We have known for years that the Bush administration has no respect for the law. Over 700 times he has attached "signing statements" to new laws, saying he does not believe he and his henchmen have to abide by those laws. When a federal jury convicted Scooter Libby of violating the law, Bush stepped in and made sure he wouldn't have to go to prison.
Bush has also refused to allow some of his aides to honor congressional subpoenas and testify, while encouraging others like Alberto Gonzales to lie to Congress. He used the Justice Department to punish his political opponents, and fired attorneys who were too honest to go along with it.
Perhaps the most egregious legal and constitutional violation was when Bush convinced the telecoms to eavesdrop on American citizens without a search warrant. So it shouldn't come as any surprise that Bush's Homeland Security Department is planning to violate a legal court order.
Last October, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer issued a court order blocking the Homeland Security Department from enforcing its rule that would force employers to fire workers whose name doesn't match their social security number.
The judge said the government hasn't evaluated the new costs for employers to comply with the program, and innocent workers would be unable to correct mistakes before losing their jobs. But Homeland Security doesn't seem to care about the judge's order.
In a document issued last Friday, they disagreed with the court order and and said they were going to ignore the order and continue with their enforcement program. Is there no way to make the Bush administration obey the law?
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