Dawn Johnsen going to come up for a vote after the health care bill is finshed. Heaven help the GOP if they try to stall on the floor of the Senate. The OPR report on the Yoo and ByBee memos will be out by then and available for use as a cudgel if the GOP tries to burn floor time and run out the clock.

The Washington Post's Michael Gerson wrote the most cowardly chickenhawk op-ed I have seen in a long time. Perhaps he's really afraid a fair trial will reveal more than KSM's criminality?

Dems on the Senate Judiciary Committee already rolled over for the administration, which wants to conduct fishing expeditions on Americans' personal shopping data. Are the Dems in the House Judiciary Committee are teeing up to do the same?

The DOJ appointment of a special prosecutor has the Beltway press all aflutter. Why? Because it's that thing they do: The art of the hissy fit lies in your ability to bring the entire media over to the fainting couch over even the most absurd allegations of impropriety and insensitivity.

AG Holder again made it clear that the DOJ will not prosecute interrogators who were "just following orders" validated by the OLC interrogation memos. How sad to see him baptize the Nuremberg Defense, squander the legacy of Justice Jackson, and repudiate one of the finest moments in legal history.

Elephants lined up weathervane via blackforgeart. All signs point to yes. Paul Mirengoff at Powerline has been the point man for the Federalist Society talking points on Johnsen's nomination. And he recently went with the inaccurate hyperventilation technique here: ...Dawn Johnsen, President Obama's aggressively radical nominee... Note that for Paul, John Yoo and David Addington are jim dandy, and a government which willfully lies to you about violating

Jump for joy via @saparevo@. Word is that the DOJ is seriously beefing up the fraud enforcement unit within the Criminal Division. This is some very good news indeed: The Obama administration is dramatically beefing up the fraud section of the U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division as it tries to add muscle to back up its rhetoric about cracking down on health care and corporate fraud. The department is looking for what Assistant

Listen my children and you shall hear, of the continued obstruction and gooberish fear... The Grand Obstruction Party and weak-kneed Democratic leadership. Still at it: Still unconfirmed are three circuit court nominees and four nominees for assistant attorney general positions, including Dawn Johnsen for the Office of Legal Counsel. Democrats need Republican agreement in order to move the nominees forward, unless they want to use days of time on the Senate floor.

The vote on Sonia Sotomayor's SCOTUS nomination is likely to come at 3 pm ET today. Would that other legal positions were also a priority in the Senate. This is what happens when you fail to make the rule of law a priority... Sen.