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www.boston.com — 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...

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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
Taylor Marsh — ... . It 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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