It only gets better.

Yesterday, The Malcontent congratulated the Emperor Dubya on his nomination of Alberto Gonzales for the position of Attorney General (see "Nice job, d-head.")

Could it get any better? Sure. Slate runs a column today questioning Gonzales' competence as a lawyer. Besides the already widely-discussed concerns about Gonzales' advice regarding the Geneva Conventions, Phillip Carter provides a telling glimpse into the kind of advice Gonzales offered Texas Governor Dubya regarding death penalty cases. Gonzales was "to provide a legal memo on the morning of each execution day outlining the key facts and issues of the case at hand."

Carter's conclusion is chilling (boldface not in original):

It's not clear whether Bush directed Gonzales to provide such superficial and conclusory legal research, or whether Gonzales did so of his own accord. Regardless, the point remains that the White House's new nominee to head the Justice Department turned in work that would have barely earned a passing grade in law school, let alone satisfy the requirements of a job in which life and death were at stake. Perhaps more important, these early memos from Texas revealed Gonzales' startling willingness to sacrifice rigorous legal analysis to achieve pre-ordained policy results at the drop of a Stetson.

Hmm, shocking.