately outraged at this farewell, then let me refresh your memory. Gonzales was the little man behind the curtain, aiding and abetting the multiple assaults on our Constitution. He was the enabler for renditions, secret gulags, and murderous torture being enacted IN OUR NAME. Gonzales has destroyed our Department of Justice, presiding over the removal of honest career professionals and replacing them with yes-men for the White House. Please press your Senator, your Congressman, and all of those in control to place this man under arrest for crimes against humanity, betrayal of our nation, assaults on our Constitution, destruction of our Department of Justice. Compose an impassioned letter to send to all, or copy the Articles of Impeachment, and send to them and demand accountability and continuing investigations into the hiring and firing of U.S. Attorneys. Please support the articles of impeachment: http://www.impeachbush.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5054&news_iv_ctrl=1061 Next, watch the video, and submit your demands here: http://www.impeachgonzales.org You can also reach other Senators, especially your own and those in the Senate Judiciary Committee and the House Judiciary Committee to state your demands: http://judiciary.senate.gov/members.cfm http://judiciary.house.gov/CommitteeMembership.aspx http://www.senate.gov To regain credibility for the legal profession, and to reinstate the Rule of Law, let's go one step further and push to disbar Gonzales. Please push this idea to those in the legal profession who know how to force this issue. Here are several commentaries on the topic: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/benchconference/2007/03/alberto_gonzales_a_willing_acc.html http://beltwayprogressive.blogspot.com/2007/03/disbar-alberto-gonzales.html http://godsdead.blogspot.com/2007/01/disbar-albert-gonzales.html http://www.atlargely.com/2007/03/alberto_gonzale_1.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Gonzales http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/10/AR2007071001917.html Alberto Gonzales is a member of the Texas State Bar: http://www.texasbar.com/Template.cfm?Section=Member_Directory&template=/Customsource/MemberDirectory/MemberDirectoryDetail.cfm&ContactID=216516 Read the Mission Statement of the Texas State Bar: http://www.texasbar.com/Template.cfm?Section=About_the_State_Bar&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=3480 Texas State Bar contact: http://www.texasbar.com/Template.cfm?Section=Contact_Us1&Template=/GuestComments/GuestComments.cfm Every Texas lawyer has a duty to report Gonzales: Recommended by: Demena, cal in cali Paragraph (a) of Texas Rule 8.03, "Reporting Professional Misconduct," provides in full: Except as permitted in paragraphs (c) or (d) [pertaining to drug abuse/mental illness or privilege], a lawyer having knowledge that another lawyer has committed a violation of applicable rules of professional conduct that raises a substantial question as to that lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer in other respects, shall inform the appropriate disciplinary authority. In Illinois, this is called a Himmel situation--and an attorney who is aware of another lawyer's misconduct but does not report it is subject to discipline. So how about it, Texas lawyers--y'all need to report the AG or face the consequences. Sample letter sent while Gonzales was still Attorney General: Misconduct of Attorney Alberto Gonzales Submitted by davidswanson on Thu, 2007-03-15 04:18. Criminal Prosecution Criminal Prosecution Office of Disciplinary Counsel State Bar of Texas La Costa Center 6300 La Calma Dr., Ste. 300 Austin, TX 78752 877-953-5535 512-453-5535 Fax: 512-453-6667 Re: Misconduct of Attorney Alberto Gonzales State Bar Card Number: 08118550 Admitted on: 05/13/1983 Violation of: Rule 3.01 Meritorious Claims and Contentions Rule 8.04 Misconduct To Whom It May Concern: The following complaint relates to the violations of the above referenced Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct by Mr. Gonzales in his capacity as U.S. Attorney General, which are set forth below. Rule 3.01 states: "A lawyer shall not bring or defend a proceeding, or assert or controvert an issue therein, unless the lawyer reasonably believes that there is a basis for doing so that is not frivolous." While testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Jan. 17, 2007, Alberto laughingly claimed that the U. S. Constitution does not grant or assure citizens of the right of habeas. Alberto knew or should have known that such an assertion was untrue. In fact, in making such an erroneous statement, Alberto was putting forth what he knew or should have known was a frivolous argument and in doing so he knowingly acted in bad faith. Senator Arlen Spector's comment to Alberto that "You may be treading on your interdiction and violating common sense," further demonstrates the frivolity of Alberto's specious comment. Moreover, a legal argument based on a knowingly false representation of law constitutes dishonesty. Alberto's frivolous conduct regarding his comments about habeas also violates Rule 8.04 in that he misrepresented the truth and in doing so attempted to deceive members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Rule 8.04 states: "A lawyer shall not engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation." During Alberto's Jan. 2005 confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, he gave testimony that he knew was false and/or misleading when he said, "it is not the policy or the agenda of this president to authorize actions that would be in contravention of our criminal statutes." This false/misleading testimony related to President Bush's warrantless domestic spying program, which was instituted while Alberto acted as White House counsel. At the time he testified, Alberto knew for a fact that warrantless domestic spying was taking place because he was intimately involved in advising the President that such conduct did not violate the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) of 1978. In taking hubris to new heights, Alberto laughingly asserted that his response wasn't false or misleading because he claimed he was responding to a hypothetical question put to him by Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin. Alberto subsequently testified, "I told the truth then. I'm telling the truth now. You asked me about a hypothetical situation of the president of the United States authorizing electronic surveillance in violation of our criminal statutes. That has not occurred." Alberto's testimony "That has not occurred" is patently false and he knew it to be false when he so testified. Alberto's defense is frivolous to the nth degree because when Sen. Feingold questioned him, Alberto absolutely knew that the question wasn't hypothetical in nature because of his inherent knowledge that the warrantless domestic spying had been ongoing for several years prior to his testimony in Jan. 2005. Recently, Alberto denied charges that politics played any part in the recent firing of several U. S. Attorneys; however, this denial is yet another attempt by Alberto to engage in deceit and/or misrepresentation of the truth. The record that is now unfolding clearly demonstrates that Alberto knew his denials were untrue; however, despite said knowledge he chose to violate the Code of Conduct. It is indeed disheartening and disappointing to discover that the person in charge of our justice system is so willing to play fast and loose with the truth. Even though it is a given that Alberto sits at the pleasure of the President, his allegiance must be to uphold the laws of the United States. Unfortunately, Alberto has chosen not to conduct himself in accordance with the oath he took as an attorney in Texas and more importantly the oath he took as United States Attorney General. Please provide me with a copy of Alberto's response to this grievance. Thanks for your time and attention to this serious matter. Respectfully, __________________________ BEWARE the new AG nominee. He may continue to play fast and loose with our constitutional protections from Government torture and abuse. Here are several articles about Attorney General nominee Mukasey: http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_mary_sha_070917_will_bush_s_new_ag_n.htm http://www.nysun.com/article/62729?page_no=2 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/18/opinion/18tue1.html Alliance for Justice says: http://www.afj.org/connect-with-the-issues/attorney-general-nominee.html Judge Mukasey has repeatedly allowed the government to detain both American citizens and foreign nationals without criminal charge, either through an expansive reading of material witness statutes or through unilateral executive designation of "unlawful enemy combatant" status. Consider that we may finally have leverage! Perhaps we can demand that the White House direct Sara Taylor and Harriet Miers to finally testify under oath about the fired U.S. Attorneys before any new Attorney General is considered. We could also demand that White House papers and emails subpoenaed by Congress be surrendered to Congress. 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