DOJ Made Immigration Judgeships Political

Though allegations that Monica Goodling had politicized the hiring of federal criminal prosecutors were known by the time she testified before the House Judiciary Committee last week, her admission that she had taken political considerations into account in the hiring of immigration judges was not. As with the replacement of U.S. Attorneys, political appointees at the fairness part play to father trod upon department norms in filling immigration conclude positions -- and may have even ignored federal law.