Attorney General Michael Mukasey

Attorney General Michael Mukasey

President Bush will nominate retired federal judge Michael Mukasey to replace Alberto Gonzales. Michael Mukasey is a sixty-six-year-old New Yorker who was the chief judge in Manhattan for several years.

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Nuke’s News & Views Confident that reasoned debate will always prevail over Big Hysteria Home Bloggers 4 Huckabee Blogroll — Links Contributors November 1st, 2007 at 6:49 pm . by Nuke Waterboarding. Torture or not? When President Bush nominated Judge Michael Mukasey to replace Alberto Gonzales as the U.S. attorney general, Democrats applauded. And then Mukasey started talking. During confirmation hearings a couple weeks ago, Mukasey refused to say whether he thought that waterboarding amounted to torture. Umm, wrong answer, came the reply from Democrats who control the Senate judiciary committee. So Mukasey followed up with a letter this week describing waterboarding as personally ... Read Full Story
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Often the evil behavior of people has a more mundane explanation than a pact with the devil. They are just fucking morons. This explains much about George Bush , Alberto Gonzales , John Ashcroft and the other ninnies which the president relied upon to build his administration. Junior often intentionally avoided the appointment of persons whom Poppy approved of, and put together a cabal of two bit attorneys, political hacks and other loyal nitwits. . Not that there have not been some travelers on the darkside —most notably the vice president . And, it now appears that Michael Mukasey , an intelligent, but sometimes ... Read Full Story
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Benczkowski said torture that is not "for the purpose of humiliation" doesn't violate the Geneva Conventions. He wrote, "The fact that an act is undertaken to prevent a threatened terrorist attack, rather than for the purpose of humiliation or abuse, would be relevant to a reasonable observer in... ... Read Full Story
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"Judge Mukasey is clear-eyed about the threat our nation faces," Bush said. "He knows what it takes to fight this war effectively, and he knows how to do it in a manner that is consistent with our laws and our Constitution." Read Full Story
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Education

Mukasey attended Columbia, recieving his B.A. in 1963, and Yale Law School, recieving his LL.B. in 1967. He practiced law for 20 years in New York City, serving for four years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the federal prosecutor's office in which he worked with Rudolph Giuliani. Later, he was as a member of the New York law firm of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler.

Judicial Career

In 1987, Mukasey was nominated as a federal judge in Manhattan by President Ronald Reagan. He served in that position for 18 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 the criminal prosecution of Omar Abdel Rahman and El Sayyid Nosair, whom he sentenced to life in prison for a plot to blow up the United Nations and other Manhattan landmarks uncovered during an investigation into the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. During that case, Mukasey spoke out against leaks by law enforcement officials regarding the facts of the case allegedly aimed at prejudicing potential jurors against the defendants. Mukasey also heard the trial of Jose Padilla, ruling that the U.S. citizen and alleged terrorist could be held as an enemy combatant, but was entitled to see his lawyers. 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 a 2003 suit, he issued a preliminary injunction preventing the Motion Picture Association of America from enforcing its ban against the distribution of screener copies of films during awards season, ruling that the ban was likely an unlawful restraint of trade unfair to independent filmmakers.

In June 2003, Democratic New York Senator Charles Schumer submitted Mukasey's name, along with four other Republicans or Republican appointees, as a suggestion for Bush to consider for nomination to the Supreme Court.  On the March 18, 2007, episode of Meet the Press, Schumer again suggested Mukasey as a potential Attorney General nominee who, "by [his] reputation and character, shows that [he] put rule of law first."

Retirement

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.

On August 22, 2007, the Wall Street Journal published Mukasey's op-ed, prompted by the resolution of the Padilla prosecution, in which he argued that "current institutions and statutes are not well suited to even the limited task of supplementing . . . a military effort to combat Islamic terrorism." Mukasey instead advocated for Congress, which "has the constitutional authority to establish additional inferior courts," to "turn [its] considerable talents to deliberating how to fix a strained and mismatched legal system."

Since retiring from the bench, Mukasey has made campaign contributions to Giuliani for president and Joe Lieberman for Senate. Mukasey is also listed on the Giuliani campaign's Justice Advisory Committee.

Appointment as Attorney General


On September 16, 2007, various publications reported that Mukasey accepted Bush's offer to replace Alberto Gonzales as the Attorney General.
Who: Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey What: Speech clips on terrorism and the current Administration. Mukasey Soundbite 1: Terrorist Jailed In NY Increases "Mischief In The Form Of Murder." "The question is not whether they are going to escape. The question is whether not only that particular facility but the city in the large will then become the focus for mischief in the form of murder by adherence of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, whether...  
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Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey is one of the many distinguished lawyers participating at the Federal Society's annual national lawyers conference here in Washington this week. As luck would have it, he was on the program for a speech this afternoon, not long after the Obama administration announced its decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three other terrorists in federal district court in New York. Mukasey is uniquely qualified...  
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Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey (2007-2009) spoke at the Federalist Society's 2009 National Lawyers Convention in Washington. He reacted to Attorney General Eric Holder's announcement that five Guantanamo detainees accused of planning the 9/11 attacks will be tried in civilian federal court and responded to reporters' questions.Length: 45 min.Published: Today at 2:15pm (ET)  
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Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey this afternoon criticized the Justice Department for its decision to prosecute five terror suspects in federal district court in Manhattan, calling the move "unwise" and saying it risks creating sweeping new law that will affect...  
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Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey said today that it is highly likely that terrorists will attack New York City as a consequence of the Obama administration's decision to send five alleged Sept. 11 plotters there for trial in federal court. During a question and answer period following a speech to a conservative legal group, Mukasey was asked about the possibility that there might be an escape by one or more prisoners. "The [Metropolitan...  
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By Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star editorial page columnist Proving that the third time isn't always the charm, President Bush's No. 3 attorney general Michel B. Mukasey has a piece in today's Wall Street Journal arguing that U.S. civilian courts aren't capable of handling terror suspects. read more  
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Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey warned Tuesday that trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other terrorist suspects in Manhattan could become an ugly sideshow. Mr. Mukasey presided over terrorist trials in New York City before becoming attorney general but said that was before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. "It's simply a fact of life that a jihadist, particularly somebody like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, is looking for a big stage," Mr...  
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