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Washington Post: Nominations Roadblock In The Senate "Unconscionable"

washingtonpost.com | Posted 09.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nominations, Barack Obama, Justice Department, Senate Nominations, Nominations Roadblock, Senate Judiciary Committee, Dawn Johnsen, Politics News

IT HAS BEEN almost six months since President Obama nominated Indiana law professor Dawn E. Johnsen to head the Justice Department's influential Offic...

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Filbusters and Holds Have No Place on Confirmations

Sandy Maisel | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dawn Johnsen, Obama Nominees, David Hayes, Senator Robert Bennett, Senate Holds, Olympia Snowe, David Souter, Filibuster, Ken Salazar, John Kyl, Politics News
Sandy Maisel

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.

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Justice Delayed

Nan Aron | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Department of Justice, Justice, Scotus, Barack Obama, Dawn Johnsen, President Obama, Politics News
Nan Aron

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.

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Dawn Johnsen: Reid Says Another Obama Nominee May Be Blocked By GOP

Political Animal | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice, Arlen Specter, Harry Reid, Confirmation, Senate Confirmation, Dawn Johnsen, Senate Majority Leader, Politics News

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...

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Pro-Choice Progress: A Primer on President Obama's First 100 Days

Nancy Keenan | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Family Planning, Unfpa, Kathleen Sebelius, Roe v. Wade, President Obama, Federal Refusal Rule, Birth Control, Global Gag Rule, Usaid, Dawn Johnsen, Obama Nominees, Sex Education, David Hamilton, Obama First 100 Days, Politics News
Nancy Keenan

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.

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Correcting the Record on Dawn Johnsen's Record

Neil Kinkopf | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Office of Legal Counsel, Obama Office of Legal Counsel, Warrantless Surveillance, Johnsen, Mirengoff, Guantanamo, Dawn Johnsen, Gitmo, Politics News
Neil Kinkopf

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.

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Don't Give the Right Wing a Win on Obama's Nominees

Nancy Keenan | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Naral Pro-Choice America, Anti-Choice, Obama, Pro-Choice, Governor Kathleen Sebelius, Dawn Johnsen, Obama Nominees, David Hamilton, Politics News
Nancy Keenan

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.

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A Fight That Matters

Kathleen Turner | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Office of Legal Counsel, Obama Administration, Gop, Doj, Celebrities Talk Politics, Dawn Johnsen, Republicans, Politics News
Kathleen Turner

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.

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Bipartisan Support Continues to Grow for Johnsen and Koh

Nan Aron | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Douglas Kmiec, Kenneth Starr, Department of Justice, Obama Nominees, Dawn Johnsen, Harold Koh, Politics News
Nan Aron

This weekend two prominent conservatives added their voices to the calls to confirm Dawn Johnsen and Harold Koh. Douglas Kmiec and Kenneth Starr have...

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Republicans Go All Alice-in-Wonderland Over Dawn Johnsen Justice Nomination

David Latt | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Office of Legal Counsel, John Woo, Senate Confirmation Hearings, Dawn Johnsen, Justice Department, Politics News
David Latt

So Senator Cornyn's attack is based on...what? Because Johnsen repudiated the Bush administration's legal opinions, that proves she lacks "requisite seriousness."

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Obama Hires Another Lawyer Who Battled Bush's Secrecy

The Plum Line | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Office of Legal Counsel, George Bush, National Security Affairs, Bush Administration, Patrick Leahy, Martin Lederman, Senator Patrick Leahy, George W. Bush, David Barron, National Security Council, Dawn Johnsen, Mary De Rosa, Politics News

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...

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100 Days: Obama's Office of Legal Counsel Staffed With Prominent Opponents Of Torture

Washington Monthly | Steve Benen | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Olc, Obama's Lawyers, Dawn Johnsen, Marty Lederman, Office of Legal Counsel, Obama's Legal Counsel, 100 Days, Politics News

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...

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Jason Linkins

Rachel Maddow: Will Obama Prosecute Torturers? (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Dawn Johnsen, Video, Rachel Maddow, George W. Bush, Dahlia Lithwick, Political Prosecutions, Dick Cheney, Torture, Media News

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 ...

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Putting The Law Back Into Intelligence

The Progress Report | Posted 02.06.2009 | Home

Read More: Intelligence, Dawn Johnsen, Obama's Cabinet, Leon Panetta CIA, Torture, Home News
The Progress Report

To receive The Progress Report in your email inbox everyday, click here. Yesterday, press reports indicated that President-elect Obama had decided on...

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Obama Names Critics Of Bush Terror Tactics To Key Justice Jobs

McClatchy Washington Bureau | Greg Gordon | Posted 02.05.2009 | Home

Read More: Dawn Johnsen, Obama Critics Bush Terror Tactics, Obama Transition, President Obama, Obama Justice Department, Home News

WASHINGTON -- In filling four senior Justice Department positions Monday, President-elect Barack Obama signaled that he intends to roll back Bush admi...

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Obama Justice Department Nominees Named

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Justice Department, Tom Perrelli, Obama Justice, President Obama, Obama Doj, David Ogden, Elena Kagan, Dawn Johnsen, Politics News

President-elect Barack Obama has announced his choices to fill four top Justice Department positions Monday. David Ogden is being nominated for Deput...

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