Obama's appointment of Dawn Johnsen as DoJ Assistant AG for the Office of Legal Counsel (that gives advice to the Pres on the legality of proposed actions) is a step in the right direction, after John Woo et al.
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"...we must regain our ability to feel outrage whenever our government acts lawlessly and devises bogus constitutional arguments for outlandishly expansive presidential power. Otherwise, our own deep cynicism, about the possibility for a President and presidential lawyers to respect legal constraints, itself will threaten the rule of law — and not just for the remaining nine months of this administration, but for years and administrations to come."
Convictions : Outrage at the Latest OLC Torture Memo
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ace...sounds like more open, accountable government to me.