political : NEWS STORY: BUSH JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WEEDS OUT LIBERALS. [+] serious ballot by Grapost ACTIVE Wed Jun 25, 08 - Thu Jun 25, 09 Justice Weeds Out Liberals, Report Says By LARA JAKES JORDAN, AP Posted: 2008-06-25 08:02:45 Filed Under: Law News, Politics News WASHINGTON (June 24) - Ivy Leaguers and other top law students were rejected for plum Justice Department jobs two years ago because of their liberal leanings or objections to Bush administration politics, a government report concluded Tuesday. In one case, a Harvard Law student was passed over after criticizing the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. In another, a Georgetown University student who had previously worked for a Democratic senator and congressman didn't make the cut. Even senior Justice Department officials flinched at what appeared to be hiring decisions based — improperly and illegally — on politics, according to the internal report. "Individuals at the department were rejecting any of our candidates who could be construed as left-wing or who were perceived, based on their appearances and resumes and so forth, as being more liberal," Kevin Ohlson, deputy director of the department's executive office of immigration review, complained to Justice investigators. The report marked the culmination of a yearlong investigation by Justice's inspector general and Office of Professional Responsibility into whether Republican politics were driving hiring polices at the once fiercely independent department. As early as 2002, career Justice employees complained to department officials that Bush administration political appointees had largely taken over the hiring process for summer interns and so-called Honors Program jobs for newly graduated law students. For years, job applicants had been judged on their grades, the quality of their law schools, their legal clerkships and other experiences. Bush Administration Corrupt Not Surprised At All Politicized All Departments Ballot #127398 : SEE RESULTS Comment: show your vote with comment?

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