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Gonzales to Judges: Stay Out of National Security Cases

HeadlineJan 18, 2007

These developments come as the Bush administration has issued a new warning to federal judges. In a speech to the American Enterprise Institute Wednesday, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said federal judges are unqualified to rule on issues relating to national security policy and should always defer to the will of the administration and Congress when presiding over such cases.

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