Conservatives Prep Dossiers, Polls for Court Fight

Curt Levey sometimes wears a lapel pin with the faces of Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito and the legend “Thanks, W.” Once in a while he swaps that out for another button, with the same portraits of George W. Bush’s two high court appointments, but a more forward-looking slogan: More…

Obama Announces Key DOJ Posts

The Obama-Biden transition team this morning announced several key posts for the Justice Department: David Ogden as Deputy Attorney General; Elena Kagan as Solicitor General; Tom Perrelli as Associate Attorney General; and Dawn Johnsen, Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel.

None of these appointments, some of More…