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Last Updated on Tuesday, 19 May 2009 03:24 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 19 May 2009 10:36
This type of activity from state legislators of either party uniquely rare. POTUS might be well served to heed this wake up call from the heartland. From JournalGazette.net:
Thirty-one Republican state senators have asked U.S. Sens. Evan Bayh and Dick Lugar to oppose the nomination of an Indiana University law professor nominated by President Barack Obama for a senior position in the U.S. Department of Justice.
In a letter May 15, the state senators said Dawn Johnsen’s advocacy of abortion rights “is more than simply pro-choice – she is pro-choice in an extremely radical way.”
The letter, citing statements and writings by Johnsen, asks Bayh, a Democrat, and Lugar, a Republican, to oppose Johnsen’s nomination to be assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel in the Justice Department.