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Chapter 11 -- Subvert the Rule of Law

    "I do solemly swear ... that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
        Presidential Oath of Office

In March 2007, a scandal erupted in which eight -- later, nine -- U.S. attorneys were abruptly fired, perhaps with Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez's knowledge. Internal Justice Department e-mails indicated that they had been targeted as being insufficiently loyal to White House policies. 

New Mexico's U.S. attorney David Iglesias received an intimidating phone call from a Republican official who was upset that Iglesias hadn't prosecuted a Democratic voter registration group. Iglesias thought that there had been insufficient evidence to warrant prosecution. 

In the Congressional uproar that followed, e-mails showed that while only eight prosecutors had actually been ousted, the e-mails had discussed the possibility of purging all of the U.S. attorneys. The e-mails stated that in this eventuality, the department should stay resolute in the face of inevitable blowback. 

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