It looks obvious

Equal justice under law was never a reality, nor could it be. But it was an guiding ideal, a compass of the right direction and one of the most important pillars of the American democracy ideal. Today, in a cynical scorn to the court decision President Bush demonstrated, again, how dangerous his legacy is:

President Bush today commuted the prison sentence of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Cheney’s former chief of staff, sparing him the 30-month term to which he was sentenced last month for lying to federal investigators about his role in the White House leak of a CIA officer’s identity.

Bush took the action just hours after a federal appeals court ruled that Libby was not entitled to remain free while he was appealing his conviction on four felonies.

"With the denial of bail being upheld and incarceration imminent, I believe it is now important to react to that decision," Bush said in a statement issued by the White House early this evening. Although the president said he "respected" the jury’s verdict, he added that he had "concluded that the prison sentence given to Mr. Libby is excessive."

This shouldn’t be any surprise but a natural act of administration that his legacy is the undermining of the checks and balances, torture and complete disregard for human rights. Yet, when the President mock, without shame, the legal process - is a sad day.