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U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales
Attorney General for the United States
The most talked-about attorney this past year by a mile,
Gonzales, 52, rose from being the grandson of illegal immigrants
to the first Hispanic attorney general of the United States.
George W. Bush appeared to be grooming the man he
affectionately calls “Fredo” for the U.S. Supreme Court. But after
Gonzales appeared veracity-challenged when testifying before
the Senate Judiciary Committee, he resigned in August.
Gonzales went from “Latino Lawyer of the Year” in 1999 to
become the subject of several investigations involving use of the
Justice Department as a political tool.
Before becoming attorney general, Gonzales authored—or at
least authorized as White House general counsel—a memo
describing the Geneva Conventions as “quaint” and presided, at
least nominally (see David Addington), over what now appears
to have been a stealth campaign to reinstate pre-Watergate
presidential authority.
His determination to do so is epitomized in a now-infamous
hospital-room meeting with an incapacitated John Ashcroft in an
unsuccessful effort to gain approval for a secret wiretapping
program. The highlight: Ashcroft’s wife sticking her tongue out at
Gonzales and his entourage as they retreated from Ashcroft’s
bedside.
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ATTORNEYS
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| In the first chapter of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges, it says, in part: "...a judge ... should not serve as an officer, director, active partner, manager, advisor, or employee of any business other than a business closely held and controlled by members of the judge's family." |
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| photo by Smialowski/Getty Images Alberto Gonzales, first Mexican native to achieve high office in the USA, both as advisor to Bush and Attorney General of the United States. |