Yesterday, the House and Senate Judiciary committees received an anonymous letter from employees of the DoJ, pointing yet more fingers at AG Gonzales' ongoing attempts to turn the Department of Justice into another arm of the Republican Party. This one has to do with the Summer Law Internship Program, where promising young law students come to serve their country by working at the DoJ. Slots are limited and competition is fierce, but it's gotten a bit more so under the Abu Gonzales regime.
This from The Gavel
(this is a day old, but I couldn't find it being covered anywhere else on the site. If someone has, let me know.)
This year the divisions once again pored over applications and resumes, choosing students to interview who demonstrated not only excellent grades but a real interest in the areas of law they might be hired to work in. After choosing potential candidates to interview, the division personnel forwarded their lists to the Office of Attorney Recruitment Management for what was traditionally final approval. This is no longer a final step, however, because the list had to go higher - to the Office of the Deputy Attorney General. When the list of potential interviewees was returned this year, it had been cut dramatically.
Why, you may ask? Could it be that applicants were being screened for political leanings?
When division personnel staff later compared the remaining interviewees with the candidates struck form the list, one common denominator appeared repeatedly: most of those struck form the list had interned for a Hill Democrat, clerked for a Democratic judge, worked for a "liberal" cause, or otherwise appeared to have "liberal" leanings. Summa cum laude graduates of both Yale and Harvard were rejected for interviews.
Perish the thought! I'll rest easy tonight, knowing that the same government lawyers who swear to uphold my rights as a citizen have never worked at some commie pinko organization like the ACLU. Or voted Democrat, because you know they're all part of the vast liberal conspiracy.
Via TPM Muckraker, full text here