Dawn Johnsen To Be Re-Nominated, Confirms White House

[SpartanDem]

Source: Huffington Post

A White House official confirms what the Huffington Post reported on Wednesday -- that the administration is set to re-nominate Dawn Johnsen, the controversial nominee to head the Office of Legal Counsel.

An administration aide sends over the following list of nominees whom the president plans to re-appoint after the Senate reconvenes on January 20th.

* Dawn Johnsen, Nominee for Assistant Attorney General (Legal Counsel), Department of Justice
* Chris Schroeder, Nominee for Assistant Attorney General (Legal Policy), Department of Justice
* Mary Smith, Nominee for Assistant Attorney General (Tax Division), Department of Justice
* Craig Becker, Nominee for Member of the National Labor Relations Board
* Louis Butler, Jr., Nominee for United States District Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin
* Edward Chen, Nominee for United States District Judge for the Northern District of California

This is huge news for progressive activists who have longed to see the White House come to Johnsen's defense after her nomination was held up by a united Republican opposition and several skeptical Democratic senators. Johnsen was first nominated a year ago to take over the same position that Bush administration lawyers occupied when they effectively constructed legal arguments to authorize the use of torture. Her criticism of those past OLC officials has caused her appointment to be stalled. Rather than drop the effort altogether, the White House is now going to go back to the Senate and push for the necessary 60 votes to get


Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/07/dawn-johnsen-to-be-re-nom_n_415303.html

[SusanaMontana41]

1. Let me get this straight:

She's "controversial" because she thinks torture is against the law? We really are down the rabbit hole, aren't we?

[SpartanDem]

3. Yes we are

8 years Bush/Cheney have fucked up this country's mind

[impik]

2. And another Anti-Obama memo goes to hate-hell

[No Elephants]

4. Which anti-Obama memo?

[No Elephants]

5. If her appointment is being held up bc she opposes torture, I am sure glad no one is backing down.