Michael Mukasey

Obama, Eric Holder Dancing With The Devil

No Sheeples Here! (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

Attorney General Eric Holder erased the line between national security and insanity when he decided to bring Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to New York to stand trial for masterminding the attacks of September 11th. Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey said, “The difficulty of trying terror suspects through civilian courts is that the discovery process, the public presentation of evidence, and other...

Mukasey: Obama administration's "soft, cushy euphemisms reflect they're back in a pre-9/11 mentality" -- By: Andy McCarthy

The Corner (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

The Washington Times reports that Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey elaborated today on his warnings about the dangers of transferring the 9/11 jihadists to New York City for a trial in the civilian justice system. "It's simply a fact of life that a jihadist, particularly somebody like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, is looking for a big stage," Mukasey said in an interview on the WTimes' "America's...

9/10 again, &c. -- By: Jay Nordlinger

National Review Online (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

I will echo what Andy McCarthy and others have been saying on this site: The Obama administration’s decision to give Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other 9/11 plotters a civilian trial in New York is both alarming and depressing. We sometimes speak of “the 9/10 mentality”: and this is a perfect expression of that mentality. George W. Bush said he wished to banish the days of treating...

Mukasey: Obama refusing 'to face facts' of war on terror

Another Pundit (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009

Mukasey: Obama refusing 'to face facts' of war on terror The former U.S. attorney general who as a judge presided over a trial following the 1993 terror attack on the World Trade Center says the decision by President Obama's Justice Department to bring terror suspects into the U.S. and put them on trial in New York City will raise the danger level for the Big Apple. Attorney General Eric Holder today...

Former AG Not a Fan of Decision to Try KSM in NYC

Paralegal SLO (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009

Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey said the decision to try the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks in criminal court represented a turn from the Bush administration's war footing to a "Sept. 10, 2001" mentality. '> http://bit.ly/3PaC6R

Mukasey Blasts Pre-9/11 Mentality in KSM Decision

Amspecblog (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009

Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey, who as a judge presided over a trial stemming from the first attack on the World Trade Center, on Friday warned that the Obama administration's decision ...

• Mukasey Blasts KSM Trial Decision - Michael Goldfarb - The Blog
• Attorney General Mukasey on the Transfer of KSM et al to Civilian Court -- By: Andy McCarthy - The Corner

The Ghost Of Bushco “Justice” Yields A Mukasey Mess

The Liberal Doomsayer (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009

(And I also posted here. ) Former Bushco attorney general Michael Mukasey opined in the Murdoch Street Journal today from here, claiming in essence that the trials of the ’93 World Trade Center bombers in civilian courts yielded “9/11 and the murder of nearly 3,000 innocents.” And after I finished reading this twisted screed, I found myself eternally grateful that Mukasey and the...

Lawfare courts the wrong place to try terrorist

PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009

Michael Mukasey: The Obama administration has said it intends to try several of the prisoners now detained at Guantanamo Bay in civilian courts in this country. This would include Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and other detainees allegedly involved. The Justice Department claims that our courts are well suited to the task. Based on my experience trying...

Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines September 17, 2009

New York Supreme Court Criminal Ter (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009

Source: NLJ.com, September 17, 2009. Subscription required for online access: http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp L.A. judge says he can't afford to remain on federal bench "A federal district judge in Los Angeles has announced that he his resignation because he can no longer afford to remain on the bench. U.S. District Judge Stephen G. Larson, who upheld a $100 million jury verdict in the...

Sen. Cornyn Reiterates Call For Broad Criminal Investigation of ACORN

Faultline USA (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009

This press release just in: Sen. Cornyn Supports Measure To Block ACORN From Further Federal Funding Reiterates Call For Broad Criminal Investigation WASHINGTON —U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, today voted in favor of an amendment to the FY 2010 Transportation-Department of Housing and Urban Development (THUD) appropriations bill that would bar any funding under this legislation for the Association...

Top Cop Holder to Address NAACP Centennial

Mouth of the Potomac (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009

He’s walking, talking history in action, and what would the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s centennial conference be without the nation’s first African-American attorney general? So Eric Holder will keynote the NAACP conference Monday in New York City at the Hilton New York, the Justice Department announced today. Holder, who is virtually the opposite...

An Impassioned Speech About Gay Rights From Obama's Employment Chief

Marc Ambinder (Free subscription) | 06/12/2009

John Berry , President Obama's openly gay Office of Personnel Management director, gave an impassioned speech on anti-gay discrimination this week at the Department of Justice's (DoJ) awards ceremony celebrating Gay Pride Month, as reported by Government Executive. Berry, who has been a major player in employment policy before he entered the job, offered a particularly pointed criticism of the military's...

Anti-Torture Coalition Files Additional Information With Disciplinary Committees Against Twelve Lawyers Who Advocated Torture

News Unfiltered (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009

On June 9, 2009, a broad coalition of organizations representing over one million members filed supplementary material with five state legal disciplinary committees in support of its complaints to disbar twelve Bush Administration lawyers who advocated the use of torture -- John Yoo, David Addington, John Ashcroft, Douglas Feith, Alice Fisher, Alberto Gonzales, Michael Chertoff, Michael Mukasey, Michael...

Immigrants Can Appeal Deportation If Bad Lawyer Work Is To Blame

Immigration-Law-Answers-Blog (Free subscription) | 06/04/2009

As reported in the Dallas Morning News , a rule limiting access to lawyers for immigrants facing deportation has been tossed out by the Obama administration. Here are excerpts from the article: The rule was issued in the waning days of the Bush administration, angering immigrants' rights groups that immediately sought to persuade the incoming Democratic administration to discard it. On Wednesday,...

Lawyers allowed back into deportation process

Denver Post (Free subscription) | 06/04/2009

A rule limiting access to lawyers for immigrants facing deportation has been tossed out by the Obama administration. The rule was issued in the waning days of the Bush administration. On Wednesday, Attorney General Eric Holder said he is vacating the order issued by predecessor Michael Mukasey, which said immigrants facing deportation do not have an automatic right to an effective lawyer.