The Wall Street Journal has some background on U.S. Circuit Judge J. Michael Luttig's resignation. Breakdown of Trust Led Judge Luttig To Clash With Bush. Lots of details about the Padilla case, a pissing contest between a judge and the administration, and corruption at Boeing. It would make a good plot on the West Wing.
According to the article Luttig "argued to his colleagues that the government wouldn't have sought such extraordinary powers unless absolutely necessary" and then the government backed down in the Padilla case. So many things wrong with this. First the Padilla case was a mess, 2nd the administration was abusing it's power, 3rd Luttig trusted the administration instead of protecting citizens, 4th the administration shops it's cases around to favorable courts, and a Judge grows a spine and is lured by money. A good read, a depressing story.
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