May 06, 2008
McCain's Justice Advisory Cmte
John McCain announced today the members of his campaign's Justice Advisory Committee. Translation -- The very folks who would help a President McCain select nominees to the SUPCO and federal courts. Heading up the effort are Theodore B. Olson, former Solicitor General of the United States, and KS Senator Sam Brownback.
The full list is after the jump.
Steering Committee
• Michael Abramowicz -- Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School
• Hon. William P. Barr -- former Attorney General of the United States
• Gerard V. Bradley -- Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School
• Rachel Brand -- former Assistant Attorney General for Office of Legal Policy
• Steven Calabresi -- George C. Dix Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law
• Dean Ronald A. Cass -- Chairman, Center for the Rule of Law; Dean Emeritus, Boston University School of Law
• Senator Daniel Coats -- former United States Senator, Indiana
• Manus M. Cooney -- former Chief Counsel and Staff Director, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
• Charles J. Cooper -- former Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel
• Arthur B. Culvahouse, Jr. -- former White House Counsel to President Ronald Reagan
• Carol E. Dinkins -- Partner, Vinson & Elkins
• John F. Duffy -- Oswald Symister Colclough Research Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School
• Miguel A. Estrada -- former Assistant to the Solicitor General of the United States
• Charles Fried -- Beneficial Profes sor of Law, Harvard Law School; former Solicitor General of the United States
• Sandra S. Froman -- Arizona attorney
• Richard W. Garnett -- Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School
• Robert P. George -- McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, Princeton University
• Senator Lindsey Graham -- United States Senator, South Carolina
• Senator Phil Gramm -- former United States Senator, Texas
• Governor Frank Keating -- former Governor of Oklahoma
• Orin S. Kerr -- Professor, George Washington Universit y Law School
• Senator Jon Kyl -- United States Senator, Arizona
• Christopher Landau -- Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
• Senator Trent Lott -- former United States Senator, Mississippi
• Randy Mastro -- former Deputy Mayor of New York City
• John O. McGinnis -- Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law
• Maureen E. Mahoney -- former Deputy Solicitor General of the Unites States
• Thomas W. Merrill -- Charles Keller Beekman Professor, Columbia Law School
• Marc L. Mukasey -- Partner, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP ; former assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York
• Caleb Nelson -- Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law
• Eileen J. O'Connor -- former Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice
• Hon. Thomas R. Phillips -- former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas
• Edward R. Reines -- Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
• Kristi L. Remington -- former Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Policy
• Professor Daniel B. Rodriguez -- Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair in Law, The University of Texas at Austin Scho ol of Law
• Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz -- Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
• Ronald D. Rotunda -- University Professor and Professor of Law, George Mason University
• Cathy Cleaver Ruse -- Senior Fellow for Legal Studies at the Family Research Council; Governor, Ave Maria School of Law
• Peter B. Rutledge -- Associate Professor of Law, University of Georgia School of Law
• Jon A. Sale -- former federal prosecutor for NY and Miami; former law professor, Nova Southeastern and St. Thomas
• John Smietanka -- former U.S. attorney
• Stephen F. Smith -- Professor of Law, John V. Ray Research Professor, University of Virginia School of Law
• George J. Terwilliger, III -- former Deputy Attorney General of the United States
• Senator Fred Thompson -- former United States Senator, Tennessee
• Eugene Volokh -- Gary T. Swartz Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
• Dan K. Webb -- Chairman, Winston & Strawn; former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois
Posted at 02:01 PM
Comments
The usual suspects.
BillMar | 05.06.08 03:24 PM
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The usual suspects.
BillMar | 05.06.08 03:25 PM
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Where'd he get this list?
The late DC Madam's little black book?
I bet every lawyer on there is Federalist Society...
woody, tokin librul | 05.06.08 03:31 PM
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Wow, you couldn't fill a slate with more ultra-fringe-right unhinged whackos if you tried. Hillary and Obama voters who are claiming that they're going to bolt to McCain if they don't get their way ought to take a long, hard look at this list.
Shaz | 05.06.08 03:36 PM
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No Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Arlen Specter, huh?
sjc | 05.06.08 03:52 PM
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Ah yes, "McCain the Maverick" packs his Judiciary Committee with the same old classic neo-con Federalist Society hacks, including Arkansas Project maven Ted Olson and far-right wacko Sam Brownback as his co-chairs...
In other words, Bush III.
Hank Essay | 05.06.08 04:03 PM
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Looks like a whos who of the Bush administration and the far-right-wing. McCain has left no surprises. Thanks for letting us know who and what you really stand for early in the game.
Sims | 05.06.08 04:22 PM
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Looks like a whos who of the Bush administration and the far-right-wing. McCain has left no surprises. Thanks for letting us know who and what you really stand for early in the game.
Sims | 05.06.08 04:23 PM
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Looks like a whos who of the Bush administration and the far-right-wing. McCain has left no surprises. Thanks for letting us know who and what you really stand for early in the game.
Sims | 05.06.08 04:23 PM
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It's deja vu all over again. A third Bush term. Just what the country needs, with the same recycled, right-wing hack ideologues running the show.
Doofus | 05.06.08 04:40 PM
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A cast of tort deformers and Bushies. What lawyer would believe that this cast of characters would do anything to preserve their clients' rights or do anything to protect indivduals as opposed to corporations, let alone the bill of rights. I thank McCain for the great laugh he brought me today.
Angel Diaz | 05.06.08 04:48 PM
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If McCain gets elected (what a nightmare) hopefully Ginsberg and Stevens will outlive him and remain on the court. Scalia, Alito, Roberts and Thomas are going to be around for a long time unfortunately.
Nick | 05.06.08 05:05 PM
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Hmm,
Marc L. Mukasey -- Partner, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP ; former assistant U.S. attorney for the So. District of NY
What, no Alberto Gonzales' children on the list?
Gary S. | 05.06.08 06:06 PM
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Hmm,
Marc L. Mukasey -- Partner, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP ; former assistant U.S. attorney for the So. District of NY
What, no Alberto Gonzales' children on the list?
Gary S. | 05.06.08 06:08 PM
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Um, calling Orin Kerr "far right wing" is nutty stuff. He's a professor, his work is everywhere (blogs, as well as articles), he's been quite critical of many positions taken by the current administration. Easy to see he's a moderate. Eugene Volokh, another professor, is certainly libertarian, but hardly right wing -- he's a leading proponent of various civil rights that most people (fairly or not) associate with the liberal side of the aisle. And even Rachel Brand and Miguel Estrada, despite having been nominated respectively to AAG of the Office of Legal Policy and the DC Circuit by Bush 43, are at most moderate republicans. Estrada was filibustered by Dems only because he is a Hispanic whom they feared as a potential Supreme Court nominee, and they knew they'd have trouble blocking him later -- they didn't identify any position of his that they opposed. And last I checked, Miguel was representing a death row inmate ... doesn't sound like "far right" as I understand that term.
Gavin Hill | 05.06.08 09:40 PM
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Indeed, it is quite exciting to see Profs. Kerr and Volokh on this list!
Anon | 05.06.08 10:00 PM
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At least it has two people to do the real thinking for the group - Stephen Smith at UVA and Nicholas Rosenkranz at Georgetown Law Center
J.S. | 05.08.08 04:04 PM
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At least it has two people to do the real thinking for the group - Stephen Smith at UVA and Nicholas Rosenkranz at Georgetown Law Center
J.S. | 05.08.08 04:06 PM
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At least it has two people to do the real thinking for the group - Stephen Smith at UVA and Nicholas Rosenkranz at Georgetown Law Center
Meg | 05.08.08 04:07 PM
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When is someone going to open their eyes and see... This whole Federal Prison is a mess. Just STOP and do the right thing, "Federal Parole." The judge says, do you put yourself on the mercy of this court? Where is the mercy??????
Maudie | 05.09.08 09:41 PM
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