Shelby: Porn Lawyer is No. 2 at Justice Dept.
Archangel
Thursday, March 12, 2009 2:47 PM
WASHINGTON -- David Ogden was confirmed as deputy attorney general
Thursday, overcoming opposition by Republicans who objected to his
representation of defendants in pornography cases .
The vote in the Senate was 65-28.
"I felt it was a scurrilous attack on him," said Sen. Patrick Leahy,
D-Vt., the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Leahy and other supporters argued that Ogden's legal representation did
not reflect his personal views, and they pointed out that Ogden has
argued forcefully for protecting children from sexual abuse.
Nearly all the opposition came from Republicans.
Attorney General Eric Holder has been running the Justice Department
without top aides, pending the confirmation of Ogden and other nominees.
Most of the debate on Ogden took place Wednesday.
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/ogden/2009/03/12/191284.html
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Scotius
wrote:
This is a very big problem with the way the American legal
system works.
Some asshole can go to work for the federal government and if
someone questions his defense record, some idiot says "Well, that's
not really relevant... you can't just bring up what a guy's all about
in relation to what he does; that's not fair.".
What a crock of shit. I suppose if they paroled Charles Manson
and he took the bar exam and got his license to practice law there'd
be some fucking moron who'd say "Well you can't judge him based on
what kind of person he is; he's a lawyer, so you have to judge him
based on his performance".