Obama Team Faces Major Task In Justice Dept Overhaul

Washington Post:

As a transition team for the Obama administration begins work on a Justice Department overhaul, the key question is where to begin.

Political considerations affected every crevice of the department during the Bush years, from the summer intern hiring program to the dispensing of legal advice about detainee interrogations, according to reports by the inspector general and testimony from bipartisan former DOJ officials at congressional hearings.

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Comments

[jkpcguru]

One of the real perks America gets from electing Barack Obama is his expertise in jurisdiction.

Obama is a scholar of the constitution and Law. Those who want to see the Justice Department put back to what it should be, Obama was the best candidate!

My favorite quote:

"You'll have a president who respects the constitution, believes in the constitution and will obey the constitution of the United States of America."- Barack Obama

[homerun]

We can start by sending crooked people like Rove to prison.