Oct 172007
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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