McCain Speaks About the Law
In a National Law Journal piece published today, Senator John McCain wrote at length about the law.
McCain said he was committed to three priorities:
I want to concentrate on what would be three important priorities in a McCain administration: keeping the Department of Justice politically neutral, focusing law enforcement programs on addressing important issues of the day and appointing strict constructionist judges.
The Justice department line sounds like another clear break from the policies of George W. Bush, a distinction McCain has been making more and more in the closing days of the campaign:
My first objective would be to ensure that the department is, and remains, above the political fray. The department must function with integrity and effectiveness above all else.
More from McCain after the jump.
Although he didn’t list it as one of this top level priorities, McCain made sure to mention the word “economy,” since we all know that is the only thing people care about these days:
I would also bolster law enforcement programs that will aid our struggling economy and address the ongoing threat of terrorism and other public safety concerns.
Oh yeah, “terrorism.” Remember when people cared about that, and war?
What kinds of law enforcement programs would aid the economy? Perhaps he is referring to the recent NYT piece which reported that the FBI was understaffed in their financial fraud units. McCain specifically references this later in his piece:
In particular, the FBI’s mortgage fraud task force is an important tool for keeping our markets clean. No matter who they are or where they hide, we must hold accountable those who would disregard the law, placing innocent citizens and investors in peril.
McCain goes on to talk about the importance of nominating conservative judges.
Obama’s response … does not exist. Thus far Barack Obama has declined the National Law Journal’s invitation to discuss his views about the legal challenges facing the country.
Three priorities [Law.com]
F.B.I. Struggles to Handle Financial Fraud Cases [NYT]
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Comments
First!
This post wasn't terrible...and it was relevant.
A new week, a new man?
Thanks for getting out of bed before noon, Fat Man.
McCain would focus on "keeping the Department of Justice politically neutral"?
Really? Then why is he calling for DOJ to undertake a partisan witch hunt against ACORN who, after all, was the VICTIM of a scheme to defraud IT?
(Don't give me this voter fraud crap, unless you think the fake people that canvassers made up will materialzie at the polls. Where I'm from, they don't issue ballots to cartoon mice.)
::waits for conservative paranoia to surface::
"[F]ocusing law enforcement programs on addressing important issues of the day."
I hope this suggests that we would no longer waste billions on the war on drugs...
Hey Jack Kerouac, I think of your mother.
@6. If we really wanted to get this country on the right economic track, we would legalize marijuana and tax the shit out of it. Those taxes and the resulting surge in cereal sales would fix everything.
i'm nervous about all the blood letting in dc
-nervous T-10 1L
Terribly lame post.
I don't think most non legally trained conservatives have any idea what can of worms they are opening when they talk about "strict constructionist" judges.
Why can't they just be honest and say they will appoint conservative judges?
The Phils are going to tax that ass tonight!
GO PHILS!
nervous T-10 1L, I want to blood let your jugular.
8, Though I am not (any longer) a stoner, I'm totally with you. The economic potential of marijuana is comparable to that of booze. The tax revenue, I suspect, would dramatically exceed any increased healthcare costs or reduced workplace productivity.
12 - I second that tax!
Phils are winning the WS. Lions are undefeated. What a great time to be at UPenn State, especially at the Philly campus!
14: It could be labeled as an economic stimulus package. Kraft Mac ' Cheese sales as well as McDonald's would be sky high!
Isn't Upenn in Pittsburgh?
Law firm recruiting events and summer associate parties would be a whole lot different if pot was legal. Probably make up for the lack of good SA stories from this summer.
Here, I can complete the next 246 ATL posts:
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i'm nervous about my jugular
-nervous T-10 1L
Politics have no place in the DOJ, but should dictate judicial appointments?
Says the guy who never went to law school and graduated at the bottom of his college class...the highest level of education he has...
McCain bloviates at length on his legal views:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU
How about bringing your boy Obama into this and his crazy views about the Warren Court not being radical enough.
Boring post. Get to the law firm layoff news.
He wants the DOJ to be politically neutral but he wants judges to have a strict conservative ideological perspective.
NO McSame, not now, not ever.
If I were president, I would never go to war on drugs . . . it's hard enough to go to school on drugs.
"The Justice department line sounds like another clear break from the policies of George W. Bush..."
Um, no, that's not a fair description of what he said... ElieFAIL as usual. Seriously, I'm barely even reading this crap blog anymore.
What are the other big firms getting this work?
Defense Lawyers See Bonanza From Lehman, Bear, Other Collapses
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=awuOjwqgyeN8&refer=home
i'm nervous
-nervous T-10 1L
Wait a minute, Obama is a lawyer and he refuses to discuss legal challenges facing the country? If there's one thing he's actually qualified to talk about, it's that. This guy is scary - we haven't seen any of his cards, and we're about to elect him knowing only that he will give a nice inauguration speech.
4, you must not be from Chicago, Philly, Detroit, or any of the other big Democrat machine cities. It's a scary thing to see corruption in action.
Defendants argue that Plaintiffs have no protected property interests because they are merely applicants for government services. Though neither party cited any case law regarding whether an applicant for public services has a property interest protected by the Due Process Clause, the weight of authority holds that applicants do have a constitutionally protected interest in government PEANUTS and CHEESE for which they have applied. A majority of the Supreme Court has never squarely addressed this issue.
I think that we should all listen to Elizabeth Hasselhoff. Obama is a sexist. That is why his campaign hates Palin wearing nice clothes.
32- he also looks very sharp in a good suit.
The DOJ's unwritten policy allowing AUSA's to represent individuals, identified to them while employed by the DOJ as participating in illegal schemes, after they leave government service needs to end. See: http://evilesq.blogspot.com/2007_12_01_archive.html
The DOJ needs to start protecting crime victims.
Hey Nervous Top 10 1L - if you're so nervous, maybe you should spend more time studying, and less time posting on every single ATL article
@8
Have you ever looked at Stevens' dissent in Morse v. Frederick? I mean reaaally looked at it...
@8
Have you ever looked at Stevens' dissent in Morse v. Frederick? I mean reaaally looked at it...