Washington Post Editorial: Confirm Dawn Johnsen

Today's Washington Post calls for the Senate to confirm Dawn Johnsen, President Obama's nominee for the the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC):

HERE ARE some facts about Dawn E. Johnsen, President Obama's nominee to head the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC): She is a graduate of Yale Law School, spent roughly five years as legal director of the abortion rights group now known as NARAL Pro-Choice America, worked for the next five in the Clinton administration's OLC, has been a professor at the Indiana University School of Law since 1998 and has been an outspoken critic of the Bush Justice Department's legal justification for harsh interrogation techniques. In other words, Ms. Johnsen is undoubtedly qualified for the position, and she should be confirmed.

It's wonderful to have the support from WaPo... talk about a third-party endorsement!

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