Obama names Harvard Law dean solicitor general

[Terri]

By NEDRA PICKLER
Associated Press
January 6, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama on Monday chose the dean at his alma mater, Harvard Law School, to represent the United States before the Supreme Court.

Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan would be the first woman confirmed as solicitor general.

Obama announced his choices for three other leading Justice Department jobs. Washington lawyers David Ogden and Tom Perrelli were named as deputy attorney general and associate attorney general. And he picked Indiana University School of Law professor Dawn Johnsen to be assistant attorney general for the office of legal counsel.

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[Cynical Pete]

If Obama does everything he says he will, I hope he also will rest on the seventh day.
I certainly don't trust college professors.

[qrayjack]

Other than his odd preference for Clintonistas, Obama is simply sticking to his leftist/Marxist roots with appointees. Come on Barry, there's surely a place for Bill Ayers.

[thomas]

"record fundraising."
It's always about the money!
The Old Chief