Ethics

Worldnutdaily's Hypocritical Attack on Sunstein

By Ed Brayton

Aaron Klein, the wingnuttiest of the wingnuts at the Worldnutdaily, has an article criticizing Cass Sunstein. Ironically, he criticizes him for taking a position usually taken by conservatives.

The interpretation of federal law should be made not by judges but by the beliefs and commitments of the U.S. president and those around him, according to President Obama's newly confirmed regulatory czar, Cass Sunstein.

"There is no reason to believe that in the face of statutory ambiguity, the meaning of federal law should be settled by the inclinations and predispositions of federal judges. The outcome should instead depend on the commitments and beliefs of the President and those who operate under him," argued Sunstein.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on September 23, 2009 (boomark / email).