THERE IS NO JUSTICE LEFT

[lame54]

Here are 2 stories that make one want to cry...

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a.vwH.xyBcpY&refer=home

Cheney, Rove, Libby Win Plame Suit Dismissal Appeal (Update2)
By Susan Decker and Cary O'Reilly

Aug. 12 (Bloomberg) -- A federal appeals court today upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit accusing U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, former White House political adviser Karl Rove and former Cheney aide I. Lewis Libby of illegally conspiring to reveal the identity of a CIA agent.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said a trial judge was correct to dismiss the suit by Valerie Plame, who worked at the Central Intelligence Agency's headquarters in Virginia, and her husband, former U.S. Ambassador Joseph Wilson. They sued the three and former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage in July 2006.

Plame and Wilson accused the four men of violating their constitutional rights by leaking Plame's identity to the media in retaliation for a New York Times opinion piece by Wilson that questioned the Bush administration's basis for going to war in Iraq.

The decision ``allows outrageous government conduct to go unpunished,'' said Melanie Sloan of Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington, a watchdog group that represented Plame and Wilson. She said the group is considering asking the full D.C. Circuit to review the case and an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/08/13/attorney-general-tells-aba-not-every-crime-is-a-crime/

Attorney General tells ABA: Not every crime is a crime
By: Steve Benen on Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 at 10:00 AM - PDT
It’s been about two weeks since the Justice Department’s inspector general released a report on the unprecedented politicization of employment practices at the Justice Department. The IG report concluded that disgraced officials such as Monica Goodling and former
chief of staff D. Kyle Sampson “routinely broke the law” by applying political litmus tests, even when hiring prosecutors and immigration judges.

Since then, no one in the Bush administration has wanted to talk about the scandal. The good news is, Attorney General Michael Mukasey addressed the subject this morning in a speech to the American Bar Association. The bad news is, what he had to say was far from encouraging.

Initially, it seemed like Mukasey was, at long last, prepared to be candid and forthcoming. The problem came when the nation’s chief law-enforcement officer addressed what he was prepared to do as a consequence of the DoJ’s rampant lawbreaking.

Mukasey said he will not prosecute the DoJ employees who repeatedly and flagrantly violated the law.

Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Tuesday that the Department of Justice would not pursue criminal charges against former employees implicated in an internal investigation on politicized hiring practices.

“Where there is evidence of criminal wrongdoing, we vigorously investigate it,” Mukasey said in a speech at the American Bar Association. “And where there is enough evidence to charge someone with a crime, we vigorously prosecute. But not every wrong, or even every violation of the law, is a crime.”

Wait, not every violation of the law is a crime? Isn’t that the definition of a “crime”?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. it would appear that people are afraid of Libby, Rove and Cheney

these guys must have amazing power

[spanone]

2. yes there is but it's selective and directed at democrats

[Solly Mack]

3. True

there are punitive measures taken against the little people....but that's not really justice.

[BanTheGOP]

4. 2 GOP judges, 1 Dem judge... Guess the result...

The 2-1 decision was decided by these three judges:

CONCURRENCE:
David Sentelle
Appointed by RONALD REAGAN

Karen LeCraft Henderson
Appointed by GEORGE H. W. BUSH (the Elder)

DISSENT:

Judith Rogers
Appointed by BILL CLINTON

....'nuff said??? TAKE THIS TO THE SUPREMES!!

I GUARANTEE a 5-4 decision IN OUR FAVOR!!