James K. Robinson, Partner, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP; former Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice and former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan discusses the effects of increased politicization in the Department of Justice.
On October 10, 2007, ACS hosted a panel of distinguished former Department of Justice officials to discusses principles and best practices to guide the Department of Justice under the next Attorney General.
Full video of the event is available on the ACS web site: http://www.acslaw.org/node/5538
I agree with James Robinson that we must maintain non-partisan career lawyers in the Justice Dept., but I disagree with his assumption that the law can be anything other than political. Politics is the bread and butter of law. Jurists and journalists profess their neutrality or political independent, but in so doing, the betray either confusion or deception. One can be non-partisan, but one cannot be apolitical.
wanderingwill1 4 years ago