A license to practice does not confer the wisdom to do so. A. Attorney General Eric Holder apparently mislead Congress on his request of subpoenas of members of the press phone and email records. This is a matter of testimony before Congress. He has some argument that he didn’t actually do this, that he was really after information leaks from government workers, that he had no intention of prosecution of the press, and on and on. But his methods are under scrutiny, particularly by the press, his targets of interest. If his misconstruction of the truth requests and his procurement of subpoenas goes unchallenged, un-reviewed, and unpunished, there will be created a horrific legal precedent. If nothing happens, if it is dissolved by no press attention, if no one pays some price, then make no doubt, every Tom, Dick and District Attorney will follow the DOJ (Department of Justice) lead. This could affect you and me. B. Judge Shopping . While AG Holder (see above
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