boston.com - 1/5/2009
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By Sasha Issenberg, Globe Staff Elena Kagan, Harvard law school's dean, will be the new solicitor general, President-elect Barack Obama's transition office announced. She will be Obama's voice at the US Supreme Court, and she has been considered a potential...
usaservice.org - 1/7/2009
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General Colin L. Powell Announces USAservice.org General Colin
L. Powell, USA (Ret.), and the Presidential Inaugural Committee
just unveiled President-elect Obama’s “Renew America Together” initiative, asking all Americans to make an ongoing ...
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usdoj.gov - 1/5/2009
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The original Statutory Authorization Act of June 22,
1870, states, " There shall be in the Department
of Justice an officer learned in the law, to assist the Attorney General in the performance of his duties to be called the Solicitor General. " The ...
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prospect.org - 1/5/2009
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prospect.org —
The latest news from the Transition Office :
We have sub-cabinet Justice Department nominees -- bios after
the jump: Today, President-elect Barack Obama announced that he intends to nominate the following individuals for key posts at the United ...
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TRANSITION TO JUSTICE.
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Obama's Justice Department Announcements
The Latest on Air America —
... of Legal Counsel. The president-elect said in a statement: These individuals bring the integrity, depth of experience and tenacity that the Department of Justice demands in these uncertain times. I have the fullest confidence that they will ensure that the Department of Justice once again fulfills its highest purpose: to uphold the Constitution and protect the American people. I look forward to working with them in the months and years ahead. The Boston Globe has more on each pick : David Ogden , Deputy Attorney General Ogden is currently a partner at Wilmer Cutler ...
Harvard Law School's Elena Kagan nominated for solicitor general
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel. "These individuals bring the integrity, depth of experience and tenacity that the Department of Justice demands in these uncertain times. I have the fullest confidence that they will ensure that the Department of Justice once again fulfills its highest purpose: to uphold the Constitution and protect the American people. I look forward to working with them in the months and years ahead," Obama said in a statement. Read more: http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligen... This is a great pick by Obama. She ...
Smoke Signals
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continues the signals the president-elect sent earlier today on Justice. The
Office of Legal Counsel is getting a heroine, Dawn Johnsen. ...
Obama’s OLC nominee: ‘We must regain our ability to feel outrage whenever our government acts lawlessly.’
Think Progress —
President-elect Barack Obama announced today that Dawn Johnsen will serve as the next Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC). Salon’s Glenn Greenwald calls the pick “Obama’s best yet, perhaps by far.” As evidence, Greenwald highlights an article in Slate that Johnsen authored last year, in which he excoriated John Yoo’s infamous torture memo:
I want to second Dahlia’s frustration with those who don’t see the newly released Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) torture memo as a big deal. Where ...
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Obama to name first woman solicitor general —
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From NBC's Pete Williams President-Elect Obama intends to nominate the dean of the Harvard Law School to be the first female full-time solicitor general, the government's top courtroom advocate. No woman has ever held the position in any ...
More Obama Justice Dept. picks announced —
CNN Political Ticker 1/5/2009
(CNN) — The Obama transition released a Harvard-heavy list of Justice Department appointments Monday. Transition release follows after the jump.
WASHINGTON – Today, President-elect Barack Obama announced that he intends to nominate the ...