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Someone Finally Decides To Stop The Torture?

Friday, October 26, 2007 – 10:05 am

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 […]

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Letters To Mukasey

Wednesday, October 24, 2007 – 11:54 am

TPM (via Marty Lederman) has the full text of a letter written to Bush’s Attorney General nominee, Judge Michael Mukasey, expressing concern over his failure to categorize waterboarding as torture. All ten Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have signed, although we have no clear evidence that they will actually prevent Mukasey’s nomination in […]

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Oddly Enough, I’m Having A Tough Time Finding A Picture Of This Guy On The Internets

Monday, September 17, 2007 – 10:55 am

It’s official now: Former federal judge Michael Mukasey is President Douchebag’s nominee for Attorney General.
Two consensus pieces of conventional wisdom have emerged, judging by the various pieces of analysis I read this morning.
1) Mukasey is a committed conservative, but he is neither a neo-fascist nor a “loyal Bushie”. We won’t like a lot of […]

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