Obama Administration Asks Supreme Court to Dismiss ACLU Challenge to Warrantless Wiretapping Law!

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27. Remember how everyone was upset when Bush/Cheney got Republicans hired into the DOJ....

just because of their political party? And they pressured some Republican DOJ and federal court system lawyers to file suits or persevere in suits against Democrats, when the lawyers didn't think it was warranted?

We all said at that time how wrong that was, and how illegal, since the White House is supposed to be separate and apart from the judicial system, and to hire anyone in the US, or fire them, based on political party, is against the law.

You seem to resent the facts. But they are facts. It's confusing, since the DOJ does represent the executive branch in some lawsuits, and defend the Prez in lawsuits, etc. But he is defending the office of the Presidency, not the person. The Prez may have some influence, but it's not his call to fight or not fight a lawsuit, ultimately. He has his own job to do, the DOJ has its job to do. And the repercussions of a lawsuit doesn't apply just to one Presidency, so the DOJ is free to pursue litigation without interference from others. That's my understanding, anyway.

But the DOJ AND the W.H. will defend the lawsuit on the substance, though, we know, because the W.H. started and has continued the policy, claiming it's legal. So we know it will defend that position in court. It's just that, for now, the defense based on the standing to sue is a usual thing to start with and hopefully end it before it runs into more time & money and a possible loss based on the substance.