volokh.com - 10/22/2009
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The New York Times reports on the continuing speculation over whether White House Counsel Greg Craig is on the way out.
As President Obama’s top lawyer, Mr. Craig has been at the center of thorny decisions on closing the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and revising interrogation and ...
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A large number of senior law-related positions in the Administration that remain open. Having to search for another White House Counsel will hardly help.
Somehow, I can’t get all depressed over the notion that the government isn’t hiring “enough” lawyers.
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