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Obama's impressive new OLC chief

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  • Monday, January 5, 2009 11:32 AM

    -- Hankest

    Yes, it’s very brave for a partisan in one party to insist on the other party’s president to obey the law (check out today’s John Yoo Op-Ed in the NYTimes today for example).

    What did she do to curtail the lawlessness of Bill Clinton (and I’m not talking about oral sex)? Was she a stickler for enforcing the law back then? Or was she ok with non-enforcement of statutes she (and Bill) found objectionable?

    -- Hankest

    Do you have a source for your assertion that Johnsen is a "partisan"? If so, please state it.

    Do you also have a source for your assertion that there was "lawlessness" during the Clinton administration? If so, please state it.

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