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Slate 's legal correspondent is tougher on Dems than they were on Goodling

By M. Morris, Newser Staff

Posted May 24, 2007 8:49 AM CDT

(Newser) – Monica Goodling cleared a very low bar in her Congressional testimony yesterday, Slate's Dahlia Lithwick argues, and she can thank the Democrats who questioned her for making her look good. The majority members of the House Judiciary Committee, "in expecting to question the Great... Read full story »

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