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NEWS ABOUT: Michael Mukasey

Michael Mukasey stories: 68 news summaries

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Bush's AG Pick Has History With Terror Trials

Blind sheik case gave preview of security issues facing Mukasey

Sep 20, 07 2:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Before America was paying attention, Judge Michael Mukasey tried a landmark terrorism case. The 1995-96 trial of blind sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, convicted with nine others of plotting a massive "day of terror" at three New York sites, forced Mukasey, now President Bush's nominee for US attorney general, to... More »

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terrorism • law • courts • Michael Mukasey • civil liberties • George W. Bush

The Right’s Beef With Mukasey? The Left Doesn’t Hate Him

Slate says GOP is perversely partisan

Sep 18, 07 7:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - The GOP is uneasy with Bush’s choice for attorney general, but only because liberals don't despise him, says Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick. Unlike Roberts and Alito, Michael Mukasey doesn’t know “all 17 twists in the Federalist Society's secret handshake”—leaving open the chance that he might... More »

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Bush administration • War on Terror • Samuel Alito • John Roberts • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Patriot Act • Michael Mukasey • Joe Padilla • Federalist Society

Mukasey Courts the Hill

Attorney general nominee meets with lawmakers to prep for hearings

Sep 18, 07 5:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mukasey mingled today with the Dems who will make or break his chance at becoming the next attorney general. If they're worried about him taking on the job, none showed it, Bloomberg reports. Even Senator Leahy, who wants the White House to fork over documents on its surveillance program before... More »

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Bush administration • Attorney General • Patrick Leahy • US attorney firings • Michael Mukasey

Mukasey Faces Senate Hurdle

Judiciary Committee is demanding White House documents

Sep 18, 07 4:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - The confirmation of former federal judge Michael Mukasey as attorney general may not be the slam dunk the White House expects it to be. Senate Democrats have warned that the Judiciary Committee will delay confirmation unless the administration turns over documents the panel is seeking in several investigations, reports the... More »

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Bush administration • Alberto Gonzales • Attorney General • White House • Michael Mukasey • warrantless wiretapping

Bush Names Mukasey for AG

Choice of retired federal judge seen as effort to avoid confirmation fight

Sep 17, 07 10:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush nominated retired federal judge Michael B. Mukasey today as attorney general. Seen as a compromise that would avoid abrasive confirmation struggles but still maintain DoJ’s law-and-order mindset, the choice comes after Democrats vowed to block the more controversial Ted Olson, reports the New York Times. More »

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Bush administration • Alberto Gonzales • Charles Schumer • Senate • Michael Mukasey • George W. Bush

Federal Judge to Replace Gonzales

Compromise candidate will be named
attorney general

Sep 17, 07 2:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush  is expected to announce the appointment of retired New York federal judge Michael B. Mukasey  as attorney general, reports the Washington Post. Mukasey, 66, is considered an authority on national security issues and is a law-and-order conservative. He is also seen as someone who could be confirmed without... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Department of Justice • Charles Schumer • Senate • Michael Mukasey • Theodore Olson • George W. Bush

Bush Might Nominate Mukasey

Bipartisan favorite on short list of attorney general candidates

Sep 15, 07 4:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - A judge nominated by Reagan but endorsed by liberals may be Bush’s pick to replace Alberto Gonzalez, CNN reports. Michael B. Mukasey, 66, a high-profile judge for more than 15 years, is now on the short list of rumored attorney general candidates. Analysts say that Mukasey is ideal for... More »

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Bush administration • Alberto Gonzales • Attorney General • Michael Mukasey • George W. Bush

Bush Zeros In
on Next AG

Candidate list down
to five; decision expected this week

Sep 10, 07 6:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush is down to five candidates to replace Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez. Of his current choices, Michael Mukasey, a former chief judge for the US Southern District of New York, has the most bi-partisan appeal, while Ted Olson, winning lawyer in the Supreme Court Bush v. Gore election case,... More »

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Bush administration • Alberto Gonzales • Attorney General • Michael Chertoff • Larry Thompson • Michael Mukasey

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