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Update: AG Mukasey Is Back in the Saddle

Michael Mukasey small Chief Judge Michael B Mukasey SDNY Above the Law blog.jpgLast night, Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed while addressing the Federalist Society. Some feared the AG had suffered a stroke.

Today brings good news about his condition. This morning we reported (see the 10 AM update): “The AG is fine and will be released from the hospital later today. No word yet on what the diagnosis was. He will be taking a few days off.”

A few days off? Scratch that. He’s heading back into work, perhaps as you read this. Here’s the message he just sent to all Justice Department employees (via the BLT):

As you may have heard, I collapsed briefly last night at the conclusion of a speech. All tests at the hospital have come back with good results, and I feel fine. Accordingly, I plan to report to the Department this afternoon and to continue doing the work I swore to do last November and which it has been an honor to do with you ever since.

Thank you for your good wishes and your good work. It has been and remains an honor to serve with you.

We’re glad to hear that Attorney General Mukasey — widely respected among DOJ lawyers, especially compared to Alberto Gonzales, whose job performance even conservative lawyers won’t defend — is doing well and back on the job.

Feeling Fine After Collapse, Mukasey Returns to Work [ABA Journal]
Mukasey Says He’s Ready for Work Again [The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times]

Earlier: Breaking: Attorney General Mukasey Collapses at Federalist Society Dinner

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1 Posted by guest | Permalink Friday, November 21, 2008 1:25 PM

"Even conservative lawyers wont defend" = even i wont defend that ass clown.

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2 Posted by guest | Permalink Friday, November 21, 2008 1:30 PM

Mukasey to SCOTUS

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3 Posted by guest | Permalink Friday, November 21, 2008 1:30 PM

1:30 - He's too old. Oh, and not a Democrat.

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4 Posted by guest | Permalink Friday, November 21, 2008 1:32 PM

NICE!

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5 Posted by guest | Permalink Friday, November 21, 2008 1:34 PM

Is waterboarding torture?

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6 Posted by guest | Permalink Friday, November 21, 2008 1:39 PM

COME BACK LAT!!!

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7 Posted by guest | Permalink Friday, November 21, 2008 1:43 PM

7TH HEAVEN!

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8 Posted by guest | Permalink Friday, November 21, 2008 1:44 PM

3 - duh. he's also a white male which makes him generally ineligible for any significant appointment during the next four years.

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9 Posted by guest | Permalink Friday, November 21, 2008 1:48 PM

8 - you mean 8 years? oh, that's right, Palin will knock him off...

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10 Posted by guest | Permalink Friday, November 21, 2008 1:49 PM

CA BAR?
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CA BAR?

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11 Posted by guest | Permalink Friday, November 21, 2008 1:50 PM

10 is an idiot.

- 9

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12 Posted by guest | Permalink Friday, November 21, 2008 1:50 PM

Are Black people even allowed by law to hold positions of power other than that of the dominant male in the prison shower?

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13 Posted by guest | Permalink Friday, November 21, 2008 1:51 PM

9's getting laid off. -12

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14 Posted by guest | Permalink Friday, November 21, 2008 1:52 PM

11 is racist.

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15 Posted by guest | Permalink Friday, November 21, 2008 1:52 PM

7 schools, 5 years, 1 Bachelor's..............

PALIN 2012

Ready, fire, aim!

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16 Posted by guest | Permalink Friday, November 21, 2008 1:54 PM

He actually sent the message only to his second in command - the others in the department learned about it through the electronic surveillance program.

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17 Posted by guest | Permalink Friday, November 21, 2008 1:54 PM

12 = southerner

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18 Posted by dehodges | Permalink Friday, November 21, 2008 1:54 PM

roy williams sometimes collapses. maybe it was just vertigo...

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19 Posted by dehodges | Permalink Friday, November 21, 2008 1:54 PM

roy williams sometimes collapses. maybe it was just vertigo...

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20 Posted by guest | Permalink Friday, November 21, 2008 1:55 PM

10: Please die in a fire.

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21 Posted by guest | Permalink Friday, November 21, 2008 2:08 PM

Are Black people even allowed by law to hold positions of power other than that of the dominant male in the prison shower?

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22 Posted by guest | Permalink Friday, November 21, 2008 2:20 PM

20... I agree.

9, 11

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23 Posted by guest | Permalink Friday, November 21, 2008 2:52 PM

LAST!

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24 Posted by guest | Permalink Friday, November 21, 2008 2:54 PM

LASTER!

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25 Posted by guest | Permalink Friday, November 21, 2008 2:59 PM

LAST!

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26 Posted by guest | Permalink Friday, November 21, 2008 3:00 PM

LAST!

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27 Posted by guest | Permalink Friday, November 21, 2008 3:04 PM

the racist troll is so "provocative." Here, I'll be the outraged liberal who buys into the inane provocation: "grrr, racist. your claims are so gosh-darn outrageous. how can you call yourself civilized, I'm offended, etc."

There, now we've completed the cycle and can start over with the next round of internet idiocy.

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28 Posted by guest | Permalink Friday, November 21, 2008 3:27 PM

God smote Mukasey. And yet he survived. Evil really does triumph over good....in a lear jet.

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29 Posted by guest | Permalink Saturday, November 22, 2008 2:22 PM

di you think he collapsed from an allergic reaction to the asinine dogshit in his fedsoc speech?

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