Documents From Clinton Era Portray Kagan As Pragmatic Strategist On Issues Like Abortion, Contraception

The National Archives released 46,700 pages of documents Friday from Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan’s tenure as a policy adviser and legal counsel in the Clinton administration that reveal “a woman who … was trying to balance competing policy objectives and chart a centrist course” on issues ranging from abortion to embryonic stem cell research, the New York Times reports…

Editorials Address Withdrawal Of Justice Department Nominee Johnsen

Two editorials published on Tuesday addressed Dawn Johnsen’s decision to withdraw from consideration as President Obama’s choice to head the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel. Johnsen said that Republican opposition to her nomination prompted her decision…

Second Confirmation Hearing For DOJ Nominee Johnsen Unnecessary, New York Times Editorial States

Although Dawn Johnsen — President Obama’s nominee to lead the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel — is “a highly qualified choice,” Senate Republicans “have been raising baseless objections and delaying” the confirmation for more than one year, the New York Times says in an editorial. Republicans “owe Mr…

Obama To Re-Nominate Johnsen To Head DOJ Office Of Legal Counsel

President Obama plans to re-nominate Dawn Johnsen as his choice for the head of the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel after the Senate failed to take action on her nomination last year, according to a White House official, CQ Today reports (Perine, CQ Today, 1/7)…