Resolutions

Resolution Number SAC07.16 C

Calling For the Immediate Resignation of United States Attorney General Alberto Gonzales

WHEREAS, under the tenure of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, the Department of Justice has been subjected to numerous high-profile scandals, including the dismissal of United States Attorneys for partisan purposes, and the appointment of unqualified political operatives to immigration judgeships; and official statements, including prepared testimony, made by U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales over the course of multiple sworn Congressional hearing dates have the appearance of being factually irreconcilable, in stark contrast with the level of candor and integrity that is expected of the nation's highest-ranking law enforcement officer; and

WHEREAS, the managerial competence of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has been further undermined by his inability or unwillingness to fulfill basic Congressional information requests, contrary to specific commitments he made to the Congress under oath; additionally, non-availability of public records stored on outside electronic servers would appear to violate the Federal Records Act; and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has deceived and withheld information from Congressional investigators concerning the scope, history, and background of the dismissal of the aforementioned United States Attorneys, as well as his personal involvement in the scandal in question; and

WHEREAS, these actions, in addition to being possibly illegal, have tarnished the Department of Justice, and eliminated the public trust in the capabilities of Alberto Gonzales to perform his duties as Attorney General in a competent and non-partisan fashion; and this recurring pattern of official malfeasance, among other unresolved questions of illegal conduct by Departmental leadership, is incompatible with the high office of trust and responsibility the Senate has confirmed Attorney General Alberto Gonzales;

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the California Democratic Party calls upon the membership in the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives to call for the immediate resignation of United States Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

Respectfully Submitted: Raymond L. Cordova, for the California Democratic Party Resolutions Committee; Peter Rudinskas, 48th AD; Agi Kessler
Passed: LACDP Resolution Committee, 6/5/07 and LACDP, 06/12/07;
Author: Dante Atkins, DSCC Member, AD-42 and Platform Committeemember
Co-Sponsors: Delegates from AD-42: Wendy Block; Ricco Ross; Joye Swan, Legislative Action Committeemember; Susie Shannon, Executive Board Member; Norman Chramoff, Platform Committee Co-Chair; Andrew Lachman, Credentials Committee Co-Chair; Garry Shay, Rules Committee Chair; Daniel Licht; Johanna Olson, Platform Committeemember; Michael Jay Miltenberg; Mark Kleiman;
Delegates from AD-41: David Dayen; Wayne Williams;  Marcy Winograd, Executive Board Member; Ellis Perlman; Jonathan Troen
Delegates from AD-40: Rosalyn Kahn; David Hyman;  
Jonathan Kraut, AD-38; Andrew Davey, AD-69; Desiree Funch, AD-68; Carl Manaster, AD-75; Paula Villescaz, AD-05, Voter Services Committeemember; Gila Jones, AD-73, Voter Services Committeemember;
Judy Hotchkiss, Rules Committee Member; John G. Vigna, Organizational Development Committee Co-Chair; John Heaner, Region 13 Director

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Adopted by the Executive Board
Of the California Democratic Party
At Its Executive Board Meeting
Radisson Hotel, Sacramento
July 15, 2007