IS THE DOJ DOA?: Justice Department’s Troubling Trend Leaves Integrity in Question (Guest in MDT)
For argument’s sake, one might give Obama’s Attorney General Eric Holder the benefit of the doubt when, earlier this year, he appointed to the Justice Department nine lawyers who had histories of representing or advocating for terrorist detainees. Let’s say the objectivity of these lawyers was intact, and their appointments were not a motion of political correctness or, worse, sympathy for a world faction committed to America’s destruction.
But then, along comes the Arizona immigration law.
For observers such as political commentator and former Colorado Congressman, Bob Beauprez (R), the trend in the Justice Department under Holder is seriously eroding any sense of security that our nation’s highest legal office is still serving the people above politics.
Almost at the same time that the DOJ inexplicably dropped a case it had already won against New Black Panthers caught on tape intimidating voters during the 2008 election, the Department formally announced it would file a federal lawsuit against the state of Arizona for its immigration law set to go into effect later this month, claiming it violates civil rights.
Critics not only find it a “coincidence” that the suit is being filed just in time for this year’s mid-term elections, but they’re also stumbling over the fact that the DOJ is paying no attention to similar laws already in effect in lower profile states, such as Rhode Island and Missouri, that lack the massive Hispanic voter-block appeal of Arizona.
And yet, Beauprez doesn’t stop there. In his latest blog entry (see the link below), he reveals how the AZ case comes back to the “Gitmo 9,” with one of these attorneys not only heading up the case, but having personal ties to it that clearly compromise his objectivity.
Find out more by clicking the link to Beauprez’s blog below. Then, call Special Guests to schedule an interview with the former Congressman that will certainly get your audience’s attention.
BOB BEAUPREZ’S BLOG WITH LINKS ON THIS TOPIC CAN BE FOUND AT:
http://alineofsight.com/blogs/bob-beauprez/2010/07/09/lawyer-american-taliban-lead-suit-against-arizona
ABOUT YOUR GUEST, BOB BEAUPREZ:
Bob Beauprez is a former dairy farmer, community banker and member of Congress who has spent his entire life working to leave Colorado a little better than he found it.
He was born and raised on a third generation family farm in Lafayette, Colorado. Bob's grandfather emigrated from Belgium in 1907 and founded a general livestock farm specializing in draft horses. Bob's father took over the farm and developed a nationally renowned Hereford beef cattle breeding herd and transitioned to dairy cattle in the 1950s.
The daily regime of chores, fieldwork and milkings taught Bob a disciplined work ethic that would serve him well throughout his life.
After graduating from the University of Colorado in 1970, he went into partnership with his parents and brother, Mike, in the family farming operation. He managed the dairy herd, eventually marketing their cattle throughout the United States with cattle on every continent except Australia.
During that time, Bob pioneered the use of embryo transplant technology to increase the quality and marketability of the family herd. He also served eight years on the National Holstein Association Board of Directors, including five years as Chairman of the Genetic Advancement Committee. He later also became an industry spokesperson and international judge of Holstein cattle.
The dairy herd was dispersed in 1990 and Bob managed the development of the real estate for his family, eventually becoming part of a 1,500-unit residential golf course community. At the same time, Bob and his wife, Claudia, purchased controlling interest in a small community bank. As President, CEO and Chairman, Bob expanded the bank from one to 13 locations and grew its assets from $4 million to more than $400 million in twelve years.
Bob served as President of the Colorado Independent Bankers Association and was on the Board of the Independent Bankers of America.
While running the bank Bob was politically active as the chairman of the Boulder County Republican Party, and later as Colorado State GOP Chairman. He retired from the bank to run for the new 7th Congressional District in 2002, winning the nation’s closest Congressional election that year by 121 votes. After one term, in 2004, he was reelected by more than 30,000 votes.
While in Congress, Bob served on the Ways and Means, Transportation, Veterans Affairs and Small Business Committees. He was also Vice-Chairman of the Highways and Infrastructure Subcommittee and a member of the Republican Leadership Whip Team.
In 2006, he was the Republican nominee for Governor in Colorado.
Since 2007, Bob has published a monthly e-magazine called A Line of Sight (http://www.alineofsight.com/), a public policy and opinion resource on current political issues. Then, in 2009, he authored his first book: A Return to Values: A Conservative Look at His Party. He is also Vice-Chairman of The John Hancock Committee for the States (http://www.hancockcommittee.org/).
Bob married his high school sweetheart, Claudia, in 1970. They have three sons and one daughter, as well as three grandchildren. Bob and Claudia have returned to their agricultural roots recently by purchasing a ranch in the Colorado Mountains near the Wyoming border. They are developing a buffalo-breeding herd in partnership with their son, Jim. Bob continues to stay politically active, guest hosting on various radio talk shows, doing numerous media interviews nationally, and maintains a busy public speaking schedule.