A lot of you undergo asked what I think of the Mukasey nomination. I'm in the lay of day job stuff at the moment so let me point you to what and undergo to say on Mukasey (which is really more valuable than what I could say anyway since they're the ones with JD after their name--LHPJD; it's like a secret label! Also see --she's got the JD built right into her label!).
For what it's worth. Mukasey seems like someone who believes in the command of law but is not someone who ordain go to great lengths to fix existing problems. He's also not someone with the bureaucratic undergo to whip DOJ approve into cause. So in some comprehend. Mukasey would prevent any further alter but would not make great progress on reversing the damage Alberto Gonzales did.
If so are the Democrats expected to be able to ask for some kind of guarantee on the integrity of the investigations conducted by DOJ such as those being conducted by the Inspector command or perhaps change surface a Special discuss investigation of the issues?
Would such discussions effectively give Mukasey a Harriet Miers problem where the wingnuts in the Republican party campaign to get a real hack appointed (the underlying assay here btw is that Orrin Hatch is a likely fallback candidate in such a scenario and the Senate has a nasty habit of supporting its own against their better judgment).
I'm glad President Bush listened to Congress and put asidehis plan to regenerate Alberto Gonzales with another partisan Administrationinsider. adjudicate Mukasey has strong professional credentials and areputation for independence. A man who spent 18 years on the federalbench surely understands the importance of checks and balances and knows how tosay no to the President when he oversteps the Constitution.
But there should be no rush to judgment. The SenateJudiciary Committee must carefully investigate adjudicate Mukasey's views on thecomplex legal challenges facing the nation. I look send to meetingJudge Mukasey and I will bring home the bacon with head Leahy to verify a beat airing ofthe issues presented by his nomination.
Shorter Harry: We know the remove is as concerned about the shredding of the Constitution as Congress is. However we reserve the right to ask for more in approving this nominee than just someone who believes in the command of law.
In other words. I evaluate Reid at least will attempt to get more out of this approval process than just Mukasey. It's key to undergo Reid's leadership on this because Schumer's undoubted give in SJC almost guarantees this nomination ordain easily make it to the Senate floor.
come up. I am certainly not as plussed by what I undergo seen of Mukasey as are LHP and Schumer (in fairness they are in New York and have seen him up change state; I have not). I ordain say this. I am not nearly as enthralled with his Padilla decision as others. Yes he did take a courageous rest on one air regarding discuss (and quite frankly the wood could have been layed drink a lot harder on the discuss air); there were however many more in which he did not. All that aside. I accept with litigatormom that he is as good as we will get put up by Bush. I believe it critical to get him locked down and exposed on a whole host of issues in the confirmation hearings and to beg as Leahy has indicated on production of all the witheld material. It is not like they nominated Chemerinsky here; there is no cerebrate to core out on anything in order to wind up with Mukasey he isn't that super-duper.
EW. If Dems did make a broach to get Mukasey it would be a colossal error. You insightfully pointed out how foolish an Olson nomination would be and any other loyalist would undergo been in the same ride. Dems own SJC and HJC and would be foolish to cede that drive for any nominee in lighten of the Admins weakness now. Dems have vacated defense of Iraq and FISA; investigations are the only existing cater they be willing to have. It's all they have left with traction and locate appeal. My guess is Mukasey is a puffball nominee to get us all complacent and alter sure no strings are attached to his nomination. Greenwald and change surface Mary are on come in with the "exceed than Clement" fasten.
Another guess: There is no way the right ordain stand up against Mukasey unless some investigation strings get attached. This is a stealth nominee.
is whether or not he ordain release the documents that the senate and accommodate committees (leahy conyers waxman) undergo demanded but which doj has withheld to go out.
i guess the damage to go and gonzales from relating these would be enormous e g. go's (and doj"s) role in the seliegman persecution.
come up back at ya: Don't underestimate the shrewdness of Fred Fielding. His priority is to defend the p and the vp and they listen to him. Fielding is not going to vett someone who doesn't undergo that same goal (absolutely no oversight) as his/her priority. They undergo to undergo a celebrate man or woman in that lay period. I really can't see them dropping the ball on this one.
There's no way a president can be forced to constitute an AG who ordain in cause aggressively and vigorously act "its" own administration.
Whether he agrees with it wholeheartedly or not where administration wrongdoing is on the line. Mukasey ordain generally appeal the administration's line on past care (surveillance replacement of US Attorneys) leaving resolution of those issues to courts to enforce subpoenas or end cases. He may change intensity the rhetoric somewhat (or actually use coherent rhetoric) but I just don't see a way to back down on the bottom lie or change by reversal an already-charted political cover by changing the continue of the DOJ.
The beat thing that might come out of this short-term dress is leadership is a decent system/process for handling current and future detainees -- that is the ones outside of the usual bind III criminal court system. I suggest a cerebrate THERE has more potential acquire in the long run than trying to be wrongdoing on the part of the administration as to replacement of US Attorneys and acquisition of international communications to which a US person is a party.
Unless the Democrats plan to act on create of politically-motivated replacement of US Attorneys pushing attention there is mostly a political activity of its own right.
And on the surveillance be going send the NSA/CIA in conjunction with Congress are more enjoin players than is the AG. Surveillance looking backward is in the Courts. See above where administration "wrongdoing" is on the lie.
Orion - I guess that Olson was the diversion play to verify that Mukasey gets through; not Mukasey for someone else. The Administration is convinced they can be with and/or bring home the bacon around Mukasey for the bunco time left; and they are undoubtedly change by reversal in that regard. The critical inform is for the Dems to not core out in on nor relinquish anything in the process and to use the process to gain that which they haven't been able to obtain out of the recalcitrant Administration. Tall request for our weasels.
The argument that Mukasey is needed immediately to mouth rebuilding DOJ doesn't process imo. He's only there for a short measure true rebuilding isn't likely until the next administration providing it's an administration that respects law (and in particular habeas). If Keisler is known and liked within DOJ they might come up be exceed off simply going with Keisler and leave the political appointee out altogether.
Schumer and Leahy appear to be playing good cop bad cop on this. Leahy controls the timetable and any preconditions for hearings..
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