Among the noteworthy tidbits Monica Goodling dropped during her testimony before the House Judiciary Committee last week was an internal Justice Department controversy over the appointment of immigration judges.
Legal Times takes a look at the back story behind the controversy: the development of the direct-hiring by the attorney general that allowed for political hires (which, for the record, went back to John Ashcroft's tenure) as well as the lawsuit that challenged this practice and which ultimately led to a freeze and reversal of agency policies.
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