Although Dawn Johnsen -- President Obama's nominee to lead the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel -- is "a highly qualified choice," Senate Republicans "have been raising baseless objections and delaying" the confirmation for more than one year, the New York Times says in an...
Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) announced Tuesday that he would support the nomination of law professor Dawn Johnsen to head of the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel, which could clear her long-stalled confirmation, the Washington Post reports. President Obama nominated Johnsen in March...