I’m in shock. The Senate Judiciary Committee is talking like it actually wants to stop Michael Mukasey’s nomination to Bush’s Cabinet unless the judge explicitly labels waterboarding as illegal torture.
Senators Leahy and Durbin, the Committee Chair and Senate majority whip, respectively, are two fairly important members of the SJC openly declaring their intention to vote against Mukasey unless he comes around on this issue. Can they get 8 of their colleagues to join them and prevent the nomination from reaching the Senate floor?
It’s almost like we live in a country that doesn’t accept barbaric acts of torture as a part of the routine treatment of prisoners of war.
—andrew
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