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26 Dec 2018, 5:36 am by Staci Zaretsky
AG Michael Mukasey says Bill Barr is "probably the best-qualified nominee for U.S. attorney general since Robert Jackson in 1940. [read post]
14 Dec 2010, 3:13 am by Roger Alford
” –former Attorney General Michael Mukasey on the Pentagon Papers Mukasey is right. [read post]
28 Jan 2008, 8:20 am
The Law Blog’s wife had to calm us down when we first saw Michael Mukasey enter the chamber. [read post]
17 Dec 2014, 11:22 am by Kent Scheidegger
Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey has this op-ed in the WSJ:Considering that the now-abolished Central Intelligence Agency interrogation program adopted in the wake of 9/11 was intended to protect the U.S. from another deadly attack, it is stunning to hear those now criticizing the program issue the solemn reminder that "we are a nation of laws"--while devoting little attention to what was actually in those laws. [read post]
19 Sep 2016, 2:52 am by Walter Olson
Ambassador John Bolton and former attorney general Michael Mukasey: President Obama is right to plan a veto of a bill passed in the House by a voice vote enabling lawsuits by victims of terror attacks against sovereign countries such as Saudi Arabia over conduct that allegedly contributed to the attacks. [read post]
1 Nov 2014, 11:36 am by Walter Olson
Speakers will include Justices Scalia and Alito, Senators Mike Lee and Orrin Hatch, former Attorney General Michael Mukasey, former ACLU head Nadine Strossen, Carly Fiorina, and former BB&T Corp. head John Allison (now head of Cato). [read post]
15 Nov 2007, 11:07 am
New Attorney General Michael Mukasey has nominated Northern District Judge Mark Filip to be his Deputy Attorney General (the #2 position at the Department of Justice), replacing acting Deputy Attorney General Craig Morford. [read post]
6 Feb 2008, 1:14 pm
(Yesterday, CIA chief Michael Hayden admitted to waterboarding three prisoners.) 66 percent of Americans polled agree that if President Bush, Vice President Cheney or any other White House official gave the order to destroy the tapes either directly or through one of their subordinates, it would warrant a criminal investigationSir, it's clear that a majority of Americans would like you to appoint an independent prosecutor to investigate these … [read post]
19 Nov 2007, 8:01 am
Their message to new AG Michael Mukasey: Release the Justice Department â [read post]
30 Oct 2007, 4:42 pm
"If, after such a review, I determine that any technique is unlawful, I will not hesitate to so advise the president and will rescind or correct any legal opinion of the Department of Justice that supports the use of the technique," Michael Mukasey wrote to the committee's 10 Democrats. [read post]
27 Mar 2007, 11:02 am
A gaggle of judges and ex-judges attended, including former chief SDNY judge Michael Mukasey and former SDNY judge Louis Freeh. [read post]
19 Oct 2008, 7:07 am
In the beginning of October, Attorney General Michael Mukasey approved new guidelines for the FBI to investigate. [read post]
13 Mar 2008, 9:00 pm
   How pleased I was to learn that twenty-two Boston College law professors this week sent this letter to attorney general Michael Mukasey requesting that he reconsider his acceptance of an administration invitation to speak at the May 2008 law school graduation. [read post]
5 Jun 2014, 8:59 pm by Tom Smith
Fast forward, and characteristically the Obama administration has apologized only for the least of the president’s transgressions in this sorry affair: his failure to consult Congress 30 days in advance of freeing any Guantanamo detainees, as required by the National Defense Authorization Act. [read post]
10 Mar 2008, 6:10 am
"National Journal legal affairs columnist Stuart Taylor accuses Attorney General Michael Mukasey of 'counterfactual fear-mongering' by asking Congress to roll back the U.S. [read post]
2 Nov 2007, 11:55 am
Last week Judge Michael Mukasey, the president's nominee for Attorney General, testified before the Senate. [read post]
21 Nov 2017, 12:41 pm by Paul Rosenzweig
Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator for Counterterrorism; Robert Hannigan, former Director, UK GCHQ; August Hanning, former head of the German Intelligence Service, and State Secretary, Federal Interior Ministry; Michael Mukasey, former U.S. [read post]
23 Jun 2020, 2:47 pm by Quinta Jurecic
Former Deputy Attorney General Donald Ayer will testify on June 24 alongside Justice Department attorneys Aaron Zelinsky and John Elias, as well as former Attorney General Michael Mukasey, in a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Justice Department politicization. [read post]