James Comey
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Drugs, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, James Comey, Morning Docket, Securities and Exchange Commission
Morning Docket: 05.30.13
* Obama nominates a Bush Republican to head the FBI. James Comey was on all sorts of Bush short lists. Kumbaya. [New York Times]
* A nice summer reminder: this woman didn’t recover damages from Great Adventure water ride injury. Here’s another reminder: Six Flags destroys Disney. [New Jersey Law Journal]
* NASDAQ gets BTCHSLAPD. [National Law Journal]
* Meanwhile, Total Oil is also getting slapped by the SEC. Looks like somebody over there ate their Total. [Breaking Energy]
* The “elitist white boy” approach to law enforcement gets called out. Bobby Rush is now my hero. [Talking Points Memo]
* Darius Kingsley, a former Treasury official, is the new co-general counsel of JPMorgan’s commercial bank. [Corporate Counsel]
* Florida Governor Rick Scott can’t randomly drug test all state workers. I’d be in favor of random drug testing for Rick Scott voters. [Reuters]
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3rd Circuit, Department of Justice, Federal Judges, James Comey, Judicial Nominations, New Jersey, Noel Hillman
What's Up With That Third Circuit Seat?
Back in December, we suggested that Judge Noel Hillman (D.N.J.) was probably going to be nominated to the Third Circuit. We wrote: “[N]ominating Judge Hillman to the court of appeals actually makes political sense for the White House — especially in its current, weakened state…. Picking a nominee who made it through the Senate just […] - Sponsored
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Alberto Gonzales, Ben Wittes, Department of Justice, James Comey, Larry Thompson, Laurence Silberman, Orrin Hatch, Paul Clement, Politics, Senate Judiciary Committee, Ted Olson
Possible Replacements for Alberto Gonzales
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales may be slightly more secure in his position these days than in the recent past, when it was looking like “Gonzales” was Spanish for “canned.” But he’s not out of the woods yet — which is why speculation about possible successors continues. Ben Wittes, writing for TNR Online, has some excellent […]
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Alberto Gonzales, Department of Justice, James Comey, Laurence Silberman, Patrick Fitzgerald, S.D.N.Y., U.S. Attorneys Offices
Who Should Be the Next Attorney General?
Yeah, we know: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales remains in office.* But his days are looking numbered. He’s received the kiss of death — a presidential expression of “confidence” — and even some Republicans are calling for his resignation. So we have to ask: If Alberto Gonzales steps (or gets pushed) aside, who should take his […]