New Justice Dept nominees just named

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sorry if I got the spelling wrong, I was transcribing from MSNBC

David Ogden Dept AG
Elena Kagen (sp?) Solicitor General
Tom Kerrelli (sp?) Assoc AG
Dawn Johnsen Asst for Office of legal counsel

[EconomicLiberal]

1. Elena Kagan as Soliciter General?

That is a terrific pick by Obama. Wow.

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2. I just read her Wiki page

sounds like a good pick

[EconomicLiberal]

3. Hopefully Obama is grooming her for the next SCOTUS opening.

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11. that seems to be the 'common wisdom'

she sounds like she'd be a good one, too bad she couldn't have gotten her appointment so she'd have a bit more time on the bench.

but it would work for me :bounce:

edit to add, wonder if the NARAL connection would keep her from getting the SCOTUS appointment.

[Thrill]

7. First Woman Soliciter General

Why do Groups like NOW, never praise picks like this and the new SEC chair?

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

4. Don Johnson????! Is Phillip Michael Thomas getting getting an appointment as well?

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6. ooops, that would be Dawn Johnsen n/t

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

9. I had no idea. I thought since it's a pretty common name. I guess there goes my crappy joke. nt

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5. Dawn Johnsen

Dawn Johnsen, Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel

Johnsen is currently a Professor of Law at the Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington, where she teaches and writes about issues of constitutional law. Her recent publications on issues of presidential power include Faithfully Executing the Laws: Internal Legal Constraints on Executive Power, 54 UCLA L. Rev. 1559 (2007) and What's a President to Do? Interpreting the Constitution in the Wake of the Bush Administration's Abuses, 88 Boston U. L. Rev. 395 (2008). She serves on the board of directors of the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy. She served in the Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, as the acting assistant attorney general heading that office (1997-98) and as a deputy assistant attorney general (1993-96). In that capacity, she provided constitutional and other legal advice to the attorney general, the President, and the general counsels of the various executive branch agencies. From 1988-93, she was the legal director of the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL). She clerked for the Honorable Richard D. Cudahy, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. She received a B.A from Yale University in 1983 and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1986.

[Cha]

8. Thanks for this info..

So how do you like New Mexico?

[firedupdem]

10. Thanks for the info! n/t