Chuck Schumer took a pasting today on the letters page of the New York Times: To the Editor:Senator Charles E. Schumer tries to justify his deeply disappointing vote for Judge Michael B. Mukasey by the use of transparently incomplete … [Read more...]
Let’s Ask Kerry & Kennedy To Put A “Hold” On Mukasey
Disgraceful as Schumer and Feinstein are, why are the media letting everyone else off the hook? If Jesse Helms could place a hold on dozens of Clinton appointees, why aren't reporters asking the Democratic presidential candidates et al. to … [Read more...]
JudComm Chairman Leahy will oppose Mukasey, but Feinstein and Schumer will support
This just in from Patrick Leahy:Some issues are so critical, so fundamental to who and what we are as a nation, that we must act on our convictions -- and this is one of them. America does not torture. We do not inflict cruel, inhuman, and … [Read more...]
Kerry [update] and Kennedy will vote “no” on Mukasey
Three cheers!"Judge Mukasey's refusal to classify the barbaric practice of waterboarding as torture waves a red flag about his nomination to serve an Administration that has adhered to the Cheney doctrine on executive power and … [Read more...]
Hillary will oppose Mukasey
Hey, good stuff. Thanks Hillary:"We cannot send a signal that the next attorney general in any way condones torture or believes that the president is unconstrained by law," said Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York.The Democratic … [Read more...]
“Lawbreaker in Chief”
To chime in with Bob on Mukasey's remarkable claims, here's another law prof who finds himself appalled by the nominee's transparent weaseling on executive power:AT his confirmation hearings last week, Michael B. Mukasey, President … [Read more...]