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| sday when he announced his pick to be the next U.S. attorney for Utah is David Barlow, currently the general counsel to freshman senator and Tea Party favorite Mike Lee (R-Utah). It's unclear whether Barlow shares Lee's more extreme legal theories about the limits of federal power. But what is known about Barlow is that he has no significant criminal law experience -- he was a corporate lawyer practicing pharmaceutical defense, toxic tort and product liability law before starting to work for Lee in January -- and he's a registered Republican who contributed $300 to Obama's opponent, Sen. John McCain, in 2008. Todd Taylor, executive director of the Utah Dem Party, said his group sent the names of several strong, qualified Democratic candidates for the job to the White House, then never heard anything back. 'We're just deeply disappointed' by the Barlow nomination, Taylor said, ' |
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Next, a Republican Supreme Court Justice
by Rob Kall on Saturday, Aug 6, 2011 at 12:18:26 PM
Well,
by Jim Arnold on Sunday, Aug 7, 2011 at 7:48:05 PM