New AG - Mukasey says he will follow the Constitution.

[ChooseLiberty]

Just heard it on a sound bite. Sorry no link.

Sounds promising. Dr. Paul is having an influence. ;)

[axiomata]

An AG following the constitution... One would think that would be a job requirement. It's a sign of the sad state of affairs that such a statement has to be highlighted.

[ChooseLiberty]

Unfortunately, I think he's lying. Just saw this on WSJ -

"September 17, 2007, 9:12 am
Seven Things to Know About Michael Mukasey
Posted by Peter Lattman

He was on our initial list of candidates. The New York Sun endorsed him last week. This liberal blog suggested him on Aug. 30. It looks like Michael Mukasey will be Bush’s pick to replace Gonzales. Here are stories from the NYT, WSJ and WaPo; a Times Topics on Mukasey; and a few tidbits we wanted to pass on:

1. 1. It’s Mew-KAY-Zee (not Moo-KAY-Zee or Moo-KAH-Zee — we heard both on TV yesterday).

2. He and Rudy Are BFF: Here in the Big Apple there is a small, tight group surrounding Giuliani, and Mukasey has a place in that group. They worked together at the U.S. Attorney’s office in Manhattan, and Judge Mukasey swore Rudy in at both of his mayoral inaugurations; the buzz has been that should Giuliani become president, Mukasey would have a prominent role in his administration. Since stepping down from the bench, he has actively supported Giuliani’s campaign.

3. Like Father, Like Son: Marc Mukasey, a former federal prosecutor in the Southern District, is a partner at Bracewell & Giuliani, where he works with his dad’s close friends Rudy Giuliani and Michael Hess, the former New York City lawyer-in-chief under Rudy. Last year when we called Marc about his dad’s move to Patterson, we asked why he couldn’t recruit his pops to Bracewell. “I’m tired of my dad riding my coattails,” he said. “He’s going to have to make it on his own.”

4. “Show Me the Money!”: When he stepped down from the bench last year to rejoin Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, he made no bones about the fact that the move was about money. “If I’m going to do something else at any point in my career, now would be the time to do it,” said Judge Mukasey to the Law Blog. Citing financial considerations as a factor, Judge Mukasey added: “My family has been very supportive of my career as judge, and now I’m returning the favor.”

5. What’s the Deal With Patterson Belknap?: Mukasey, who had been chief judge of the Southern District, surely could have had his pick among New York law firms when he left the bench last year. But he chose to rejoin Patterson Belknap, the firm where he was a partner before becoming a judge in 1988. (Yes, Giuliani worked there too, around the same time for a shorter stint.) The firm consistently ranks high in the American Lawyer’s closely followed “A-List” survey, which grades firms not just on profitability but on things like diversity, pro bono and associate satisfaction. This year’s survey, in which Patterson ranked No. 5, featured this profile on the firm.

6. He’s Jewish (But That Doesn’t Matter): In 1994, a defendant in the World Trade Center bombing case filed a motion to have Mukasey remove himself from the case on the grounds that he practiced Orthodox Judaism and held Zionist political beliefs. Here’s the money quote from the opinion:

Passing the historical curiosity that the standard El-Gabrowny advocates would disqualify not only an obscure district judge such as the author of this opinion, but also Justices Brandeis and Frankfurter, who would be barred from reviewing the case if they were alive and sitting today, each having been both a Jew and a Zionist, whether the presiding judge is an Orthodox Jew or a Zioinst or some combination of the two, or neither, is utterly irrelevant to this case.

7. He Defended the Patriot Act: In a 2004 speech accepting the Learned Hand Medal for Excellence in Federal Jurisprudence, Judge Mukasey delivered a defense of the controversial counter-terrorism law.

I think one would have to concede that the USA Patriot Act has an awkward, even Orwellian, name, which is one of those Washington acronyms derived by calling the law “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Interrupt and Obstruct Terrorism.” You get the impression they started with the acronym first, and then offered a $50 savings bond to whoever could come up with a name to fit. Without offering my view on any case or controversy, current or future, I think that that awkward name may very well be the worst thing about the statute."

http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2007/09/17/seven-tidbits-about-michael-mukasey/


An AG following the constitution... One would think that would be a job requirement. It's a sign of the sad state of affairs that such a statement has to be highlighted.

[undergroundrr]

Think again - from LRC -

Posted by Lew Rockwell at 03:53 PM
Writes Steve Seech: "In reading your post about the new AG, Mukasey, I knew his name was familiar. I read about him in Napolitano's book, Constitutional Chaos; he's the same dumbass that denied Jose Padilla's habeas corpus motion, and ruled it was okay for the Pres to keep him incarcerated indefinitely."

[ChooseLiberty]

The zionists are working Bush like a puppet.

Maybe he's actually died already and they just re-animated his body. ;)

[Syren123]

Think again - from LRC -

Posted by Lew Rockwell at 03:53 PM
Writes Steve Seech: "In reading your post about the new AG, Mukasey, I knew his name was familiar. I read about him in Napolitano's book, Constitutional Chaos; he's the same dumbass that denied Jose Padilla's habeas corpus motion, and ruled it was okay for the Pres to keep him incarcerated indefinitely."

I would expect nothing less.