Harold Koh Confirms That He’s Not Against Mother’s Day and Wouldn’t Impose Sharia Law

Despite some of the more extreme attacks on Yale Law School Dean Harold Hongju Koh, Obama’s nominee for counsel to the State Department, Koh skillfully defended himself at a remarkably respectful hearing on his nomination before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday.

Although he faced tough questions on More…

Fight Fight Fight! Harold Koh to the Hill Tomorrow

Everyone’s favorite “radical transnationalist,” the Shiite cleric Harold Koh, will have his confirmation hearing to become State Department legal adviser tomorrow at 2:15 p.m. before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, according to a just-released committee statement. Daphne recently noted that Koh has the support of fellow More…