WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Departing Attorney General John Ashcroft, dealt several court defeats over U.S. anti-terrorism policies, on Friday derided what he called judges' second-guessing of the president's decisions.
"These encroachments include some of the most fundamental aspects of the president's conduct of the war on terrorism," Ashcroft told the Federalist Society, a conservative lawyers group, in his first public remarks since the White House announced his resignation on Tuesday.
"The danger I see here is that intrusive judicial oversight and second-guessing of presidential determinations in these critical areas can put at risk the very security of our nation in a time of war," Ashcroft said.
This man obviously does not understand how the government of this country is designed to function, or what the concept of "separation of powers" means. I can't tell you how happy I am to have this man out of power and out of government, before he could do any more harm or inject any more of his personal religious views into the justice department. Details here from the AP.
UPDATE: The ACLU seems to agree with me.