Questions for the A.G. Nominee

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krisnelson
Published: October 17, 2007Posted in: government, lawTags:

New York Times — Questions of Justice:

Michael B. Mukasey, President Bush’s nom­i­nee for attor­ney gen­eral, appears today before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Op-​​Ed page asked four legal experts to pose the ques­tions they would like to hear Judge Mukasey answer.

One sam­ple ques­tion:

1. Griffin Bell, attor­ney gen­eral under Jimmy Carter, once wrote of the “ten­sion between the attor­ney general’s duty to define the legal lim­its of exec­u­tive action in a neu­tral man­ner and the president’s desire to receive legal advice that helps him do what he wants.” How will you man­age this tension?

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