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The Low Bar: He Was No Alberto Gonzales

By Jack M. Balkin

That's the best thing the New York Times has to say about Judge Mukasey's "see-no-evil" performance. For other reactions, see Scott Horton, Glenn Greenwald, and former DOJ official Shannen Coffin, who concedes that he "had serious reservations while I served in the administration . . . about appointing a former federal judge so unknown to many of us." After all, you know those federal judges: they've been known at times to think independently and not rubber-stamp everything an executive chooses to do. And heaven knows we don't want that in an Attorney General. What a relief, then, for Coffin, et al., to see Judge Mukasey toe the party line so faithfully: "It is pleasing to be proved so terribly wrong."

Full post as published by Balkinization on January 31, 2008 (boomark / email).