Wow. How many federal judges will say in public that the Bill of Rights was a bad idea because it made citizens trust their rulers less? In an extremely prescient piece published on Firedoglake on August 30th, a commentator on the AG vacancy predicted Mukasey would be Bush’s choice (assuming that the WSJ op-ed was a job application of sorts), and made the following prediction about what Mukasey would be like as Attorney General:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…..64803.html

[Morning, lhp… Want to be sure you see this well-deserved praise about your Mukasey scoop, from one of the good guys engaged in the frontlines of Constitutional defense.]

So, overall, I was favorably impressed. That’s all I got.

Food for thought. Bb

Mukasey is a Giuliani hack! Did everyone forget Giuliani is running for PRESIDENT next year?

ABC NEWS: “Mukasey serves on the Justice Advisory Committee of Republican presidential candidate and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. The two are longtime friends and Mukasey’s son Marc works at Bracewell & Giuliani.”

Do you see it yet? GONZALES GETS THE BOOT BECAUSE HE’S FIXING ELECTIONS!

SO WE PUT GIULIANI’S CLOSE FRIEND INTO THAT SAME JOB FOR THE NEXT ELECTION?

We now know who the White House plans on being the next president. Mukasey is responsible for fixing Attorneygate. He’ll fix it. In swing states where Giuliani runs a close second, Mukasey will have all those “improper” ballots tossed out, and launch investigations into Giuliani’s opponent’s misdeeds.

Deja vu, all over again.

William Kristol said yesterday:

“Some of my fellow conservatives will be disappointed that the nominee won’t be former Solicitor General Ted Olson. Olson would be a superb AG–and there is a case for nominating Olson, and inviting a Senate confirmation fight over issues of legal philosophy and executive power. There is also a case, though, for nominating an AG equally as first-rate as Olson, but one who’ll be easily confirmed–and who will, I believe, come to judgments similar to Olson’s on key issues of executive power and the war on terror.”

I expect Mukasey has agreed to the rulings that BushCo wants on these “key” issues.

Bush said today:

“It’s a pivotal time for our nation, and it’s vital that the position of Attorney General be filled quickly. I urge the Senate to confirm Judge Mukasey promptly.”

What’s the hurry? What rulings does Bush need on the “key issues?” There’s no hurry I can see. We’ve not had a Department of Justice for six years. Maybe we’d be better off without one, than with whatever Bush is offering us.

Will you enforce Congressional Subpoenas even if they are written for Executive Branch employees inclusive of the Office of the Vice President?
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oddmommy @ 83

good points.
One can imagine Shakespeare writing a play about Nixon. Boosh, not so much.

A Boosh movie would be a Three Stooges – with nukes.

I think the movie should be Hamlet with Cheney as the New King, Condi Rice as Queen, and Bush as Hamlet going crazy be degrees.

Totally OT, and sorry if this was posted before – it’s a week old. But this letter to Tom Davis from Henry Waxman made my day.

Wanna compare oversight, Tom?

Heh.
Well done, Sir Henry!
Bob in HI

OT but the lawyers here will probably be relieved to know this: Chemerinsky will be dean at UCI Law School.

Hooray for common sense!

http://www.latimes.com/news/lo…..ome-center

{{{Erwin}}}

Now, about that letter to the California Commisision on Judicial Performance re Chief Justice George’s role in this tawdry affair …