Posted on 03/31/2009 3:50:49 PM PDT by nuconvert
Harold Koh, President Obama's pick to become one of the State Department's top lawyers, has ignited fury among critics who say his legal views are a threat to American democracy.
March 31, 2009
President Obama's nominee to be the State Department's legal adviser has ignited a fury among conservative critics who say his views are a threat to American democracy -- an accusation the White House on Tuesday called "outrageous" and "completely baseless."
Former Clinton administration official Harold Koh, who has been dean of the Yale Law School since 2004, once wrote that the U.S. was part of an "axis of disobedience" with North Korea and Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Koh also has long held that the U.S. should accept international law when deliberating cases at home.
Obama nominated Koh on March 23 to become the State Department's legal adviser -- an appointment that, if confirmed by the Senate, will give Koh far-reaching influence over the extent to which international norms affect U.S. law.
"This is not a desk job. This guy will be the face of American international law around the world," said Steven Gross, legal expert and fellow at the conservative Heritage Foundation.
"The top legal adviser at State travels extensively and is involved in international legal negotiations, treaties and in major United Nations conferences.
"The president should have the right to choose the most conservative or liberal legal advisers to give them advice, but this is much more than that. The concern is that he cares as much about -- if not more about -- international law and integrating that into the American judicial system than he does about protecting American prerogatives and American sovereignty," Gross said.
The White House vehemently defended Koh's nomination on Tuesday,
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Harold Koh, President Obama’s pick to become one of the State Department’s top lawyers, has ignited fury among critics who say his legal views are a threat to American democracy.
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As if the ENTIRE Obama administration and at least half of the Congress is not ???
Theplan to destroy America from the inside out is moving along at record pace.
Team Obama is intent on destroying the Republic. They are Enemies of the Republic.
Oh-ohhh, another...CLINTON RETREAD!
RETREADS = 39
Bill Richardson - Commerce Sec - UNDER THE BUS
Hillary - SOS
Rahm Emanuel - COS
John Podesta - Pol Adv
Robert Reich - Economic Advisor
Laura Tyson - Economic Adv
Eric Holder - Atty Gen
Carol Browner - Energy Czar
Elena Kagan - Solicitor General
Leon Panetta - CIA Dir
William Lynn - Asst Sec Defense
Michele Flournoy - Defense
Robert Hale - Defense
Jeh Johnson - Defense
Eric "Beret" Shinseki - Veterans Affairs
Marty Lederman - Office of Legal Counsel
Tim Geithner - Treasury Sec
Lawrence Summers - National Economic Council
George Mitchell - Middle East Envoy
Dennis Ross - Middle East Envoy
Richard Holbroke - Middle East Envoy
Robert Reich - Economic Advisor
Jane Holl Lute - Dep Sec Homeland Security
James Jones - National Security Adviser
Nancy Killefer - Cheif Performance Officer - UNDER THE BUS
Ron Sims - Dep HUD
William Corr - Dep HHS
Dawn Johnsen - Office of Legal Council
David Ogden - Deputy AG
Tom Perelli - Associate AG
John Deutch - Panel on Spy Satellites - CROOK
Christina Romer - Chair, Pres Council Econ Adv
Nancy-Ann DeParle - WH Office of Health Care Reform
Peter Orszag - Director OMB
Charles "Chas" Freeman - Director NIC - UNDER THE BUS
Vivek Kundra - Chief Tech Officer - FBI Raid!
Neal Wolin - Dep Dir Treasury
Jon Cannon - Dep Dir EPA - UNDER THE BUS!
Harold Koh - State Dep Legal Adv
And, while not a Clinton retread per se.....
Tom DascHole - HHS - UNDER THE BUS
I always stop reading when someone makes a stataement like that. We are NOT a Democracy--we are a Republic!
Well....not to put to fine a point on it...the Constitutional Republic died many years ago.
What we have is "rule by the mob", sometimes referred to as a democracy.
“Rahm Emanuel - COS”
Please change that to CPOS.
The republicans better do everything they can to block this terrorist apologist! Call your congresscritters ASAP folks!
Then maybe you should read more about him. He believes that Sharia law should be part of our courts, that it is important to look at the laws of OTHER NATIONS when interpreting our Constitution.
That’s right. We certainly ARE!
Koh is just fu*king crazy. A Yalie. That explains a lot. They turn out a lot of leftist lawyers up there.
Koh is poison for America and there is no legal antidote.
Can anyone freaking believe that, given all that Obam-Husseni has done to date -- including this latest abomination of an appointment -- that his "Fight The Smears" D-Bagsare STILL POSTING THIS CRAP?
Barack Obama is a committed Christian. He was sworn into the Senate on his family Bible. He has regularly attended church with his wife and daughters for years. [So, who cares if its a racist, antiSemitic, anti-American]
But shameful, shadowy attackers have been lying about Barack’s religion, claiming he is a Muslim instead of a committed Christian...Make sure everyone you know is aware of this deception.
Right. Obama is more Muslim than Osama, and about as Christian as the Dali Llama.
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