Posted on 02/27/2009 9:40:27 PM PST by Cindy
DOJ Nominee ‘Shocked’ by Her Own Words Surprised at her own argument, Johnsen now says she did not mean what she plainly wrote.
Indiana law professor Dawn Johnsen, Pres. Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Justice Department’s all-important Office of Legal Counsel, had her Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday. During questioning by Sen. Arlen Specter, the professor professed to be “shocked” by my contention that she had once analogized pregnancy to involuntary servitude, a violation of the Thirteenth Amendment’s prohibition of slavery. I made this contention in a profile of Johnsen for the current (March 9) issue of National Review, which was posted on NRO on Monday.
I think the shock is on the other foot, for two reasons. First, Johnsen did make this jaw-dropping argument to the Supreme Court.
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March 9, 2009
“Lawyer’s Lawyer, Radical’s Radical
Meet Obama DOJ nominee Dawn Johnsen”
ANDREW McCARTHY
SNIPPET: “Pregnancy provokes a welter of feelings, physical and emotional. But does anyone really think of pregnancy as slavery? Apparently so: Indiana University law professor Dawn Johnsen, Pres. Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel.
Yale-educated and ACLU-trained, Johnsen already has done one tour of duty at OLC. She spent nearly six years there during the Clinton administration (1993–98), the last two as acting chief.”
Liars one and all.
Phoniest group of Presidential appointments ever.
ALL with “liberal” values, that’s for sure.
What a tool.
OPINION:
Generally speaking, the nominees seem to genuinely reflect Obama’s values.
Yep.
She’ll feel right at home. Imagine the thought of being punished by a baby!
I heard the video on the Laura Ingraham show.
This doofus actually makes the rest of the Obama three ring circus look halfway smart.
Do you really mean lack of values?
She is EXACTLY the type the left wants in the OLC.
Is it just me, or have all of his appointees adopted Dear Leader’s vocal stammers? I just keep hearing lots of “uhhs”, “errs” and “umms” from this bunch whenever they speak.
It’s getting annoying.
Obama has assembled the largest collection of tax cheats, criminals and weirdos in history to "advise" him.
No, I meant what I said.
They’re values aren’t my values — thank God.
sp=their
I agree.
http://info.law.indiana.edu/sb/page/normal/1419.html
she’s got that “I’m a crazy liberal” look in her eyes.
You know, even with the very serious medical problems he’s had, it’s good to see that Specter can corner this “lawyer’s lawyer” so easily.
Hmmm...”lawyer’s lawyer” - so, I suppose this makes her a ***** of **** squared.
My best hope at this point is that the damage that these people do will be limited by their own incompetence over the next 23 months. That’s all the time that they have.
That’s right up there with the guy who lied to his diary.
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