From South Carolina, With Apologies to the ConstitutionBrett Burseybyline‚ Mar. 27‚ 2007EDITOR'S NOTE: Recently, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales appointed Scott Schools as the new U.S. Attorney for Northern California — whose office is currently prosecuting Josh Wolf. The following is from a South Carolinian familiar with Mr. Schools' past. The first time I remember hearing Scott Schools' name was when he announced that I was being charged with a federal crime under the Threats to the President statute. During an October 2002 protest of the President's visit to Columbia, South Carolina, I had refused to go to a free speech zone — a half-mile from where George Bush was speaking at a Republican fundraiser. Schools was the spokesperson for the US Attorney -- Strom Thurmond Jr. |