AG Nominee Judge Michael Mukasey, from wiki:

[babylonsister]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey

Michael B. Mukasey (born 1941) is an American lawyer who was for 19 years a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He is a leading candidate to succeed Alberto Gonzalez as U.S. Attorney General, per CNN.

Mukasey attended Columbia and Yale Law School. He practiced law for twenty years in New York City, serving for four years as an Assistant United States Attorney and later was as a member of the New York law firm of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler.

In 1987, Mukasey was nominated as a federal judge in Manhattan by President Ronald Reagan. He served in that position for 19 years and was Chief Judge of the Southern District of New York from 2000 to July 2006. During his tenure on the bench, Mukasey presided over cases including the criminal prosecution of Omar Abdel Rahman and El Sayyid Nosair, as well as some of the proceedings against Jose Padilla. Mukasey also was the judge in the litigation between developer Larry Silverstein and several insurance companies arising from the destruction of the World Trade Center.

In June 2006, Mukasey announced that he would retire as a judge and return to private practice at the end of the summer. On August 1, 2006, he was succeeded as Chief Judge of the Southern District by Judge Kimba Wood. Mukasey's retirement took effect on September 9, 2006. On September 12, 2006, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler announced that Mukasey had rejoined the firm as a partner. <1>

[cali]

1. What? Has he really been nominated? n/t

[babylonsister]

3. I've seen two posts here saying he was; will try to find some back-up

for that. And I DID think of you when I read this. ;-)

Edit to add: Nat'l Review thinks he'd be just peachy:

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MmY3MTM5ZDFjYTk2YTc3ZDliNzcyY2FkYjhlYTRmOWU=

[cali]

7. Thanks sister.

No subpoenaed material. No Confirmation.

[Prophet 451]

17. That says it all

Basic rule of thumb: If National Review likes the guy, he's a menace.

[KharmaTrain]

8. Not Official

This smells like a trial balloon...give it a test run on the Sunday food fights and see what the punditry says.

This is kinda like their Friday night news dumps...done quietly but by Monday they can guage the feedback and if its positive, we'll see a press conference, if not, then it'll fade from the blast faxes and the headlines...another name will then be floated.

I get a feeling he'll get the Broder seal of approval and be the nominee.

[old guy]

13. I suspect they will put names of people they know will not be accepted,

then place the one they really want hoping the Dems won't notice. Put up Satan first, then anything else will be better? Just saying.

[babylonsister]

15. Or a bait and switch, which they've also done before. nt

[uppityperson]

2. thank you.

[KharmaTrain]

4. I'm Not Sure If He'll Be A Caretaker or Mortician

At least it not Ted, the ladies man, Olson or Silbermann.

This sounds like another pick from "daddy's friends"...just like Gates was...putting an adult back in charge. Part of it to keep a lid on the messes still simmering underneath and part to bury as much of the evidence and bodies as possible.

From what I've read, this guy is a lot better than we could have expected...still a Repugnican, but a New Yawk one...not from Texas.

:hi:

[babylonsister]

6. Kagan probably selected him:

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MmY3MTM5ZDFjYTk2YTc3ZDliNzcyY2FkYjhlYTRmOWU=

[KharmaTrain]

11. Imagine How Many Turned This Gig Down

Whomever takes this job walks into a massive mess. Seems like the NR, AEI and Heritage Institue all but runs the Executive now.

[Emit]

5. He's a member of Giuliani's Justice Advisory Committee

http://www.joinrudy2008.com/article/pr/447

Edited to add, as is his son, Marc Mukasey, former Assistant U.S. Attorney

[Emit]

9. And his son, Marc Mukasey, was a partner at Bracewell & Giuliani

July 21, 2006, 1:56 pm
Judge Michael Mukasey to Join Patterson Belknap
Posted by Peter Lattman
Judge Michael Mukasey, the chief judge of the Southern District of New York, is hanging up his robe to re-join Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler as a partner in September, the firm announced today. Judge Mukasey, 65 years old next week, is scheduled to assume senior status at the end of the month.

“If I’m going to do something else at any point in my career, now would be the time to do it,” said Judge Mukasey in an interview with the Law Blog. Citing financial considerations as a factor, Judge Mukasey added: “My family has been very supportive of my career as judge, and now I’m returning the favor.”

As a federal judge Mukasey earns roughly $165,000 per year; the average partner at Patterson, according to the American Lawyer’s most recent survey, earns more than $1 million.

Judge Mukasey (Columbia College, Yale Law School) first joined Patterson Belknap in 1976 following a stint as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District. He was nominated to the bench by President Reagan in 1988 and has presided over a number of high-profile cases, including the terrorist trial of Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman and the recent the dispute between Larry Silverstein and insurers related to the World Trade Center site.

~snip~

Presumably, Judge Mukasey won’t be using his Patterson paychecks to support son Marc Mukasey, a former Southern District prosecutor and white-collar defense partner at Bracewell & Giuliani in New York. The Law Blog asked Marc why he wasn’t able to recruit his pops to come work with him and his partner, former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani.

http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2006/07/21/judge-michael-mukasey-to-join-patterson-belknap/

[bonito]

10. More info

At this link. http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110010505

[Emit]

12. Of All Five Finalists on Bush's List, 3 are currently serving on Giuliani's Justice Advisory Comm.

According to The Politico, President Bush has narrowed the list of possible Gonzales replacements down to five finalists:

Michael Mukasey, former Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Ted Olson, Solicitor General from June 2001 to July 2004 Laurence H. Silberman, a senior circuit judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
George J. Terwilliger, Deputy Attorney General from 1991-93 under Pres. George H.W. Bush
Larry D. Thompson, Deputy Attorney General to John Ashcroft from May 2001 to August 2003. If nominated, Thompson would be the first African American Attorney General.

Mukasey, Olson and Thompson are currently serving on GOP presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani's Justice Advisory Committee.

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2007/09/11/attorney_general_finalists.html

[babylonsister]

14. That says a whole lot about Ghouliani. nt

[Emit]

16. SIX DEGREES OF GIULIANI

SIX DEGREES OF GIULIANI

In The Washington Post, I just spotted a name I hadn't seen before on President Bush's reported attorney general short list:

Among those who are said to be under serious consideration ... Michael B. Mukasey, former chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York....

Also on the list is

former solicitor general Theodore B. Olson

And early rumors pointed to Michael Chertoff.

Hmmm....

Mukasey is an old friend of Rudy Giuliani's who twice swore Rudy in as mayor in his own East Side apartment, and whose son joined Bracewell & Giuliani as a partner in 2005.

Olson is the head of Giuliani's "Justice Advisory Committee."

And Chertoff was once hired by Giuliani when Rudy was a U.S. attorney, and was touted by Rudy as an AG choice after the Gonzales resignation.

Is it just a coincidence that so many of these guys have Rudy connections? If you didn't know better, you'd think the Bushies were trying to help President Rudy get a head start on filling out his Cabinet. At the very least it's more evidence that if the White House passes from Bush to Giuliani, you might not even notice the difference.

http://nomoremister.blogspot.com/2007/08/six-degrees-of-giuliani-in-washington.html