Patrick Leahy: “Here are some of the memos past White Houses have provided us. They…”

On the recordFebruary 12, 2003

Here are some of the memos past White Houses have provided us. They are still in the files here. They are pretty extensive. Included in this large volume are some of the same memos written by attorneys to then-Solicitor General Bork, as well as memos related to the nominations of Justice William Rehnquist to be Chief Justice, of Bradford Reynolds, the Reagan Associate Attorney General for Civil Rights to be Associate Attorney General and other nominees to short-term or lifetime appointments. This is a case where the administration asks for the Senate to advise and consent to a lifetime appointment, something that will go on well after most of us have left the Senate, but the administration does not want to provide information and memoranda relevant to this nomination. The administration has done this in both judicial and executive nominations.

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Patrick Leahy

Democratic · Vermont

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Discussing the lack of transparency in the nomination process for lifetime appointments.

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Patrick Leahy: “Here are some of the memos past White Houses have provided us. They are still in the files here. They are pretty…”

Editor's note · Context