Who's the worst Attorney General of all time?

[ButterflyBlood]

Poll question: Who's the worst Attorney General of all time?

Palmer was Wilson's AG, and as bad as Ashcroft is, I think he only falls under #2 compared to Palmer.

[Zinfandel]

1. John Mitchell is a distant second to Ashcroft...

[olddem43]

2. agreed, - let's hope Asscroft follows him to jail.

[Davis_X_Machina]

3. You be dissin'...

...Ed Meese!

He's worth at least an entry on the poll.

[CaTeacher]

5. how quickly people forget! n/t

[DieboldMustDie]

4. Thanks for bringing Palmer to my attention.

It's reassuring in a way to learn that we've been in situations this bad before and survived. :shrug:

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USApalmerA.htm

[Sub-Zero]

6. John Ashcroft.

He has no idea how the American Constitution works. :grr:

[newyawker99]

8. Hi Sub-Zero!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[NYCGirl]

7. Ed Meese

should be in that illustrious list.

And it looks like he's STILL AT IT!

http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/03/10/01_meese.html

[noonwitch]

9. Ashcroft is worse than Meese, but prior to Ashcroft, Meese and Mitchell

are the worst. I'll never forget Meese's porn commission. A bunch of church people sit around for months reading and viewing porn. What a great use of government money.

Mitchell was Nixon's AG and complicit in Watergate. 'Nuff said.

[tom_paine]

10. Everything being relative: Palmer still wins

Although, analyzing the totality of Ashcroft's career at present would be equivalent to measuring Himmler's political career in 1934.

[Spider Jerusalem]

11. Palmer.

Ashcroft isn't close. I mean, seriously...sixteen THOUSAND people arrested on "suspicion" under the Espionage and Sedition Acts. Ashcroft hasn't done anything to compare with that...