Washington Post: Nominations Roadblock In The Senate "Unconscionable"
IT HAS BEEN almost six months since President Obama nominated Indiana law professor Dawn E. Johnsen to head the Justice Department's influential Offic...
IT HAS BEEN almost six months since President Obama nominated Indiana law professor Dawn E. Johnsen to head the Justice Department's influential Offic...
Sandy Maisel | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics
Holds are inherently undemocratic. The filibuster was never meant to be used for such purposes. And it is time for the United States Senate to mend its ways.
Nan Aron | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics
Here's another reason for the filibuster threat against Dawn Johnsen: it seems that some Republican senators have an allergic reaction to women in positions of responsibility.
Political Animal | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics
As Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) moves to ease a backlog of executive branch nominations, he suggested on Tuesday that he does not have t...
Nancy Keenan | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics
NARAL Pro-Choice America will mark this milestone with another reminder of how electing leaders who support the values of freedom and privacy does make a difference in the lives of women and their families.
Neil Kinkopf | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics
Dawn Johnsen is an outstanding choice to lead the Office of Legal Counsel. It is not surprising that her critics have resorted to basing their arguments on fiction.
Nancy Keenan | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics
The right wing has made these nominees their test case on how to derail President Obama's efforts to put qualified persons in key posts. Our goal is to make sure they fail this test.
Kathleen Turner | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics
If Republicans are able to prevent Dawn Johnsen from taking office, they'll have demonstrated an ability to block any nomination for the most craven, partisan reasons.
Nan Aron | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics
This weekend two prominent conservatives added their voices to the calls to confirm Dawn Johnsen and Harold Koh. Douglas Kmiec and Kenneth Starr have...
David Latt | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics
So Senator Cornyn's attack is based on...what? Because Johnsen repudiated the Bush administration's legal opinions, that proves she lacks "requisite seriousness."
The Plum Line | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics
To my mind, one of the more interesting storylines unfolding right now is President Obama's ongoing appointment to the Office of Legal Counsel of lawy...
Washington Monthly | Steve Benen | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics
It's encouraging, then, to know who'll be sitting in John Yoo's office for the foreseeable future. A Georgetown source forwards over an email fro...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.14.2009 | Media
If President-elect Barack Obama plans to commit resources to the task of investigating Bush and Cheney, it would be putting it mildly to say he's not ...
The Progress Report | Posted 02.06.2009 | Home
To receive The Progress Report in your email inbox everyday, click here. Yesterday, press reports indicated that President-elect Obama had decided on...
McClatchy Washington Bureau | Greg Gordon | Posted 02.05.2009 | Home
WASHINGTON -- In filling four senior Justice Department positions Monday, President-elect Barack Obama signaled that he intends to roll back Bush admi...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics
President-elect Barack Obama has announced his choices to fill four top Justice Department positions Monday. David Ogden is being nominated for Deput...
washingtonpost.com | Posted 09.04.2009 | Politics