Mukasey: Yea or Nay.

[11 Bravo]

I don't know enough about him yet to have a definitive opinion. He seems to be a tad more deferential to the executive branch than I would prefer, but he did stand up and tell Bush that not everyone he doesn't like can be locked away forever without access to a lawyer. Any DUers out there with more info?

[On the Road]

1. As a Stopgap Measure,

he seems acceptable. Better than Olson or Hatch, anyway. Definitely better than Gonzalez. Schumer seems pleased.

[Emit]

2. Here's what I found about him

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1815415&mesg_id=1815443
He's a member of Giuliani's Justice Advisory Committee

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

As is his son, Marc Mukasey, former Assistant U.S. Attorney

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/


Also, of the 5 finalists on Bush's List, 3 are currently serving on Giuliani's Justice Advisory Comm.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1815415&mesg_id=1815632

[rateyes]

3. Not until Rove, Miers, and Bolten testify under oath,

publicly, and without asserting executive privilege.

NO.