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Dawn Johnsen Confirms President Must Comply with Congressional Ban on Torture

By | 02.25.09 | 4:59 pm

Office of Legal Counsel Director-nominee Dawn Johnsen confirmed today that the OLC does not have the authority to give the president a green light to ignore congressional statutes, such as a prohibition on torture. “It was absolutely wrong for the president to direct that the torture statute not be complied More…

Dawn Johnsen Says OLC Should Release Interpretations of Statutes

By | 02.25.09 | 4:02 pm

Facing vigorous questioning from Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) and other skeptics during her confirmation hearing today before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Indiana University law professor and Office of Legal Counsel Director-nominee Dawn Johnsen said that if confirmed, she would urge the release of all OLC memos interpreting More…