We know that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales politicized the Justice Department, hijacking important law enforcement work to instead pursue partisan political goals.

We know he has undermined the integrity of DoJ.

We know he reversed himself multiple times in sworn testimonies before Congress, and his story has been contradicted by several of his staff.

And we know that he's not going to resign and that Bush won't tell him to leave.  But he should not be allowed to stay in power if we want to continue having a country ruled by law and committed to justice.

It's time to impeach Gonzales.

Common Cause called for his impeachment this morning and released this video:

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The idea that fraudulent voting is undermining elections is myth promulgated by the Bush Administration and its partisan partners.

The New York Times reports: "Five years after the Bush administration began a crackdown on voter fraud, the Justice Department has turned up virtually no evidence of any organized effort to skew federal elections, according to court records and interviews." (In 5-years, scant evidence of voter fraud. New York Times. April 12, 2007.)

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This is a special note from Project Vote Deputy Director Michael Slater regarding the scandal engulfing the US Department of Justice.

 
Who would expect that a week after we released Barnard College Professor Lorraine Minnite's "The Politics of Voter Fraud," the White House would prove her right? White House counselor Dan Bartlett attributed the firing of several US Attorneys to "lax voter fraud investigations." The media was quick to respond.

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I don't understand Steven M. Biskupic's case against Georgia Thompson. The evidence does seem so ridiculous that I must be missing something- can someone elucidate the other side of the story?  How could a jury have convicted based on what I have seen. Do we have any juror's reactions? (Was it even a jury case?)The motive of the crime being that ongoing employment helps supervisors!? I would appreciate someone posting from within the state.  

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Josh Marshall at talkingpointsmemo.com has an excellent post this morning about the voting fraud issue as it relates to the US Attorney scandal.  Josh has reviewed all the cases brought pertaining to election fraud around the country.  Not surprisingly, this whole issue is made up.  Primarily, the cases being brought involve people who have made innocent mistakes in their voter registration.  

This is exactly the kind of story that the traditional media would do if we had a real Washington news corps.  The fact that this story is appearing on an internet site and not on the Washington Post speaks volumes about our press.

Correction: Upon reading Josh's post again, I see I overlooked that it was based on a NYT article. Thus, my bashing of the media here is unwarranted. Still, Josh's post, and the article upon which it is based, are worth a read.

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