Impeachment Is For Democrats (Reblog)

Sometimes I wonder why there isn't a criminal investigation into the administration's mid-term dismissal of U.S. attorneys, and even more, why more media voices aren't asking why there isn't a criminal investigation. As I understand it:

1. There is copious historical precedent for the President firing U.S. attorneys upon taking the oath of office. There is typically a complete transition in the first two years in office, with most of the turnover front-loaded. The Los Angeles Times and Media Matters both have salient pieces on this practice.
2. Other than this expected house-cleaning, prior to the Bush administration U.S. attorneys have only been removed for malfeasance.
3. The Hatch Act prohibits political interference with the Justice Department and U.S. judiciary.
4. At the same time, it requires complete record keeping for any decisions made regarding the service of U.S. attorneys.
5. There is no intimation by any party (outside of right-wing radio personalities) that the U.S. attorneys discharged by the Bush administration late last year were let go for malfeasance.
6. The administration has stated that the U.S. attorneys were in fact fired for political reasons, as reported in the New York Post.
7. The Bush administration has also destroyed or, to be charitable, lost mandated documentation on these firings, as reported in the Washington Post. Leaving aside the felonious use of Republican National Committee resources for sensitive Federal record-keeping...

This seems to be yet another example of how we are living under an illegal perversion of our actual intended government.