tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post4555936578322238821..comments2024-01-03T05:23:36.046-08:00Comments on The Citizens: DOJ Hirings and Firings and DemocracyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-37452038838726724742007-06-01T13:32:00.000-07:002007-06-01T13:32:00.000-07:00RBR, this story has bothered me tremendously. Not...RBR, this story has bothered me tremendously. Not only are jobs (including prestigious and powerful judgeship and prosecutor positions) doled out to those with the proper political/religious profile, but DoJ also seems to be using these to reward donors. I am appalled at the extent to which DoJ is now a political office. There seems to be no corner of the Executive Branch that shows that it values competency over loyalty or orthodoxy.The O'Brien's Teamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00851127128535644788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-32450137254620293192007-05-31T12:50:00.000-07:002007-05-31T12:50:00.000-07:00What's to analyze? It's like asking what's cloggi...What's to analyze? It's like asking what's clogging up the toilet. Nothing pretty.<BR/><BR/>I thank RBR for bringing up the phony university scandal. That's what it is. Regent, Messiah, and Liberty aren't bad because they're third or fourth tier schools, but because they're not real schools at all. They are madrasas. And if Monica Goodling and the infamous "torture memo" is any indication, they just plain produce bad lawyers. <BR/><BR/>I'm not saying they need to staff entirely from the elite law schools, because the correlation between the quality of the lawyer and the US News ranking of the law school is a very rough fit at best. My experience is that the average Yale lawyer is better than the average second-tier law school lawyer, but it's just about averages. <BR/><BR/>But they need to look for the best and the brightest, and obviously these phony religious schools are way, way overrepresented in DOJ hirings. US attorneys in the district offices do hire the best and the brightest, but not, apparently, the DOJ in Washington. Bad lawyering and bad legal advice hurts the whole country.The Law Talking Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17886791396468512490noreply@blogger.com