Without cause

From the Washington Post:

"The Justice Department removed a prosecutor in Arkansas without cause in order to make room for a former aide to presidential adviser Karl Rove aide, a senior Justice official conceded in testimony today."

I suppose, literally speaking, it's not that Ed Cummins was removed for no cause, but rather that he was removed for no fault of his own. The cause certainly appears clear enough. At my work, I wonder how that would go over? If my manager fired me to replace me with someone who had better connections with uper management, I'm thinking that wouldn't go over well at all. Living ethically is a full-time endeavor. We have to consider not only our own interpretation of our own intent, of which we have a biased view anyway, but consider how our actions will be perceived by others.