http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/washington/24cnd-justice.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=sloginAfter he fired nine liberal attorneys last year without a good reason., there was a series of Justice department investigations launched (this is the first one) and it found that he would
heavily prefer to hire "conservative" applicants. Ever since 9/11, the hiring process in the JD was changed so that instead of career officials of various sections of the JD reviewing the applicants, politicians like Gonzales got to say who would be accepted. Apparently buzzwords like "environmental and social justice were often grounds for rejecting clients" according to the article. The full report is at the link.
Honestly, they conservatives aren't going to even clean the shit off the fan. Nothing will happen to anybody. Gonzales will claim that he was following orders from higher up and obviously nothing will happen to Bush or Cheney. I would personally think that it's fair to ban Texans from being in the Executive branch for the next 20 years but honestly, this would probably only be cared about as an election issue. If anything.
