An indispensable operating principle of any viable democracy is that the judicial branch of government function free from interference by the executive or the legislature. The other hallmarks of democracy--regular elections, freedom of speech and press, written laws and administrative procedures, etc.--are all hobbled, [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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Glad to see Gonzalez go but this is the LEAST of his crimes. ALL US
atty appts are political. So what ?
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