June 11, 2007

Senate No-Confidence Vote on Gonzales Today

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The Democrat-led U.S. Senate will vote on the no-confidence resolution introduced by Sen. Charles Schumer (Dem. - N.Y.) and Sen. Diane Feinstein (Dem. - Calif.) today.

Although the resolution has no legal force, it’s a timely reminder that the Department of Justice remains in disarray and is stuck in a dysfunctional state unless and until the politcally motivated firing of career U.S. Attorneys is resolved.

Yesterday the White House press office said that Bush wasn’t concerned about the vote becuase it was “[p]urely a symbolic vote.”

What would resolving the U.S. Attorney firings debacle mean? That is the question.

DOJ Inspector General Glenn Fine is moving ahead on an in-house probe of the firings, but it seems very unlikely that he will probe his boss. He a had heated legal battle with Gonzales early last year that the Attorney General is not likely to forget.

It’s equally unlikely that Gonzales will resign. Like a Texas jack-rabbit, Gonzales has promised to “sprint to the finish line” of Bush’s term.

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