Depoliticizing Crime and Decriminalizing Politics

TCS Daily by James H. Joyner Jr. | Mar. 23, 2007 (News Analysis)

The recent flap over the Bush Administration's firing of eight U.S. attorneys has demonstrated the escalation of two related and unfortunate trends in American politics: the politicization of crime and the criminalization of politics.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and other Administration officials have contended that the firings were for "performance" reasons and emphasized that they were well within the prerogative of the president, since ... Full Story »

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by Ben Ross - Mar. 24, 2007

lots of quotes/sources! The general ideas hold up ...for me. Joyner says <"I have termed "the politicization of everything" has been going on for quite some time now. Bill Clinton's administration took it to a level of high art."> examples? The sense that mid-term firings are very unusual is missing, rather unprecedented...like the signing statements.

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